[GNC] How do I print a transaction register

Mon Mar 9 20:46:20 EDT 2026

OK.

What accounts did you pick on the Accounts tab?
Any changes on the Currency tab?
Any non-default changes to the Display tab?
Anything on the Filter tab?
Any changes on the General tab other than Start/End date?  What dates 
did you pick?
What non-default values did you make on the Sorting tab?

What happened to step 8 & 9?

Stephen M Butler
Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com
kg7je at arrl.net
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On 3/9/26 17:34, Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
> 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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