Placeholder Accounts report 0 balances, why?

[Mike or Penny Novack]

Jay,
    Whether subtotal amounts appear there (or below) and whether zero 
amounts show, etc.  are report options to be selected. You'll have to 
play around a bit with the options till you get the reports displaying 
the way that you want.  You generate the report, edit the options (and 
apply) and the report will change. For example, in my case I prefer 
(using your example).

Assets                 
           Current Assets                 
                  Amerprise - CDs        $12,062.11          
                  Checking Accounts   $16,527.12          
                  Savings Account        $740.74
          Total Current Assets                            $25,329.97
Total Assets                                                             
     $600,797.40

But with a different choice of report options you could have what you 
expected:
Assets:            $600,787.40
        Current Assets:        $25,329.97
                  Amerprise - CDs        $12,062.11          
                  Checking Accounts   $16,527.12          
                  Savings Account        $740.74

Michael D Novack
         

> Folks
>
> Several of my Placeholder accounts show balances in the data file, as 
> expected, however, when I print a report they show ZERO! What have I 
> missed? I am including an example(brief) below:
>
> In the datafile:
>
> In the data file:
>
>     Assets:            $600,787.40
>         Current Assets:        $25,329.97
>                   Amerprise - CDs        $12,062.11          
>                   Checking Accounts   $16,527.12          
>                   Savings Account        $740.74
>
> As reported:
>
>     Assets                  $0.00   
>            Current Assets           $0.00          
>                   Amerprise - CDs        $12,062.11          
>                   Checking Accounts   $16,527.12          
>                   Savings Account        $740.74          
>
> I hvae also noticed that the Grand Total Assets does not agree with 
> the Assets, but is several dollars smaller. Again,why?
>
> OS info:  Ubuntu 8.04LTS GnuCash 2.2.4
>
> Thanks,
> Jay
>


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