Printing account transactions

[Brendan Simon]

Thanks Derek,

This makes more sense to me now :)

Cheers, Brendan.


Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Brendan Simon <Brendan at BrendanSimon.com> writes:
>
>   
>> OK.  I played around a bit more and think I know how to get what I want.
>>
>> If I'm in the man Accounts window/tab, I can choose "Transaction 
>> Report".  A new window/tab will open up with an error message saying 
>> there are no transactions in range.  I click on the options button and 
>> choose an appropriate range (and accounts) and I get what I want :)
>>     
>
> Well, that's one way to get what you want.  Another way is to use
> the "Account Report" from the Account window.
>
>   
>> What I was doing "wrong" was I had opened an account and focused on that 
>> window/tab, then chose "Account Transaction Report".  This gave me a 
>> report on a selected entry/record and that is it.  I couldn't change any 
>> date ranges or anything.  I think it is either a bug or badly named 
>> report.  ie. I think Account Transaction Report should be a subset of 
>> "Transaction Report" where it prints the transactions for that one 
>> account.  A single entry/record report seems a bit pointless to me, 
>> unless that's all you want to print I guess.
>>     
>
> Nope, that's neither a bug nor a poorly named report.  There's the
> "Transaction Report", "Account Report", and "Account Transaction Report".
> Each of these are DIFFERENT reports and do different things.
> The first one is available off the main menu from the CoA or Report
> windows and is the flexible transaction report.
>
> The Account Transaction Report is only available from a Register, and
> it displays a single transaction, which lets you print out a single
> transaction.  It will print the currently selected transaction.  If
> you want to change the transaction, go back to the Register and select
> something else.
>
> The Account Report, also only available from a Register, allows you to
> print the contents of the register (all the transactions).  If you want
> to change the date-range or the set of transactions printed in the report
> then you need to go back to the Register, adjust the register, and then
> re-run the report.
>
> Enjoy,
>
>   
>> Cheers, Brendan.
>>     
>
> -derek
>
>