[GNC] Fwd: [gnucash-de] Reversed banlanced accounts setting does not work in reports

[Christopher Lam]

This is now added in the FAQ.

(Please note the FAQ is not necessarily the final position; reversal 
strategy may be improved with suitable solutions)

https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_does_the_Transaction_Report_.27Sign_Reversal.27_setting_not_work_on_subtotals

On 24/1/19 9:14 am, D via gnucash-user wrote:
> Sorry. The start of the thread is misleading. Following the thread, you will see that with https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2019-January/082031.html the discussion turns to precisely the issue you're asking about.
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> On January 23, 2019, at 8:27 PM, Raimund Strehl <raimund.strehl at novamar.de> wrote:
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> Thank you. But this thread does not handle the fact that the “reverse balanced accounts” setting is ignored in the totals.
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> Unfortunately I am not a programmer, but if someone can point me to where the file for the general ledger report is saved, I can have a look and maybe try to figure out how to correct the mistake.
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> Remember, this was correctly implemented in 2.6 and then disappeared.
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> BR
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> Raimund
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> Från: David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Skickat: den 23 januari 2019 15:02
> Till: Raimund Strehl <raimund.strehl at novamar.de>; Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Ämne: Re: SV: [GNC] Fwd: [gnucash-de] Reversed banlanced accounts setting does not work in reports
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> Sure! Since google isn't available in Germany,
> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2019-January/082029.html
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> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 18:20, Raimund Strehl
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> <raimund.strehl at novamar.de> wrote:
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> Thank you.
> I haven't seen the thread. Could you maybe forward it.
> BR
> Raimund
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> Från: D <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Skickat: den 23 januari 2019 02:09
> Till: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Kopia: Raimund Strehl <raimund.strehl at novamar.de>
> Ämne: Re: [GNC] Fwd: [gnucash-de] Reversed banlanced accounts setting does not work in reports
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> Raimund,
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> I saw the same issues recently.
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> The changes you see are purposeful. In order to make the totals add up, the person changed the way that the transaction report handles this setting. As I am not a programmer, I am not able to delve in to try and find a fix for it.I
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> The thread from the last couple of weeks goes into more detail.
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> David T.
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> On January 23, 2019, at 12:45 AM, "Frank H. Ellenberger" <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Raimund,
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> forwarding to the english list
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> Regards
> Frank
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> -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
> Betreff: [gnucash-de] Reversed banlanced accounts setting does not work in reports
> Datum: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 23:02:47 +0000
> Von: Raimund Strehl <raimund.strehl at novamar.de>
> An: gnucash-de at gnucash.org <gnucash-de at gnucash.org>
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> GnuCash 3.2 on Windows 10:
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> Reports such as Transaction report do not respect the "reverse balanced accounts" setting on subtotals for income accounts.
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> Individual transactions will show be shown reversed, but not account subtotals
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> e.g.
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> GnuCash 2.6.21 "reverse balanced accounts" to reverse sign on income accounts
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> Income account X:
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> Transaction A 200 EUR
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> Transaction B 300 EUR
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> Total 500 EUR
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> GnuCash 3.2 "reverse balanced accounts" to reverse sign on income accounts
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> Income account X:
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> Transaction A 200 EUR
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> Transaction B 300 EUR
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> Total -500 EUR
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> I assume it is a bug in the reporting function.
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> This bug seems to have appeared between version 2.6.21 and 3.2
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> Does anyone know the reason for this or a fix for this?
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> Thanks for any hints
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> Ray
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