Income Statement question

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Jeff Black <jeff at myself.black> writes:

> I’m a new user running gnucash 2.6.6 on Ubuntu.
>
> I want to run an Income Statement report on a simple test account.  I
> want to limit the report to specific asset accounts and specific
> expense accounts.  Here is the simple example.  Note the reporting
> period is not pertinent to the issue as all transactions are dated
> within the current period (today).

An Income statement (aka Profit & Loss) only operates on Income and
Expense accounts.  It sounds like you're more interested in a Cash Flow
report.

> My Asset accounts:
> 	Asset A
> 	Asset B
> 	Asset C
>
> My Expense accounts:
> 	Expense 1
> 	Expense 2
> 	Expense 3
>
> My transactions (all dated today):
>
> 	Asset A -> Expense 1	$1
> 	Asset A -> Expense 2	$2
> 	Asset A -> Expense 3	$4
> 	
> 	Asset B -> Expense 1	$10
> 	Asset B -> Expense 2	$20
> 	Asset B -> Expense 3	$40
>
> 	Asset C -> Expense 1	$100
> 	Asset C -> Expense 2	$200
> 	Asset C -> Expense 3	$400
>
> The default report shows:
>
> 	...
> 	Expenses
> 	Expense 1		$111.00
> 	Expense 2		$222.00
> 	Expense 3		$444.00
> 	Total Expense		$777.00
> 	…
>
> This is what I would expect.
>
> HOWEVER, now I want to limit the report to only reporting on Asset A’s
> and Asset B’s disbursals to Expense 2 and Expense 3.  I go into the
> Report Options | Accounts and HIGHLIGHT only Asset A, Asset B and
> Expense 2 and Expense 3, hit Apply.
>
> WHAT I SHOULD GET is:
>
> 	...
> 	Expenses
> 	Expense 2		$22.00
> 	Expense 3		$44.00
> 	Total Expense		$66.00
> 	…
>
> BUT WHAT I GET is:
>
> 	...
> 	Expenses
> 	Expense 2		$222.00
> 	Expense 3		$444.00
> 	Total Expense		$666.00
> 	…
>
> In other words, the reported expense accounts are limited to Expense 2
> and Expense 3 as desired.  BUT it is still including all three asset
> accounts (not limiting reported accounts to Asset A and Asset B only).
>
> WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?

You're using the wrong report.  (See above).

> Thanks,
>
> Nube

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-derek
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