Going crazy with Report issues

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

One thing we recommend is to click "Select All" and then "Select
Children".  This should make sure you have all the accounts selected.

-derek

David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday, 7/10/2013 7:34 PM, David T. wrote:
>> Just a quick question: when you say you selected all accounts, did
>> you open the account tree before clicking All Accounts?
>>
>> There is an outstanding oddity in the account selection widget that
>> it only selects accounts that are currently visible on screen. Users
>> have complained, and there is an enhancement request in for it, but
>> it hasn't gotten fixed. So, try making all your accounts visible in
>> the tree and *then* clicking the All Accounts button.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Jul 10, 2013, at 2:37 PM, firtree <tizzonestudio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Newbie here and going nuts. I've used Quicken for years and now switching to
>>> GnuCash. I cannot get a Transaction Report to list anything. I've only
>>> entered a few things because I want to make sure I'm doing this correctly
>>> and that Gnucash will give me the info I need. I've tried everything and
>>> cannot get a TR to show anything. The message is "no matching transactions
>>> found". The dates are correct, I chose to include all accounts and I don't
>>> understand the filter thing, so did it to include all and none and neither
>>> makes any difference. What am I doing wrong?????? 
>>>
>>> I want a report, like I would generate in Quicken, that shows the
>>> transactions and their amounts, hopefully grouped in their appropriate
>>> accounts. 
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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> David is referring to the fact that sub-accounts do not necessarily get
> selected to be included in transaction reports in particular, but also
> in certain other reports unless the user makes it a point to scroll down
> the account list in the report settings, and click on each
> right-pointing icon by accounts that contain sub-accounts to show the
> respective sub-accounts before clicking on Select All and/or Select
> Children.
> Users usually do that once after they have their Chart of Accounts set
> to their satisfaction then save the report as a custom report with a
> descriptive title because it is a tedious and error-prone process. 
> Alas, roses have thorns too.
>
> David C
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