Chart of accounts

[John Layman]

I think what you are referring to as the CoA might more correctly be called
the Trial Balance.  You might ponder why it is that Googling the phrase
"chart of accounts" returns a lot of sample charts with nary a monetary
figure to be seen.

-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Atkins [mailto:warlord at MIT.EDU] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:20 AM
To: john.layman at laymanandlayman.com
Cc: 'David Carlson'; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Chart of accounts

"John Layman" <john.layman at laymanandlayman.com> writes:

> To my mind, the CoA doesn't include balances at all.  It is simply the 
> hierarchy of accounts, an abstract depiction of how ledger entries are 
> structured for reporting.

Ah, see, to my mind that's not the CoA -- that would be the "Account List".
No, there is no report to print the Account List.  Patches welcome, but I
honestly don't see any reason anyone would ever want to do that.

-derek

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Atkins [mailto:warlord at MIT.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 3:57 PM
> To: john.layman at laymanandlayman.com
> Cc: 'David Carlson'; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Chart of accounts
>
> "John Layman" <john.layman at laymanandlayman.com> writes:
>
>> None of this eliminates balances in 2.4.6.  They show up even when
> unticked.
>> True, you can set the depth to 1 and have no balances, but the 
>> original poster is looking for a way to print his chart of accounts, 
>> not just the top level.
>
> I guess I'm still completely confused as to what the original poster 
> wants to do.  To me the CoA includes not just the list of account 
> names but also the account balances, and potentially other information 
> (account description, commodity/currency, etc).  Maybe I just don't 
> understand what "print the CoA" means to the OP.  By *my* definition 
> of CoA, the Account Summary is exactly what you need.
>
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> -derek

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