[GNC] Opening Balance on Reports

[Christopher Lam]

If it's a single-creditor liability account, you could try adding the
Display/Running Balance. However it doesn't quite give you the 'balance
brought forward' prior to the first printed transaction.

On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 at 19:55, Paul Kroitor <paul at kroitor.ca> wrote:

> Hello, and happy New Year to all of you using whatever the name is for the
> calendar that just started the year 2020!
>
> I am trying to produce an annual statement for a counter-party with whom
> we have a current account. It's set up in GnuCash as a liability account,
> as generally the balance is in their favour.
>
> In 2018, which was the first year the account was open, it was easy: I
> made a simple report - a modified Transaction Report - that listed all the
> transactions, and a total. But for 2019, I am having a problem creating it,
> because it should start with the opening balance (the total at the end of
> the 2018 report) and then run forward from there. The only way I can see to
> have the prior balance is to include all historical transactions (or as per
> the Ps. below).
>
> In Quicken (for example), a register report will always have an "Opening
> Balance" line which will be the total of all the transactions prior to the
> start date of the report. But I cannot find any way to achieve the same
> result in GnuCash. Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks as always for all thoughts,
> Paul
>
> [PS: I know I could move the total liability to somewhere else on Dec
> 31st, and then move it back on Jan 1st - a sort of a manual book closing,
> but for a liability rather than income / expenses - but these seems tedious
> and error-prone. However, I'll use this work-around if there's no way to
> achieve it programmatically.]
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