[GNC] Export Transactions to CSV - Exclude Assets entry

[Wesley Werner]

Hi all,

I'd like to apologize for my silly question from yesterday.

The problem was that the option to export with the "simple layout" was
unchecked without me realizing. I won't make that mistake again :)

Regards

--
Regards
Wesley Werner


On Fri, 3 May 2024 at 18:58, Wesley Werner <wesley.werner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone.
>
> I recently upgraded to GnuCash 5.6, when I export all transactions to CSV
> it writes both sides to the file, where before it only wrote the side of
> the account I chose within the export dialog.
>
> To demonstrate,
> 1. File -> Export -> Transactions to CSV
> 2. Pick *only* Assets:Savings Account
>
> The CSV contain two rows for each transaction, one from "Assets:Savings
> Account" (-$13) and a second to "Expenses:Groceries" ($13). Prior to 5.6 it
> would only export the "Expenses:Groceries" row.
>
> I import this CSV into other programs for budgeting purposes, and since
> the two rows balance each other out it is causing unexpected totals.
>
> I tried only selecting the Expense sub-accounts in the export dialog. The
> outcome is the same. I also could not find any relevant preference setting
> to affect this.
>
> I don't really want to revert to 5.5, as I found it's process did not shut
> down on Windows 11, causing lots of orphaned exe processes to hang around
> and I got tired of mopping these up manually. Ideally I'd like to get
> exporting to CSV to only honor the account I chose in the export dialog.
> Hoping this is just something silly I missed?
>
> Windows 11 Pro
> Version 23H2
> GnuCash 5.6 for Windows 64bit, Build ID: 5.6+(2024-03-30)
>
> --
> Regards
> Wesley Werner
>
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