[GNC] Wrong running balances in reports

[David Carlson]

I forgot the other point I intended to make.

GnuCash does not necessarily calculate intra-day balances correctly.  It is
only correct at the end of the day.  Gnucash may sort same day transactions
differently than you or I want it to.

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 6:44 PM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> IIRC, in some views the running total is not shown at all when it is not
> in sort order.  In other views it is shown out of sequence, but it is
> correct if the  view including the running totals is re-sorted to the
> 'correct' sequence.  Thus it is not actually wrong, it is just out of
> sequence.
>
> That is my opinion.
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 3:33 PM Finfort <finfort at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  But this is wrong and should be recalculated when changing sort order,
>> isn't it?
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>> > On May 27, 2020 at 17:39,  <Derek Atkins (mailto:derek at ihtfp.com)>
>> wrote:
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>> >  Hi, "finfort at gmail.com"  <finfort at gmail.com>  writes:  >  Appears in
>> reports when you sorting by date and you have 2  >  transactions of the
>> same date.  >   >  Needs recalculation of running balance.  >   >  Example
>> of General Ledger report:  >   >  VAT Output Dr Cr Running Balance  >   >
>> 31/12/19 O.. LTD €25,080.00-€212,124.82  >   >  31/12/19 R.. GMBH
>> €2,926.00-€187,044.82  >  (should be 215050.82)  >   >  Total For VAT
>> Output €28,006.00  >   >  In this example rows should stay vice versa, like
>> in the editable form  >  to have correct running balance.  >   >  So the
>> form has recalculation of running balance, the report does not have. If you
>> change the sort-order in the register you will also notice the balance is
>> "off" -- the balance is computed based on the default sort order and
>> displayed in whatever view you have. In other words, the balance is ONLY
>> valid in the default sort order, not any other sort order. This is true in
>> reports as well as the register.  >  Please remember to CC this list on all
>> your replies.  >  You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>> -derek -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 derek at ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com
>> Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>> >
>> >
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