Child Transactions in Parent Register

Tommy Trussell tommy.trussell at gmail.com
Wed Jan 20 11:36:35 EST 2016


On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 10:11 AM, John Morris <johnjeff at editide.us> wrote:

> Hi All,
>   Is there any way to make GnuCash show me all the child transactions in a
> parent register? I am keeping the books for a small nonprofit and we have
> received a donation earmarked for costumes. Since we only have one checking
> account, I deposited the check there, but I would like to see how much of
> the "costume fund" is left. I set up a child account of the checking
> account in GnuCash and have moved all the transactions related to costumes
> to that child account. Now my main checking account balance on the Accounts
> page matches the bank, but the register balance does not match because it
> does not show the transactions related to costumes.
>
>   Ideally, I would like to be able to see the balance and transactions
> related to just the costumes in one view and the balance and transactions
> related to the "general fund" (everything that is not costume related) in
> another window and all the transactions in another window so I can balance
> the checking account against the bank's numbers. Is that possible?
>
>
When you start to reconcile the checking account, check the "include
subaccounts" checkbox, and the numbers should reconcile properly.


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