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

[Mark at Lorimark]

I can say I concur with this opinion.  While the GnuCash reports are a 
little 'unique', they are quite functional, and a little bit of 
experimentation goes a long way.

~mark petryk
~w:http://www.lorimarksolutions.com

On 5/19/25 12:43, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote:
> 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.
>