How can I add Account Codes and Descriptions of the Accounts to the Profit and Loss sheet?

[Wm]

Thu, 2 Jul 2015 17:06:36 <JtEizc8----0 at tutanota.com>  ef99 at tutanota.com

>Thanks. Michael is right.
>Editing the names should work, but is not very elegant. Which file in
>the source code does determine which columns are printed in reports
>such as the profit and loss sheet? Then I could probably just change it
>there.

if you want to look but not touch

\gnucash\share\gnucash\scm\gnucash\report\standard-reports\income-stateme
nt.scm

if you are sure you want to change it ask again as I can't recall the 
exact procedure for where you have to copy it too before playing with it 
offhand.

>Nevertheless I think it would be a feature request to be able to
>configure which columns are printed.

Not likely to happen for two reasons:
1) longer term scheme won't be used for reports so no-one is doing much 
work on them
2) gnc regards account codes a bit like earlobes, you can look at them 
but they don't do much; in fact gnc functions perfectly well without 
them at all.

Having said all that I'm sure someone must have done this before so a 
good trawl through the list archives and website might reveal some 
previously done work.

Also if you are OK with SQL then I and a number of other people could 
provide you with a basic P&L script and you could include your codes in 
that.

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Wm...