[GNC] Report Options - Closing Entries Pattern

[Adrien Monteleone]

Derek and Liz give the correct advice to keep separate books, but to 
your particular question of getting a filtered P&L—"you can't."

You can however, get really close to one using the Transaction Report 
and its more robust filtering abilities. Then export that to a 
spreadsheet and fill in your formulas for totaling the various sections.

Regards,
Adrien

On 1/22/22 12:34 PM, Louise wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a sort of classes in Gnucash like Quickbooks.  I like
> to keep one file with multiple bank accounts and businesses together.  So,
> I wanted to use @bookkeeping, @rental and @personal etc in the description
> field to be able to pull a P&L and filter only to show transactions
> with @bookkeeping or @rental in the description.  Then I would be able to
> separate a P&L for each rental or business.
> 
> My issue is that I'm trying to use Options > Entries > Closing Entries
> Pattern to filter a P&L.  When I put @bookeeping in the field it is showing
> me exactly the opposite.  I get totals of everything that does NOT
> have @bookeeping in the description field.  I'm having a hard time finding
> any documentation on how to use the closing entries pattern to help filter
> a report.  Maybe I'm going about this the wrong way?  Any help is
> appreciated!