Subaccount Totals

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I have tried all of the extra columns as possibilities and most repeat 
the same values or are unrelated.  This seems like such an obvious 
feature I keep thinking I am missing something.
Mike

Charles Day wrote:
> On the right end of the column headers in the account list, there is a 
> button that lets you add columns. There are a bunch to choose from. Do 
> those help?
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:18 AM, subscribe307 at verizon.net 
> <mailto:subscribe307 at verizon.net> <subscribe307 at verizon.net 
> <mailto:subscribe307 at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
>     I have the date set to today which doesn't include future
>     transactions and preferences is set to include grand total.  With
>     those settings, the proportional amounts are: balance sheet
>     report-$6011, asset account in account list-$5707, bottom of
>     account list-$5403.  So you can see that this doesn't make sense.
>     What I really want to see is the totals for parent and child
>     accounts either in the account list or a report so I can sort out
>     the differences. Surely there must be a way in this program to see
>     the totals but I just haven't found it yet.
>     Mike
>
>     Charles Day wrote:
>
>         On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:17 AM, subscribe307 at verizon.net
>         <mailto:subscribe307 at verizon.net>
>         <mailto:subscribe307 at verizon.net
>         <mailto:subscribe307 at verizon.net>> <subscribe307 at verizon.net
>         <mailto:subscribe307 at verizon.net>
>         <mailto:subscribe307 at verizon.net
>         <mailto:subscribe307 at verizon.net>>> wrote:
>
>            I have transferred from Quicken and am impressed by all the
>            features of GnuCash. My problem is that I can't figure out my
>            total assets or the total of subaccounts. I can't believe
>         with all
>            the available features it is not possible to get subaccount
>         totals
>            for the date set in preferences. All my accounts are in USD
>         and I
>            have some future transactions which affect the Total(USD). For
>            example I get one number for the parent asset account under
>            Total(USD), a different number for total assets at the
>         bottom of
>            the chart of accounts page, and a third number for total
>         assets in
>            the Balance Sheet report. Since I don't have any totals for the
>            subaccounts it is very hard to figure out what is causing the
>            differences. If anyone can explain this and offer a way to get
>            subaccount and account totals for a specific date I would
>            appreciate it.
>
>
>         I'm not 100% sure off the top of my head, but the account list
>         probably includes future transactions. The balance sheet
>         report probably doesn't (click Options in the toolbar to check
>         the date). Finally, your "asset" account in the account list
>         will either show the balance of transactions in that account
>         only, or in all the subaccounts, depending on your settings.
>          
>
>            Mike
>
>
>         -Charles
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