[GNC] How do I print a transaction register

Mon Mar 9 20:34:05 EDT 2026

Step 7

JC


On 3/9/26 7:22 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> 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
>>> 253-350-0166
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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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