Cross-reporting ?

[Thiers Botelho]

Well, I'll resort then to ressurecting ye olde Lord Quicken . . .  :(

Maybe this added feature would not be so far ahead on your future release 
schedule ??

Thanx anyway for your prompt reply, and good luck ! 

Thiers





Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
11/07/2003 13:11

 
        Para:   "Thiers Botelho" <thiers at fosfertil-ultrafertil.com.br>
        cc:     gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
        cco: 
        Assunto:        Re: Cross-reporting ?


unfortunately not really.. You could use the description or action
fields in the transaction for this..  But no, gnucash does not have
the concept of a "class".  Note that category directly maps to
"account".  but there is no direct mapping for "class".

-derek

"Thiers Botelho" <thiers at fosfertil-ultrafertil.com.br> writes:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've been thinking of using GnuCash to (re)start controlling my home 
> expenses. I'm a former user of Quicken 2000, which I have not used it in 

> the last 2 yrs or so. For this reason I'm not quite sure on the 
> terminology, but there is a particular item which is important for me ; 
I 
> could do it in Quicken, and I'd be glad if someone could tell me if 
> GnuCash will do something similar  - preferably before I start studying 
> the documentation. It goes like :
> 
> In Quicken, I could record transactions within particular categories (?) 

> like "Dining Expenses" and "Medicine", for instance ; PLUS when entering 

> each transaction I could also add another qualifier (class ?) such as 
> "John" and "Mary". 
> 
> Therefore, when producing reports, I could have all the cross-reporting 
> options, like "Dining Expenses for Everybody", "All Expenses for Mary", 
or 
> "Medicine for John".
> 
> Does GnuCash provide a practical means to achieve this flexibility ? If 
> so, what structures and options I should look for in the docs ?
> 
> Thanx all in advance.
> 
> Thiers