General Ledger/Transaction Report???

[Michael Hendry]

On 9 Sep 2014, at 21:18, NR <nsrathi at aol.com> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>  
> Thank you for your tutorial.
> While the report that produces is somewhat helpful, it is not what I need.

I think that’s what you SAID you needed! when you wrote "Please help - I would like to create a General Ledger report for all transactions for a specified time period.”

You’ve already tried Reports=>Transaction Reports and tried out the various options without getting what you want, but I think this is where it’s to be found.

All the columns you’re asking for can be displayed if you tick the relevant boxes in the “Display” tab of the options. 

I don’t think it’s possible to be very selective about the specific accounts which all be reported - it’s one account, or one branch, or the whole tree - but I’m open to correction on this. I haven’t investigated the “Filter” feature.

Michael
(not an expert, just a happy user of Gnucash for the last four years!).

>  
> The report I need to generate shows the activity in each of the accounts in the chart of accounts accounts over a specific period of time.
> For each account in your chart of accounts, the report is organized by account, and would show:
> - would show the beginning balance for the account,
> - all the transactions that occurred in that account,
> - Date of transaction
> - Type of transaction
> - Number (e.g., check #, etc)
> - Name of payee, etc.
> - Memo/Description of transaction
> - Split information for each transaction
> - categorize the transaction within the two columns (debit/credit)
> - a running balance, after each transaction,
> - a total for the transactions for that time period for each column,
> - an ending balance for the account at end of the specified period,
>  
> All help in producing this report is MUCH appreciated - I suspect I am not the only person needing/wanting this reporting information.
>  
> Thank you!
>  
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com>
> To: NR <nsrathi at aol.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Sent: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 11:19 pm
> Subject: Re: General Ledger/Transaction Report???
> 
> On 9 Sep 2014, at 00:38, NR <nsrathi at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Please help - I would like to create a General Ledger report for all 
> transactions for a specified time period.
> > However, when I select 'Transaction Report' I do not know what to do next.
> > 
> > I have tried choosing 'Select All' under the 'Accounts' tab under Options, but 
> that did not work.
> > Then, I tried selecting each parent account, and then selecting 'Select 
> Children,' but that only produced a report for the last selected parent account 
> group.
> > 
> > Also, I would like to see the 'split' information for each transaction, as 
> well.
> > 
> > I am really frustrated, as this is not as intuitive as compared to QB.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> 
> Use Tools=>General Ledger to open the General Ledger register.
> 
> Right-click within this register and use the “Filter By” option to choose the 
> date range in which you’re interested.
> 
> Use Reports=>Account Report to produce the report.
> 
> Use the Options button to make adjustments to the way this report is displayed.
> 
> Michael
>