Expense account not showing up in reports

[Keith Clark]

On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 12:20 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Keith Clark <keithclark at waterloosubstop.com> writes:
> 
> > I created a bill from a vendor, it had multiple expenses on it covering
> > two different months.  I dated each line item accordingly.  I then
> > posted the bill and paid it.
> >
> > Now the expense account does not show up on my Income Statement.  This
> > method of entry should work, no?  Do the expenses only get applied at
> > the posting date?
> 
> All line items get dated as the Post Date of the Invoice, because they
> aren't "official" until you post the invoice, and the invoice itself is
> one transaction, not a set of transactions.  I.e., this is not a bug.
> 
So how do you apply the expenses to the appropriate months?  Do I have
to break down the bill manually?

Keith