[GNC] End of year rollover

Christopher Lam christopher.lck at gmail.com
Fri Mar 22 22:00:23 EDT 2019


It has not quite been merged in yet, but I see no further issue that I can
fix myself, so, I'll see about getting in for wider use and bug finding, in
an "experimental" submenu. It won't report unrealised gains though, too
difficult to hack it as it is.

On Fri., 22 Mar. 2019, 23:06 Derek Atkins, <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> writes:
>
> > 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.
>
> I believe it has been committed to the repository already.  If not,
> there is an open PR about it which implies it should be committed soon.
>
> > 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 agree that some things are best done outside GnuCash, but GnuCash can
> certainly get you most of the way there.
>
> > 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.
>
> This would be much harder, I think, if you had separate data files.
> Especially because GnuCash doesn't like having multiple files open
> simultaneously.
>
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
>
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