More specific reports on sub-expenses

[Derek Atkins]

Choose the report that matches your needs and then adjust the report options
to select the accounts you want to report on.

-derek

Thomas John Vitolo <tjvitolo at bu.edu> writes:

> Sirs and Ma'ams:
>
> I'd like to generate a report of expenses... but none of the current ones fit my
> need.  I'd like a bar chart, but only of specific expenses in my listing.  In my
> particular case, I don't want to include things like rent and bills; rather, I'd
> like to specifically chart discressionary expenditures.
>
> More generally, I'd like to generate a bar chart of a subset of the possible
> expenses.  Perhaps I could choose them using checkboxes from a list, or perhaps
> it could be similar to the way iTunes (and other OS X apps) do searching or
> filtering -- a "match all" or "match any" of a list, where the user can add
> additional lines.
>
> In my case, I'd have something like:
> "match any" of
>  * Expenses: Dining
>  * Expenses: Entertainment: Movies
>  * Expenses: Entertainment: Music
>  * Expenses: Hobby
>
>
> I could imagine this report being incredibly useful for both home users and
> business users, because it allows the user to focus on the subset of expenses
> that are most interesting.  In my case, "fixed" expenses such as rent and
> utilities dwarf other expenditures, making the charts less useful. 
> Additionally, the default categories aren't optimal for my interests.
>
>
> Does this feature exist?  If so, do tell!  If not, is this a "planned feature"?
>  Should I fill out a feature request on bugzilla?  Is this something I could
> hack together myself?  Is it in scheme?  Do tell!
>
> Thanks a $1,000,000.00
>  - Tommy V
>
>
> Thomas John Vitolo
> Ph D Systems Engineering Candidate,
> Boston University
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