Summary Start Page?

[Derek Atkins]

David Brock <dmbrock at nm.cbc.ca> writes:

> I've been a user of Gnucash (1.8.8) for several months now, and am quite
> enjoying having made the trip away from Quicken, where I've been for
> many years.  I'm now officially Windoze Free!  Yea!
>
> I searched the archives and found no discussion about it, but I envision
> a useful screen or page in GnuCash with "summary" information about my
> accounts.  A "Start page" that's configurable to have information
> (balance) and links to register views of my common accounts- COH,
> Checking, Savings, etc.  Eventually, I might use this for business, and
> could see A/R and A/P balances being useful in that same place.  Maybe a
> "NetWorth" figure?  (I know, this is eerily like an option in Quicken,
> but I vehemently deny any knowledge of it ;-)
>
> Does this exist, and have I just earned a RTFM?  If not, has this option
> been discussed before?  
>
> I know that Mr Atkins is going to tell me that it will be added as soon
> as I submit the patch ;-)  I'm just not there (yet).

Am I that predictable?  ;)

Actually, you can probably build this with a Multicolumn report, and
just leave it open all the time.

> ;-David

-derek

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