cannot find report

[Paul de Vries]

>> From: Paul de Vries <mailto:paul.de.vries at xs4all.nl>
>> Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2017 10:07 PM
>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>> Subject: cannot find report
>>  
>> I need a transaction report for a given period with total over sub-accounts, e.g.
>>  
>> 999 main account
>>               21 oct transaction $ 1.00
>> 999 total for apr $ 1.00
>> 999-1 sub account
>>               22 oct transaction $ 2.00
>> 999-1 total for apr $ 2.00
>> total for main + sub account $ 3.00 <-- this is the line i'm looking for.
>>  
>> i remember vagely that i did something like this in the past but i cannot find it anymore.


> On 25 Oct 2017, at 17:12, Christopher Lam <christopher.lck at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You can run the standard Transaction Report, choose options:
> Accounts/Accounts: click a parent account, click “Select Children”; ***don’t select any other accounts***
> Sorting/Primary Key: account name
> Sorting/Primary Subtotal: true
> Sorting/Secondary Key: none
> This will give you the total for parent + subaccounts.
>  
> I don’t think there’s a facility to report on multiple levels of subtotals.
>  
> Alternatively you can try: from the main account register, select the parent account, Edit>Open Subaccounts
> Then run Report>Account Report. This will give a running balance. But I’m not 100% sure this is meaningful.
>  
> C


thanks. this can only work for a single account where the bottom total is for the main + sub accounts.
is something like this not possible for multiple accounts with sub-accounts, separate totals per main account?