[GNC] BotanyBayGardens nonprofit example, and why GnuCash does not suffice

[Christopher Lam]

On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 at 18:52, Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> 2. Statement of Cash Flows
>
> I don't recall if this was heavily discussed in a thread or bug report
> (I think a bug report, maybe both) but I recall looking over this last
> year when trying to help a user with the current Cash Flow report.
>
> Indeed it isn't anything at all like a 'Statement of Cash Flows'.
>
> I theorized that it *might* be possible to get close if the Options >
> Accounts section were divided into 3, one for each of the three parts of
> the standard report form. John noted it is too difficult for GnuCash to
> know what accounts belong in each section, so like with other such
> questions for other reports (even this one as it is now), let the user
> select them.
>

Anyone interested in the difficulties in a *formal* 'Statement of Cash
Flow' for formal accounting must first read through
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797093 and
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=722140. Summary: it's *difficult*.
Anyone interested in a *consumer-grade* 'cash flow' for entertainment
purposes report can preview https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/759,
which won't be ready until 5.0 at least :)