[GNC] End of year rollover

Adrien Monteleone adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net
Thu Mar 21 16:22:20 EDT 2019


For now, the likely best method is exporting and using a spreadsheet for multi-period comparisons, though I seem to recall a proper multi-period report is in development.

The multi-column report could fit that bill, but as-is, repeats all of the account labels which makes things quite cluttered. There is also no way to see percentages or variances unless you use a spreadsheet. (or other reporting solution)

I find myself looking at odd periods and crossing yearly boundaries more often than I find myself comparing two monthly or annual periods. (though I need that too) If I had to close the books each year, I’d lose that ability, or at least it would be very cumbersome.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Mar 21, 2019, at 3:13 PM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 20:51:00 +0100
> Christian Kluge <frakturfreak at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I don’t know how to say it, but I think GnuCash might be better off
>> with a balance carry over method into the next year.
>> 
>> At least for me in Germany I can’t think of someone accounting for
>> more than one year and also only on certain circumstances accounting
>> for another period than 01.01. to 31.12.
>> 
>> I don’t know whether it would be possible to have an option the
>> gnucash file for the previous year which would be used comparisson
>> reports.
> 
> Sometimes it is better to ask the question than ask "where is this
> solution?"
> 
> I think your question is
> "Using a single file for accounts in Gnucash, how do you make a
> comparison between different financial years?"
> 
> There is a way of using a multicolumn report to do this. I don't do it,
> so I can't advise.
> Did I get your question correct?
> 
> Liz




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