[GNC] How to count transactions for time period

[Patrick James]

Stan,

The wording must have changed sometime between your version and v5.15. I went through your suggested process, which exported splits, and then I went back and read the screen. I am using GnuCash v5.15.

In v5.15 the wording is the same and the results are the same for both Register export and Transaction export with the same one account and dates the same. I didn't compare character-by-character, but both exports had the same number of rows with the same unique transaction IDs.


> On 05/18/2026 10:14 AM PDT Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) <stan+gc at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
>  
> >> On 05/18/2026 8:55 AM PDT Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)  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.
> 
> On 2026-05-18 08:55, Patrick James via gnucash-user wrote:
> >> Step 1: I would filter the register to the dates that I want. "Filter
> >> by" is found under the view menu.
> >> Step 2: Export the register. This is found under "File -> Export ->
> >>Export Active Register to CSV"
> 
> On 2026-05-18 09:14, Patrick James via gnucash-user 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].
> Different menu items. Patrick is talking about "Export Active Register
> to CSV"; I'm talking about "Export Transactions to CSV". The attached
> screenshot confirms what I said; I've outlined the relevant text in
> blue. (I'm using GC 4.14, so I suppose it's possible the working of
> "Export Transactions to CSV" was changed for 5.x, but I'd be surprised.)
> 
> Stan Brown
> Tehachapi, CA, USA
> https://BrownMath.com