simple expense report

[Adrian Mariano]

Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Quoting Adrian Mariano <adrian at mitre.org>:
>
>> I'm wondering if there is a report that can give me a list of net flow
>> into a selected set of accounts.
>>
>> The "cashflow" report appears to be the closest match to this, but I
>> don't want flow in listed on a separate list from flow out, I just want
>> one number, the total flow in.  I took a look at cash-flow.scm and it
>> looks like it'll take a while to understand everything that's going on
>> in there, so trying to modify it to do what I want is going to be a big
>> job.
>>
>> Did I miss some report that might be closer to what I want?  (It just
>> crossed my mind that maybe I'd be better off starting with the expense
>> bar chart or pie chart and trying to change just the output form.  I
>> haven't looked at those.)
>>
>> I have gnucash 2.0.5 if that matters.
>
> No, there's no report that does exactly what you want.  The Cash Flow
> is the closest thing.  If you set it to only be that one account it 
> should
> give you a net total, the "Difference".  This would be the number you 
> want.
I want a whole list of numbers, not just one number.  I want to be able 
to (for example) select several (or maybe all) expense accounts and get 
a list showing net flow into each selected account.