[GNC] How to quickly select an Account for a Transaction Report?

[Tom Route-36]

Hi Sherlock,

Thanks for that second tip.  I definitely prefer a Transaction Report to 
an Account Report.  And using that Filter tab lets me select whatever 
specific account I want.  I also see how I can select multiple accounts 
via that Filter as well.  All I have to do is check the option to "Use 
regular expressions" and I can expand the filter to select several 
accounts that I might want to include.  So thanks again for your help.

Tom


On 9/2/2025 12:36 AM, Sherlock wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> Open the account register, right-click on a transaction and select 
> Filter By..., set the desired date range, then select Report > Account 
> Report.
> 
> If you do want to use Report > Transaction Report and the account name 
> is unique, you go to Report Options, select all the accounts on the 
> Account tab and provide the account's name on the Filter tab.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sherlock
> 
> 
> On 9/1/25 11:21 PM, Tom Route-36 wrote:
>> Hi Sherlock,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion.  Going to the account register does let me 
>> select an Account Report.  The problem with that though is that it 
>> gives me every transaction back to the beginning of time (or in my 
>> case the past 20+ years).  How would I select a report from within the 
>> account register that shows just the current year's transactions?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> On 9/1/2025 11:56 PM, Sherlock wrote:
>>> Hi Tom,
>>>
>>> Open the account register first and then select Reports > Account 
>>> Report.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Sherlock
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/1/25 10:43 PM, Tom Route-36 wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Is there some easy way to quickly select an Account for a 
>>>> Transaction Report?  When I select Reports -> Transaction Report, it 
>>>> will say "No accounts selected"; and there's a link to "Edit report 
>>>> options".  So in the Options window, I select the "Accounts" tab.  
>>>> And I'll be able to select from my list of over 250 accounts.  But 
>>>> only the first 2 or 3 of all those 250 accounts are visible in that 
>>>> dialog box.  I have to manually scroll down thru that long 250- 
>>>> accounts list to get to the 1 sub-account that I'm actually 
>>>> interested in.
>>>>
>>>> For this example here, let's say it's Expenses:Food:Groceries.  Is 
>>>> there an easy way to select just that 1 Groceries sub-account for a 
>>>> report without having to manually scroll down thru all those 250 
>>>> accounts that I'm not interested in?
>>>>
>>>> FYI, I tried manually typing "Expenses:Food" to see if that would 
>>>> get me close; but that doesn't work.
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>
> 
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