Present x Total columns

[Fred Bone]

On 17 September 2010 at 12:23, Luiz Carlos da Costa Junior said:

> Hi all,
> 
> I am using gnucash-2.2.9 for 2 years and I have a doubt about the
> "Present" column behavior in the Accounts tab.
> 
> The Total column shows the balance of each account (including the future
> transactions) and the parent accounts also consider the sub-accounts
> "summing up" everything "below".
> 
> On the other hand, the Present column does not consider the sub-accounts.
> Is this behavior expected?
> 
> I was expecting to see the sum of sub-accounts in my parent accounts for
> this column (for others too). For example, I would like to see the total
> balance of all my Assets today and compare it against the future balance
> (Total column). Is it possible today?
> 
> Maybe the "Total (Period)" column is what I need, but where the "(Period)"
> to be considered is specified?

Edit->Preferences, Accounting Period, Start Date and End Date