producing a transaction report

[Maf King]

On Thursday 14 Jul 2011 11:06:17 diederic wrote:
> Thanks Maf King.
> 
> However it didn't work.  In some of the guides/tutorials it would seem that
> a Transaction report is created as soon as one sets the options.  I assume
> one can then save them by pressing OK.
> 
> So I'm still needing some further assistance.
> 
> Cheers,
> Diederic
> 
> 

Hi Diederic,

I happen to have GC running at the moment, so I'll go through the exact steps 
- I wasn't at my desk yesterday, so was working from memory.

(I'm using GC 2.4.7, on SuSE 11.4 but the basic steps haven't changed from 
other versions I remember using)

1. Selecting Reports -> Transaction Report gives me a screen saying "No 
Accounts Selected".

2. Hitting the "Options" toolbutton brings up a dialog with 4 tabs.  On the 
"General" Tab set the "Report Name" to something other than "Transaction 
Report".  Hit OK

3. The "Add Report" toolbutton and FIle -> Add Report menu are now enabled, 
allowing you to add the report to the Reports->Custom Report list.  

I suggest that you don't actually add the report until you are completely 
happy with it, as there is no GUI way to modify or remove the customised 
report - you have to manually edit a text file (~/.gnucash/saved-reports-2.4 
or similar)


HTH,
Maf.