Generating a Transaction or General Ledger Report

[Theresa]

I just tried "Select Children" as suggested - the report appears with two
lines only and both have 0.00 for totals.

Theresa
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hendry [mailto:hendry.michael at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:45 PM
To: Theresa
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Generating a Transaction or General Ledger Report



On 5 Jun 2013, at 21:17, Theresa <TRost at ontera.net> wrote:

> I've tried and tried to generate a Transaction Report and a General Ledger
> Report to no avail - usually just a report with 0.00 as the total.
Perhaps
> someone can spot what I'm doing wrong.  Here's one scenario I've tried for
> the Transaction Report:
>
> I make sure I'm using the correct GnuCash file then I click on Report and
> select Transaction Report. From there, I click the Options button and, in
> each of the following tabs select the following:
>
> 1.  Accounts tab - Accounts - Select All; Show Hidden Accounts (no check);
> Filter By - Clear All; Show Hidden Accounts (no check); Filter type -
None;
> Void Transactions: Both.

I think you need to "Select Children" for all the accounts you're interested
in ("Select All" selects the parents).

Michael

>
> 2.  Display tab - checked the following:  Date, Num, Description, Memo,
Use
> Full Account Name, Totals;  Amt: Single; Sign Reverses: Credit Accounts.
>
> 3.  General tab - Style Sheet: Easy; Start Date: May 1, 2012; End Date:
> April 30, 2013; Style: Single; Common Currency: CAD; Table for Exporting
(no
> Check).
>
> 4.  Sorting tab - Primary key: Account Name; Primary subtotal (checked);
> Primary sort order: Ascending; Secondary key: Register Order; Secondary
> subtotal for date key: Monthly; Secondary sort order: Ascending.
>
> Thanks in advance for all your help.
> T
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Atkins [mailto:warlord at MIT.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 10:54 AM
> To: Theresa
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: General Ledger Listing
>
>
> "Theresa" <TRost at ontera.net> writes:
>
>> What do accountants mean by General Ledger Listing?  Do my accountants
> want
>> a report of some sort?
>
> Probably either a full Transaction Report or a GL Report.
>
>> Theresa R
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