[GNC] Simple report(s) wanted

[Jediator]

Chris, please see comments below.

-- ND

On 1/21/25 10:27 AM, Chris Green wrote:
> Yes, the P&L report is nearest to what I want.  It does show the
> amount of money spent on each type of expense (e.g. Vicar's expenses,
> maintenance and so on) for the year so far and the income from various
> sources.  However it doesn't have the all importamt (to most people)
> balance in the bank account at the start and end of the period.
You can use the transaction report to show the balance at the start and 
at the end of the reporting period.
> If I remember right in previous years I have manually edited the
> report to add the bank balances.
P&L doesn't deal with asset accounts, only income and expenses. You can 
select an asset account in a P&L report, but the report generator just 
ignores it..
>> (Reports->Transaction Report) of relevant income and expense accounts.
>>
>> The default one doesn't contain any accounts so you have to select
>> relevant income (not asset) and expense accounts for the report. After
>> you select the start and end date (reporting period) and the accounts,
>> you can save the report configuration by clicking on the Save Config or
>> Save Config As button on the report menu bar.   Next time you can
>> retrieve the report by selecting Report->Saved Report
>> Configurations->your_saved_report without reentering the report options...
>>
> I'll try this (again?) but I seem to remember it doesn't really work
> for me (or, more to the point, the way the CofE expects).  Where does
> GnuCash save these report configurations?
It should work, but you have to click on the save button.  The report 
config should be part of the GNC database.