[GNC] gnucash-cli options - accounts, dates and other settings

[Dale Alspach]

The run date of a report is actually quite useful. This is especially the
case when multiple persons are involved with analyzing the data and making
correcting entries. I work with a small charitable organization. We get
reports from the bookkeeper a few days before the meeting. I may spot
something that doesn't look correct. I send an email about the issue, the
treasurer or bookkeeper fixes some entries and a new version of the report
is generated. Members of the committee may not have checked their email
again or grabbed the wrong version. The run date and time is an easy way to
be sure we are all looking at the same thing.
Dale

On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 9:49 AM Michael or Penny Novack <
stepbystepfarm at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 8/31/2021 5:52 AM, flywire wrote:
> > This report needs accounts and dates to be specified in Win10 and I'd
> like
> > to tweak some other settings. "A datafile may be specified to describe
> some
> > saved options." Where is the documentation for gnucash-cli ?
>
> Maybe missing the main point? For most reports, you will always be
> specifying the effective date(s) for the report and in most cases this
> will have nothing to do with the real time date when you run the report.
>
> For example, suppose you run an "Income Statement" (aka P&L, etc.) and a
> "Balance Sheet" at the end of each quarter (in effect, Balance Sheet at
> start too, but you have that from last quarter). The effective dates for
> the "Statement of Revenues and Expenses" (that's what a non-profit calls
> it) would be the  first and last date of the quarter and for the Balance
> Sheet, the last day of the quarter. But you are unlikely to actually run
> these reports till several days after the end of the quarter when you
> are sure all transactions entered.
>
> TYPICALLY I would have these reports open from last time, use
> edit=>options to change the dates, apply, and then export. The "system
> date" is irrelevant.
>
> Michael D Novack
>
>
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