[GNC] totals for a parent account and all its children

[Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)]

On 2025-05-19 09:48, R Losey wrote:
> Having come from a Quicken background, where reports work "out of the box",
> the reports in GnuCash have been difficult.
> 
> I know that I have gaps in my understanding of accounting and bookkeeping.
> I have had very little problems using GnuCash's double-entry method.
> 
> But you are correct in that I am lacking knowledge in some of the report
> areas - I don't think that is a lack of knowledge of double-entry
> accounting, however.

In my opinion, the best advice for learning to configure reports comes
in three words: experiment, experiment, experiment. When trying a new
report, I make it a point to look at every setting in the Options for
that report and try things until I get what I want on the report. It's
not always obvious from the screen what an option will do; hence my
advice to experiment.

For instance, I found by experiment that both the Balance Sheet and the
Income Statement worked just fine when I clicked "Select All" on the
account selection one of the report options window. The Balance Sheet
showed Assets, Liabilities, and Equity accounts, not Income and Expenses
accounts, despite that word "All", and the Income Statement showed
Income and Expense accounts and ignored Assets, Liabilities, and Equity.

-- 
Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com