[GNC] How do I print a transaction register

[Jerry Criswell (JC)]

Stephen,

I followed your excellent directions more than once. Nothing happened.  
Any other ideaas?

JC


On 3/9/26 4:38 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> I think you really want to generate a Transaction Report.
>
> 1.  In your top menu (File, Edit, View, ..., Reports,...)  -- Click on 
> Reports.
> 2.  In the drop down menu, Click on Transaction Report.
>
> You will get a nearly empty tab that says:
>
>
>      Transaction Report:
>
>
>      No accounts selected
>
> This report requires accounts to be selected in the report options.
>
> Edit report options <gnc-options:report-id=0#>
>
>
> 3. Click on that Edit report options link (which is the same result as 
> clicking on the OPTIONS in the second level menu items at the top of 
> the window)
>
> You will get a multi-tabbed window to set the various options for this 
> report.  It defaults to the General Tab
>
> 4. Set the date range you want in the General tab.
>
> 5. Click on the Accounts tab and select the account/accounts for which 
> you want the transactions listed.
>
> 6. Work your way through the other tabs picking the options you want 
> (experiment).
>
> 7. When you are ready to see the effects of your choices, click on the 
> OK button in the lower right portion of the multi-tabbed window.
>
> 8. Don't like the results?  Click on the Options menu item on the 
> second menu line at the top of the main window and make changes.
>
> 9. Iterate until you like what you see.
>
>
> Stephen M Butler
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>
> On 3/9/26 14:08, Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
>> I have messed with these instructions (see below) a few times since 
>> 2/15 trying to get an actual report with no luck.  Now I will take 
>> you step-by-step  through those instructions and hope we find what I 
>> am not understanding.
>>
>> I have opened a list of my accounts in one tab and I have opened my 
>> share draft/checking account in another tab next to it. No other tabs 
>> open.  The goal is to print a list of transactions from my share 
>> draft account from Mar 1 thru today (Mar 9).  I understand this page 
>> can also be called a transaction register.
>>
>> Your next instruction says Selected View-Filter By. I take this to 
>> mean Select View-Filter By so I do that.  The share draft register is 
>> open and has the focus of GC.  I select my date range.  Leaving this 
>> little range selection open, I Select Reports - Account Report and it 
>> does open a tab called Register but it is blank.  So I went back and 
>> started over, called up Filter By.  It stil showed the set up, so I 
>> clicked OK at the bottom.  Blank screen.
>>
>> I hope this helps you help me in some way.  Your instructions seem 
>> logical and clear to me.  Over the years I have found it is not 
>> uncommon at all for the instructions to say "go here, do this and you 
>> will see that" and you see something else.
>>
>> As a reminder I am running Linux Mint 22.3 and GC 5.14.
>>
>> I now have a tool bar.  It was not checked in the view menu.
>>
>>
>> On 2/15/26 11:27 PM, David Cousens wrote:
>>> Jerry,
>>>
>>> The attached is the screenshot of the toolbar which appears after 
>>> you have:
>>> Opened the register for the required account;
>>> Selected View->Filter By from the Menu with the account register 
>>> open and set the desired selection options (show all  and/or a 
>>> desired date range);
>>> Selected Reports->Account Report (second last item in the list) 
>>>  from the menu with the register for the desired account selected 
>>> immediately prior;
>>> This should open a report in a tab labelled Register in a new tab 
>>>  which has the transactions which were selected for view in the 
>>> account register
>>>
>>> If you are not seeing anything in the report  but transactions do 
>>> appear in the account register  then that is very weird as the 
>>> Account Report does not
>>>  have the options normally set by Edit->Report Options for selecting 
>>> the date range that most of the other reports in the menu have
>>>
>>> If that toolbar does not appear the first item in the View submenu 
>>> View->Toolbar needs to be checked i.e. a tick in the selection box 
>>> to the right of the submenu entry.
>>> David
>>>
>>> On Sun, 2026-02-15 at 20:51 -0600, Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
>>>>
>>>
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