Profit and Loss statement/Income and expense report has some amounts on the wrong side - debits & credits

[Raizel Lieman]

On 3/4/2010 9:06 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Raizel Lieman<raizel.lieman80 at gmail.com>  writes:
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>> On 3/2/2010 11:24 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
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>>> Raizel Lieman<raizel.lieman80 at gmail.com>   writes:
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>>>> Profit and Loss statement/Income and expense report has some amounts
>>>> on the wrong side - debits&   credits. Is there something wrong with
>>>> the entries? How do I correct it so that the report should be
>>>> accurate?
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>>> Sounds like you entered some transaction backwards... Or you have some
>>> accounts set to the wrong type.  The report itself works fine with good
>>> data.
>>>
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>>> -derek
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>> I followed the basic outline for the 5 main accounts and the accounts
>> for Assets. I basically did the rest according to what I thought made
>> sense. Is there a tutorial or documentation on this?
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> Have you read the Concepts and Tutorial Guide?
>
> Make sure you have the debits and credits correct.  As I said, the
> report works fine for me with my data.  Maybe post an example of the
> report that looks wrong and a copy of your register that shows your
> data?
>
> -derek
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Yes, I read the concepts and tutorial guide.

I realized that the report was reporting for the wrong datesI put in a 
transaction that shouldn't have been there, because I'm basically using 
Gnucash to track my bank accounts, and there was a transaction entered 
that wasn't connected to any bank accounts.)  I realized that the report 
was reporting for the wrong dates, and changed the dates by going to 
Edit-Preferences, and change it from Relative to Absolute(uncheck 
Relative and check the circle next to Absolute) and enter the 1rst date 
that I have, and the last date plus a few months ahead. That made the 
report more accurate.