Budget report with a different format

[David T.]

Take a llok at: http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Custom_Reports

HTH,
David

--- On Mon, 11/29/10, Daniel Trezub <daniel3ub at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Daniel Trezub <daniel3ub at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Budget report with a different format
> To: "Phil Longstaff" <plongstaff at rogers.com>
> Cc: "gnucash-user" <gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org>
> Date: Monday, November 29, 2010, 4:03 PM
> Phil, I love the idea!
> But... how do I install/use it?
> I am using GC 2.2.9 in a Ubuntu 10.04
> 
> Thanks!
> =====
> Daniel Trezub
> http://www.gameblogs.com.br
> 
> 
> On 27 November 2010 17:08, Phil Longstaff <plongstaff at rogers.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I have been playing around with the budget report to
> provide the info I
> > want in the format I want.  For now, I've just
> called it "PSL
> > Budget" (my initials).  I don't know what bugs
> there might be.
> >
> > The format.  There are 3 sets of columns. 
> Each set of columns can have
> > budget/actual/diff values.  The three sets of
> columns are (1) current
> > month (2) all months up to and including this one (3)
> full year.  This
> > allows me to see budget room (or over-budget) for the
> month, accumulated
> > budget room (or over-budget) from past months and
> budget room (or
> > over-budget for the year).
> >
> > In the general tab of the report options, you can
> select which month is
> > the current one.  I haven't tied this in to the
> date yet.
> >
> > I don't know what bugs there are or if this will make
> it into 2.4.0.
> > I'm interested in any feedback.
> >
> > For any developers who might want to tweak this or
> create budget reports
> > which combine columns: Under the surface, I've done
> some work in how
> > budget columns are specified, so that a column set
> spec is given to the
> > budget report engine.  Look at lines
> 500/501.  This is where the column
> > sets are specified.  The spec is a list.  If
> a list item is a number,
> > the column set is the budget/actual/diff for that
> period.  If the list
> > item is a list of numbers, the column set is the sum
> of
> > budget/actual/diff for those periods.  Thus, (10
> (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
> > 10) (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11)) specifies first set =
> november, 2nd set
> > = jan-nov, 3rd set = whole year (indexes start at
> 0).  You could have
> > ((0 1 2) (3 4 5) (6 7 8) (9 10 11)) for 4 sets, each
> one being a
> > quarter.  Eventually, I'd like to see the report
> engines take a row
> > specification (what accounts and how to subtotal/total
> them) and a
> > column spec (what columns and how to subtotal/total
> them), both of which
> > are user-definable.
> >
> > Phil
> >
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