[GNC] Placeholder accounts not totaling on reports

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Thu Dec 19 07:14:23 EST 2024


Did you set the report options to roll up the sums?
-derek

On Thu, December 19, 2024 7:05 am, Blake McBride via gnucash-user wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using GnuCash 5.10. This is my initial effort to move to GnuCash. I
> entered all of my opening balances against the Opening Balances account as
> is normal. When I look at my Accounts, I see all of the correct numbers,
> and I see the totals of the sub-accounts in the parent placeholder
> accounts as expected. Great.
>
> I set the reporting period to last year (1/1/23 - 12/31/23).
>
> When I run the Income Statement or the Balance Sheet reports, I am seeing
> the following problems.
>
> It shows the detail current asset accounts correctly, but the parent
> Current Assets placeholder shows zero.
>
> The parent of Current Assets (Assets) shows zero too.
>
> However, at the end of the Assets section, Total Assets is correct.
>
> The same reporting error is repeated for Liabilities, Equity, Expenses,
> etc.
>
> The parent placeholder accounts show correctly on the Accounts tab of
> GnuCash but are always zero on the Balance Sheet and Income Statement
> reports.
>
> Is there any way to fix this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Blake McBride
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