Chris, Thank you for the lead.
It turns out that I can get almost exactly the same result using the hide transactional data option, when I combine it with "Amount - Single”. The only difference is that the Account name is not presented before the total line. I consider that to be an improvement, actually. Bug avoided. David > On Jan 16, 2019, at 6:01 PM, Christopher Lam <[email protected]> > wrote: > > There's "Sorting / Show subtotals only (hide transactional data)" > > You may be right that 'Display / Amount' = none is not completely handled as > before. > > Please file a bug, and screenshot a sample report, anonymised; please enable > 'General / Add options summary' to display options used. > > Also, https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795064 > > Thank you for finding these edge cases. > > C > > > On 16/1/19 8:09 pm, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Long time user; MacOS Mojave, GnuCash 3.4. I have a saved report I use >> around this time of year (I call it “W-2 - David”) that shows me the total >> amounts assigned to a subset of my expense accounts (i.e., my tax expense >> accounts). >> >> The purpose of this report is to allow me to compare my GnuCash numbers to >> the numbers issued to me by my employer. In GnuCash 2.6.19, this report >> looks something like this: >> >> ——————————————————————— >> >> From 01/01/2018 To 12/31/2018 >> >> Fed >> Total For Fed $XXXXX.XX >> Medicare >> Total For Medicare $XXXXX.XX >> Soc Sec >> Total For Soc Sec $XXXXX.XX >> State >> Total For State $XXXXX.XX >> Grand Total $XXXXX.XX >> >> ——————————————————————— >> >> As I said, this report is intended to match my employer’s reporting, so I >> can compare the two. >> >> >> However, when I run the *SAME REPORT* in GnuCash 3.4, I get unsatisfactory >> changes to the results. My LITERAL results are: >> >> ——————————————————————— >> >> From 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2018 >> >> Account >> Fed >> Fed >> Fed >> Fed >> Fed >> Fed >> Fed >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Medicare >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> Soc Sec >> State >> State >> State >> State >> State >> State >> State >> State >> ——————————————————————— >> >> Now, there are two significant problems here: first, every transaction for >> the year gets a line, and second, THERE ARE NO AMOUNTS. I have tinkered with >> every setting I can find on the report options, but I cannot find the >> setting that will display ONLY THE TOTALS. It would appear that in a recent >> update to this report, the “NONE” option on line amounts has been removed. >> >> Unless someone can point me to the obvious place where I missed this >> setting, I believe this is a regression in the report. I ought to be able to >> display a report that includes totals only. >> >> David T. >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
