Report generation query

[Michelle]

Hi Geert,

That may be exactly what I;m looking for. Many thanks. I'll give it a
try.

Michelle.


On Fri, 2015-10-02 at 09:45 +0200, Geert Janssens wrote:
> On Friday 02 October 2015 05:58:14 Michelle wrote:
> 
> > hi Folks,
> 
> > 
> 
> > I'm scratching my head on a reporting issue I've got, and I need
> help
> 
> > please.
> 
> > 
> 
> > My gnucash accounts go back to 2003. Currently using version 2.6.1
> rev
> 
> > built 2014-02-19 as it's what comes with Mint. (I know, several
> 
> > packages on this distro are a little behind.)
> 
> > 
> 
> > I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon and recently I've been ramping down
> 
> > my purchases. I have catagories for the various bits I buy, like
> 
> > DVD's, Books, computer bits, etc. but obviously I buy that stuff
> from
> 
> > different places.
> 
> > 
> 
> > What I'd like to do is pull up a report, with an annual total,
> against
> 
> > the account detail, "Amazon" ... so I can find out how much I've
> 
> > spent there on an annual basis going back throughout my whole
> 
> > history.
> 
> > 
> 
> > How do I do that please?
> 
> > 
> 
> The way to do this is to search for the information you want first in
> an account register or from the account hierarchy page. You can search
> via the menu option Edit->Find.
> 
>  
> 
> There you define what you want to search for (for example
> "Description" equals "Amazon").
> 
>  
> 
> This will open a new register page with the search results. From this
> page you can then run an "Account Report", which you can find in the
> Reports menu.
> 
>  
> 
> Does this help ?
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  
> 
> Geert
>