[GNC] Setting up a Transaction Report

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

I think you can accomplish this using the Transaction Report and adjusting the settings accordingly. Have you tried that? There is also the report that is available when you are in the register in question (I'm forgetting its name)...

⁣David T. ​

On Nov 2, 2024, 8:52 AM, at 8:52 AM, Megan Tilley <megan.tilley at gmail.com> wrote:
>I am obviously missing something here as I am unable to find a
>Transaction
>Report template in the list of reports that addresses my needs.
>
>I am still setting up my GnuCash instance and I want to produce a
>Transaction Report format that I am familiar with which will help me
>reconcile my hardcopy data into GC and is akin to Quicken/Reckon
>comprising:
>1) one account
>2) date of the transaction
>3) description of the transaction
>4) amount  of the transaction
>5) subtotaled by the report parameter default of all transactions in
>the
>report OR if across a month (as in 15 June to 14 July) subtotalling
>each
>month with a total for the entire period
>
>I understand that there is a parameter called "Account Display Depth"
>(with
>selections of "All", and individual selections of 1 through 6 levels),
>which I interpret as being able to print all levels of a category, like
>Level 1(top):Level 2:Level 3: Level 4
>Computer Expenses:Software:Genealogy:DNA
>...so using the Account Display Depth, if I set it to 4 I see all 4
>levels
>and if I set it to 1 I see the amalgamated total for all Computer
>Expenses.
>
>I thought I could use the Cash Flow template and adjust it to my needs
>but
>I think the "Account Display Depth" is not working for me on the Cash
>Flow
>template... I set it to Level 1 expecting the primary category to be
>shown
>but it still shows all subsidiary levels in that category.
>
>Is there something I can "tweak" to get it to work properly for me?
>Is there a Transaction Report I can "add in" or create within my GC?
>
>
>[Reckon is the Australian version of Quicken from Intuit]
>
>
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>Megan in Sydney
>
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