New Report to End All Reports

[Tommy Trussell]

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Wm <tcnw81 at tarrcity.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Jun 2016 11:26:55 -0400, in gmane.comp.gnome.apps.gnucash.devel,
> Aaron Laws <dartme18 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Wm:
> >> I find a report as follows useful
> >>
> >> Reports / A & L / Net worth bar / then use the unfortunately fiddly
> >> but still useable accounts tab to exclude non current stuff (in my
> >> case assets of pension and government owing me money not expected
> >> soon, etc and liabilities of some money I owe my father payable
> >> when I can, etc; I don't have a mortgage but that would be the sort
> >> of obvious liability to exclude if you have one of them) and you
> >> should have a nice view.
> >
> >
> > Yes, this is exactly the sort of information I'm seeking. I accidentally
> > looked over that report in my search because I'm looking for a text-based
> > report rather than a graph, but the information is certainly there.
>
> Using Report Options:
>
> Display / Show table
> will give you the text you want
>
> General / [Start|End] Date = Today
> or whatever date is appropriate for you will give you Net Worth at a point
> in time (i.e. a balance sheet view so the graph doesn't have an x-axis over
> time)
>
>
Many of the reports (including this one, I just discovered, when you turn
on the table) are designed so the data will correctly copy --> paste into a
spreadsheet.

Other reports may need additionial adjustments, but the Transaction Report
(for example) includes a helpful "Table for Exporting" option.

I think the real issue may be that even the existing reports have a lot of
features and uses that aren't immediately obvious, and even those of us who
have used GnuCash for years stumble around without much knowledge of them,
but we find something that works we stick with that.

If anyone contributing to this thread has a moment, please consider
contributing to this wiki page:

https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Using_GnuCash

And also think about if a generic FAQ entry or two might help point folks
to features in the existing reports that might do what they need. Or point
them to that page, if it seems helpful.

OH and remind them to ask questions on the gnucash-user list (instead of
gnucash-devel), too. ;-)