[GNC] How do I print a transaction register

[Stephen M. Butler]

Nothing happened at which step?


On 3/9/26 15:23, Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
> 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
>> Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com
>> kg7je at arrl.net
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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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