[GNC] CLI Report Running

[Alan Johnson]

I was hoping there would be a way to specify the id as a variable/parameter so I can have a script generate 20 or 30 statements.

Nov 8, 2025 18:59:43 Sherlock <sh025622 at gmail.com>:

> Hi Alan,
> 
> My assumption would be the customer must identified in the saved report along with any other desired parameters.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sherlock
> 
> 
> On 11/8/25 2:14 PM, Alan Johnson via gnucash-user wrote:
>> How did you specify the customer id?
>> Nov 8, 2025 16:58:38 Glenn Fowler <gfowler1 at outlook.com>:
>> Hi I had the same issue needing the report in PDF so I just scripted it to run the report in HTML and then just convert that to PDF
>>> 
>>> --output-file myreport.html
>>> 
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>>> *From:* gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gfowler1=outlook.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Alan Johnson via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 8, 2025 3:44 PM
>>> *To:* gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>> *Subject:* [GNC] CLI Report Running
>>>   Hello,
>>> 
>>> I am trying to run some reports from the CLI, however I am having some
>>> trouble understanding the documentation.
>>> 
>>> I want to run a "customer report".
>>> 
>>> I have the following command working:
>>> 
>>> gnucash-cli -R run --name "Customer Report" --output-file test1
>>> Troop892.gnucash
>>> 
>>> Running with "show" isn't helpful, I would have expected it to list
>>> particular parameters for the report.
>>> 
>>> gnucash-cli -R show --name "Customer Report" --output-file test1
>>> Troop892.gnucash
>>> 
>>> * name: Customer Report
>>> guid: c146317be32e4948a561ec7fc89d15c1
>>> 
>>> Some deprecated features have been used. Set the environment
>>> variable GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED to "detailed" and rerun the
>>> program to get more information. Set it to "no" to suppress
>>> this message.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It wants a customer ID, but I don't see any way to enter that as a
>>> parameter. How do I add that.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I would like it to make PDFs if possible as well, but when I attempt
>>> that, I get the following message:
>>> 
>>> gnucash-cli -R run --name "Customer Report" --export-type pdf --output-
>>> file test1.pdf Troop892.gnucash
>>> Only the following reports have export code:
>>> * Assets Over Time
>>> * Expense Over Time
>>> * Income and GST Statement
>>> * Income/Expense Chart
>>> * Income & Expense Linechart
>>> * Income Over Time
>>> * Liabilities Over Time
>>> * Net Worth Barchart
>>> * Net Worth Linechart
>>> * Tax Schedule Report/TXF Export
>>> Use -R show to describe report
>>> 
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