Thanks for the clarification. Is there a good place in the documentation for this tidbit?
On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 9:17 AM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > Hi David, > > David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> writes: > > > Derek, > > > > If what you call a rolling balance is what I call a running balance, > then I > > think that the account register view will show that when it is sorted in > > chronological order. In fact, as others have already noted, you can see > that > > in your top level accounts. Where you won't see it is in mixed > commodity/ > > mixed currency cases such as stock brokerage accounts or other mixed > currency > > accounts. For those cases it is necessary to use a report that can > evaluate > > appropriate exchange rates. > > Yes, rolling/running balance. However, while there is a balance column > being displayed, it might not show the *correct* balance because each > split shown has a precomputed balance for the actual account it is tied > to. This balance is recomputed whenever a split in the account is > modified. However, it is NOT computed in real-time for display. > > So when you do a "Open Subaccounts" view, it is not recomputing the > balance including everything, but rather it is still showing the > pre-computed balance of the split's account balance for that split. > > It *MAY* look correct at some points in time, but in general, no, it is > not. > > > David Carlson > > -derek > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 8:22 AM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > > > > Rick, > > > > Richard Danielson <rdan...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Re the subtotals issue, I used to have a number of subtotals > > > (e.g. groceries, snacks and restaurants in the food category) which > > > showed up in income accounts. That is what I can't figure out in > GC. > > > I can make accounts sub-accounts for heading accounts, and get the > > > totals for the sub-accounts to show in the income statement, but > can't > > > get the program to sum the sub-accounts into the heading accounts. > > > > Note that a parent account will only roll up the balance in > sub-accounts > > in the CoA or Reports. If you *open* the parent account then it wont > > show the transactions (or balances) from the sub-accounts. It is > > unclear from your question how/where you are trying to view the > > rolled-up balances. > > > > There is an option to "Open Subaccounts", which will merge all the > > transactions from the subaccounts, but it wont show a rolling > balance. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > > Rick > > > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > -derek > > > > -- > > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
