[GNC] Simple report(s) wanted

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 05:55:09AM -0800, Brad Morrison wrote:
> Hi Chris/GNUCash users, 
> 
> GnuCash is free/open source software, so please understand that and that
> this is a volunteer effort. 
> 
Yes, absolutely, I agree and I really appreciate the level of support
that is provided.  I didn't mean to sound ungrateful


> Feel free to donate and encourage others to do so so that the software
> is maintained and possibly even improved -
> https://www.gnucash.org/donate.phtml 
> 
> With that said, some basics: 
> 
> What operating system are you using? 
> 
Not very relevant to the question I don't think, but anyway it's Linux
Debian 12.


> What version of GNUCash are you using? The current version is 5.10 -
> https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml 
> 
Gnucash 5.6, the latest/safest version I can get using Debian's
backports.


> Until someone else spends their time to answer your questions, GNUCash
> has several documentation resources -
> https://gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual//index.html &
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GnuCash will help you understand some
> accounting basics and how they apply to GNUCash, but there is a lot of
> information there!  
> 
Yes, I know.  I have been using GnuCash for quite a few years now.

> ---
> Thanks, 
> 
> Brad - https://www.facebook.com/brad.morrison.12327/ &
> https://norcal.social/@BradMorrison 
> 
> On 2025-01-21 03:02, Chris Green wrote:
> 
> > I need to present our PCC/Church accounts to the PCC (Parochial Church
> > Council) three or four times a year.  Every time I do this I struggle
> > to find a report which simply shows the bank balance at the start of
> > the period, where money came in from, where money went out to and the
> > resulting final balance in the bank account.
> > 
> > Am I missing something obvious or is there really no way of showing
> > this?  It's what the layman (i.e. members of the PCC) want to see.
> > 
> > Further to this I also always get bitten by having to select the
> > 'start of year' and 'end of year' almost every time I run a report,
> > these dates seem to get reset frequently.
> > 
> > Also, it seems like every time I ask for a report, it tells me 'no
> > accounts selected' and I have to go through the same old rigmarole
> > that I have done many, many times before of selecting all accounts.
> > Surely the default should be to include all accounts and also surely
> > the setting should be remembered.
> > 
> > I know I've been here before and probably have asked similar questions
> > but I do find it rather frustrating at times.
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Chris Green