[GNC] Report question

[R Losey]

Noted; however, there comes a time for everyone when the work involved in
the more complex solution is not worth just adopting the simple solution.
If you did get it to work as a single report, it is likely to be multi-page
anyway... I think you've probably hit the limit of the reports; I'm not
aware of any way to have one report in which some accounts are just
summarized and others have detailed information, unless you change how the
data is entered somehow. But best wishes with your project.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 12:23 PM Eric Coates via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Adrien wrote:
>
> "When starting a new topic, rather than replying to an existing one,
> simply send a new message to the list address. Otherwise, it might not
> get noticed
>
> Sorry. Although I did start with an existing post I changed the Subject
> and I thought that would have removed the antecedents of the original
> message. I live and learn!
>
> Richard asked:
>
> "... why not have two reports; one with Ordinary Expense accounts
> selected, and the other with the Exceptional account selected. For the
> latter, you can have it show the full breakdown"
>
> Indeed that would be simple but as I said I'm exploring the reports ie
> pushing the limits of my knowledge. It has the disadvantage that I would
> need multiple reports to get what I want which basically boils down to
> "everything on one sheet of paper". Yes I'm aware of the spreadsheet
> work around but "why do it easy when you can do it Eric" as a friend of
> mine often asked!
>
> ========================
>
> Adrien suggested using the multi column report. I have tried this but,
> having got a Profit & Loss report in each of the two columns I cannot
> see any way of trimming them down. There is no information as how to do
> this in the manual (9.3.5.2). Suggestions would be welcomed. (I'm using
> GnuCash 4.8 on Ubuntu Mate 22.04, is the full functionality only
> available in a later version/elsewhere?)
>
> For completeness: My account structure structure is not the one Adrien
> suggested; our expenses are separated into ""Ordinary" and "Exceptional"
> according to our requirements (to other people it probably looks
> arbitrary!) and both classes are top level accounts of Type Expense.
>
> Thank you for your patience
>
> Eric
>
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