Have it not include anything other than Asset accounts by default. That will at least yield a more sensible default cash-flow report.
-- Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ Nathan Neulinger EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Missouri - Rolla Phone: (573) 341-4841 Computing Services Fax: (573) 341-4216 > -----Original Message----- > From: Herbert Thoma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 6:45 AM > To: Neulinger, Nathan > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Eric E Moore > Subject: Re: Budgeting in GnuCash > > > Nathan Neulinger schrieb: > > > > Yep, until last night, it never actually occured to me to DE-select > > accounts on the options page. As soon as I did that, the > report started > > doing exactly what I wanted it to. > > > > That particular report options page is very non-intuitive, > cause it's > > sense is opposite to most of the other accounts. > > Why is it non-intuitive? You select the accounts for which > you want the > cash-flow information, i.e. the set of accounts for which you > want to know > how much money is coming in and going out. For me this is perfectly > sensible. (OK, I wrote it, so this does not neccessarily mean > anything ,-)) > > May be the default selection should be no accounts at all? > > Herbert. > > > -- Nathan > > > > On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 11:39, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > Nathan discovered this on #gnucash last night. > > > > > > One problem I see with the cash-flow report is that it > includes A/R > > > and A/P accounts as real asset/liability accounts. It > should probably > > > not really do that, because the cash actually changes > hands between > > > A/R,A/P and Bank, not between A/R,A/P and Income/Expense. > > > > > > -derek > > > > > > Eric E Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > "Neulinger, Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > > > The problem is that the cash flow report doesn't show > you a transfer > > > > > from checking to a credit card for example. It can > show you all your > > > > > income, and all your expenses, but not the > "non-expense transfers". > > > > > > > > > i.e. it'll show me that I spent $50 on a credit card > for cd's, but it > > > > > won't tell me that I paid $100 on that credit card bill. > > > > > > > > I'm not real clear on what you're trying to accomplish > here, since the > > > > cash flow report will do, if not what you want, what I think you > > > > want. If you go into the accounts tab on the options > dialog, you can > > > > select just some accounts for the cash flow, rather > than the default > > > > (all asset/liability accounts). If you go into that, > and select just > > > > the bank account, it'll tell you that $100 flowed from the bank > > > > account to the credit card. > > > > > > > > It won't report the $50 for CD's, but a profit/loss > report would. If > > > > you maintain positive cash flow, and positive profit, (well, > > > > non-negative will do), you're operating inside your budget... > > > > > > > > At least it more or less works for me :) > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Eric E. Moore > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Nathan Neulinger EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > University of Missouri - Rolla Phone: (573) 341-4841 > > Computing Services Fax: (573) 341-4216 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > -- > Herbert Thoma > FhG-IIS A, Studio Department > Am Wolfsmantel 33, 91058 Erlangen, Germany > Phone: +49-9131-776-323 > Fax: +49-9131-776-399 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www: http://www.iis.fhg.de/ > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
