Cross-reporting ?
Derek Atkins
warlord at MIT.EDU
Fri Jul 11 13:39:26 CDT 2003
It is not high on the radar, sorry. There is some, but very little
call for such a feature. As I said, you could use the Action, Description,
(split) Memo, or Notes fields for this...
-derek
"Thiers Botelho" <thiers at fosfertil-ultrafertil.com.br> writes:
> 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
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> Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
> 11/07/2003 13:11
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> Para: "Thiers Botelho" <thiers at fosfertil-ultrafertil.com.br>
> cc: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> cco:
> Assunto: Re: Cross-reporting ?
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>
> 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
>
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