can I get info on quanties from bill splits?

[Shane Litherland]

Hi again,

I decided to enter fuel purchases (using Bill splits) as
'quantity'=litres and 'unit price'=cents/litre.
previously I'd just put in unit=1 and total price.

I'd hoped to be able to report on the number of litres purchased in a
given time (e.g. for fuel tax accounting).

The detail that posts to A/P and onwards to expense/tax accounts though,
seems only to be the total of each split (I don't accumulate splits).
The quantity/units info seems only to be visible in the individual
bills. Which means I have to look up each bill and note down the litres
e.g. in a spreadsheet, in order to tally up litres for a period.

Have I missed something basic here? Is there a way to 'see' the quantity
info e.g. as part of a report on the fuel expense account? or as a field
in the ledger of that account? My fiddling around with reports to date
has not revealed an answer.

The info has to be there somewhere for me to see it in individual
bills... I just want to add it up... oh GNUcash why do you torment me
so, with your carrot just out of reach... ;-}

-shane