[GNC] My experience importing 19 years of Quicken data into GnuCash

no_more_quicken nospam at peterskim.com
Tue Apr 2 15:30:11 EDT 2019


Adrien Monteleone-2 wrote
>> On Apr 2, 2019, at 11:59 AM, no_more_quicken <

> nospam@

> > wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 5. I still haven't quite figured out the reporting framework; my goal is
>> to
>> generate an "expenses over the last X months grouped by month" report
>> (i.e.,
>> just like the "Expense Over Time" built-in chart, but in a table format
>> with
>> all the numbers for every account).  I found  this thread
>> <http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Monthly-Income-Expense-Reports-td1561239.html>  
>> from a decade ago but if anyone has any updated tips that would be
>> appreciated.
> 
> While a Transaction Report might get you the data, I tend to like the
> Budget Report for its layout.
> 
> If you only want to see actual expenses, simply uncheck the “Show Budget”
> in the Display tab.
> 
> You can get each month/period in its own column, optionally have a total
> column, and everything is listed by account just like a P&L.
> 
> I think you have to setup a budget first to define the reporting period to
> get it to work. I haven’t tried it without one created.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien

Thanks, Adrien.  This approach is working for me -- I just had to create a
new budget and was able to create the report!




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