[GNC] How to count transactions for time period

[David T.]

Personally, I would save the file in sqlite format and use a database platform to see how many rows are present in the appropriate table. But I'm an old database guy. 

David T. 

On May 18, 2026 9:44:21 PM GMT+05:30, Patrick James via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>The wording is: "There will be multiple rows for each transaction with each row representing one split."
>
>The only time a "transaction" appears on a single line, and this term "transaction" is a bit of a challenge here, is when the "transaction" is only a memo entry [zero value and only one account, and thus the difficulty with the word "transaction," but the memo entries do export].
>
>Since there is one line for each split, count the unique transaction IDs for the transaction count.
>
>> On 05/18/2026 8:55 AM PDT Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) <stan+gc at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>> 
>> File » Export » Export Transactions to CSV
>> 
>> The wizard that opens says there will be one row for each transaction,
>> so all you have to do is open the exported file and look at the number
>> of the last row used.
>> 
>> It also says "While a transaction may have splits in several of the
>> selected accounts it will only be exported once" so you don't have to
>> worry about double counting.
>> 
>> Stan Brown
>> Tehachapi, CA, USA
>> https://BrownMath.com
>>
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