Simple beginner help

[Sean Clarke]

Hi Paula,

Thank you!  That suggestion (although I've not tried it yet) certainly
sounds like it could work.

I'm a bit of a data nut and have been trying to find ways to gather finely
grained analytics of every aspect of my life.

I appreciate that it may not be possible (yet) but the more I can do the
better.

Thanks again for your help.

Sean

On 14 October 2014 04:18, Paula Hendricks <paula at ph-webnet.com> wrote:

> depending on how finely you want to do all this in gnucash you can set up
> accounts for stores etc. i group items like groceries and don't break them
> down finer, but you could by setting up sub-accounts. if you want really
> fine detail on a lot of items i'm afraid gnu-cash or any accounting program
> might get cumbersome after a while.
>
> i'm not quite sure how you would break it down by store and by item.... i
> think you would have to choose which sub-account is more helpful to you...
>
> in that case, i'd do a spreadsheet that breaks it down further...
>
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> On Oct 13, 2014, at 6:52 AM, Sean Clarke wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm new to GnuCash having just installed it last night.
> >
> > Already I'm very confused as I can't seem to figure out how I use it.
> >
> > What I want to do is pretty simple (I think), I want to keep track of all
> > my spending so for example today I had my haircut, had some lunch with a
> > friend and then went to the grocery store and purchased a few items.
> >
> >
> > How do I enter a transaction that shows not only how much I spent on
> lunch
> > but where I ate, so at the end of the month (or whenever) I can see how
> > much money I spent during the period at each different restaurant?
> >
> > How do I record the different items I purchased in the grocery store and
> > which store it was so I can see how much I spend in different stores and
> > how much (for example) I spend each month on Milk?
> >
> > I've managed to do very basic money in / money out transactions but I
> can't
> > figure out the extra step of linking a transaction to a store (very
> > important) or breaking down a grocery store receipt into items.
> >
> > Is this even possible?
> >
> > Thanks all,
> >
> > Sean
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