NO BALANCE ON ACCOUNTS PAGE

[Derek Atkins]

"Fred Bone" <Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com> writes:

> On 13 April 2009 at 12:01, Derek Atkins said:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> _ <GBoor at comcast.net> writes:
>> 
>> > Can someone share with me the rules that govern why balances don't
>> > always show up on the /*accounts page*/ even through the transactions
>> > themselves are all in the registers?   I'm trying to set up some
>> > /*pa**rent*/ and /*child*/ relationships and I need both /*parent*/ and
>> > /*child*/ balances to show up on the /*accounts page*/.  The
>> > transactions themselves are all present in the detail registers for both
>> > /*parent*/ and /*child,*/ but on the /*accounts page*/, the /*parent*/
>> > just shows as a zero balance.
>> 
>> Do the parent and children accounts have different currencies?
>> What version of GnuCash?
>> What Distro/OS?
>
> Will any of these make a difference? I took it that he was complaining 

Yes, it will make a difference.  In particular the currency question.

> about the fact that only in the "Total" column do parent account balances 
> include the child accounts. And the "Total" column includes future 
> transactions as well as to-date ones. There's no way to see rolled-up 
> totals on the Accounts page, unless you refrain from entering future-
> dated transactions.

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-derek

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