Reports: html-build-acct-table

[Chris Bare]

I'm trying to modify the balance sheet report to make the trial balance
report my accountant asked for. I've successfully made some changes, but
I'm still trying to understand the html-build-acct-table function which
seems to do the bulk of the work.

What is the purpose of the various columns it generates based on
tree-depth?
I'm looking for just a debit and credit column, but it seems to generate
generate columns based on tree-depth and I can't tell what they are all
for?
What determines which column the balance from an account goes into? I
have a setup like this:

Liabilities
    AmEx Card                                 $1,235.25
    Other Current Liabilities
        Loan Payable             $13,162.51

Liabilities and Other Current Liabilities are placeholders. All accounts
are of type "Liability". Yet, the AmEx amount comes out in a different
column. If I move it under Other Current Liabilities, then it comes out
in the same column.
Are these columns not debit and credit? If not, can I get debit and
credit columns?

Can I hide the Balance column that html-build-acct-table generates?

Is html-build-acct-table the right tool for what I am trying to do?

Here's my goal:

account              debit          credit
assets
  current assets
    bank account     $$$

liability
   amex card                        $$$
   other liability
      loan                          $$$

etc.

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Chris Bare
chris at ariescomputing.com