Tracking cash

[Mike or Penny Novack]

On 7/19/2016 7:02 PM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:
> Not familiar with reports, but if your bank accounts and credit cards
> are both children of the same parent that parent account would show
> what you want.
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 6:23 AM, Rob Cussons <robcussons at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I wanted to track cash available in my gnucash accounts,  i.e. the sum of
>> the balances of my bank accounts minus my liabilities like credit cards so
>> I can see how they're developing over time. I've tried it through a couple
>> of reports but it's not coming out quite right.
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> Thanks!
They would not be (not in a normal CoA)

You want a SELECTIVE Balance Sheet report just including "current 
assets" and "current liabilities" and THAT you can easily set up in your 
CoA. You would (or should) already have the parent "current assets" but 
perhaps not "current liabilities", but mind that you don't actually need 
those NAMES used. Thus if you have a parent "credit cards" of which all 
your credit cards are children and you have no other current liabilities 
besides credit cards that would do. And mind also, having the parents is 
just to simplify the selection statements.

OK, now look at the Balance Sheet report. Do you not see in report 
options (Edit => Report Options) a place that allows you to select what 
accounts are included?

Michael D Novack

PS: A normal Balance Sheet would be ALL your Asset, Liabilities, and 
Equity. For example, a mortgage is a liability, but it isn't a CURRENT 
liability as all of it isn't due immediately. A "demand note" would be, 
but you probably don't have one of those outstanding.