[GNC] Why does the balance sheet report list positions with zero balances?

[km22]

Thank you. Submitted here: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798461

On 20/2/2022 22:10, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just opened the account file you sent, ran the balance sheet, and then
> expanded the default account depth from to 4.  When I did that I noticed
> that the two lines you sent:
>
>    2,000 UST2   $1,960.00
>        0 UST1       $0.00
>
> are BOTH from the same account, USD Bonds.   The fact they are from the
> "same" account is why both are showing up, even when you have "Omit zero
> balance figures".  There is an embedded assumption of "one figure per
> account" which happens especially if sub-accounts get rolled up into the
> parent account.
>
> If you increase the level of subaccounts to 6 then that UST1 goes away.
>
> I agree, this is probably a bug.  If you are rolling up subaccounts and
> have "omit zero balance figures" selected, it should, well, omit
> zero-balance figures, even if the rolled-up data contains non-zero-balance
> numbers.
>
> Please file a bug report in Bugzilla and attach the data file, screen
> shot, and this email exchange.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -derek
>
> On Sun, February 20, 2022 7:48 am, km22 wrote:
>> Thanks Derek. Adding the screenshot here as an attachment.
>>
>> On 20/2/2022 20:45, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> The example file made it through. The photo didn't.  The reason is
>>> that the list strips html.  So embedded images get stripped.
>>> Attachments do make it.
>>>
>>> -derek
>>> Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
>>>
>>> On February 20, 2022 7:31:59 AM km22 <km22 at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> P.S. I see that neither my screenshot nor example gnucash file seem to
>>>> be accessible to the mailing list.  Pls let me know how best to share
>>>> both of these. Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
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