[GNC] Calculating IRR of an investment account

[Stan Brown]

On 2023-04-08 05:02, Graham wrote:
> I have tried the manual without much success, and tried two different
> AIs [ChatGPT and Nova] but both give me instructions that don't seem to
> exist, such as :
> 
> 1. Click on the "Reports" menu and select "New Report".
> 2. In the "Report Type" dropdown, select "Transaction".
> 3. Click on the "Add Column" button to add the columns you want to
>    include in your report. For example, you could add "Date",
>    "Description", "Amount", and "Memo" columns.
> 4. Click on the "Grouping" dropdown and select "Date".
> 5. In the "Filter" section, set the date range for the period you want
>    to calculate the IRR for.
> 6. Click on the "Customize Report" button to open the report
>    customization panel.
> 7. In the "Computation" section, click on the "Add" button to add a new
>    computation to your report.
> 8. In the "Computation" dropdown, select "Internal Rate of Return (IRR)".
> 
> New report I take to be a new transaction report, but I can't see any
> add column button, customize report or computation options.
> 
> Am I missing something, or is AI as stupid as me? (Win 10, Gnucash 5.0)

AI lives up to its adjective, but not so well to its noun. A recent
story detailed "hallucinations" in AI -- for instance, you could ask it
for the record holder in walking across the English Channel and get an
answer that seemed authoritative, except obviously it wasn't.


Stan Brown
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