On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 11:11 AM Michael or Penny Novack < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 5/2/2020 11:40 PM, D. via gnucash-user wrote: > > Since each of the lines has its own account, that should be eminently > possible with a transaction report. I have something just like this to > track my personal wage situation--a W-2 in US tax parlance. It's just a > simple transaction report for the proper time period, using only the > accounts in question, showing totals only. > > > > I can forward a sample if you need more detail. > > > > David T. > > THAT is the key matter. Is the DATA for a report in the format shown > available from gnucash. > > It would be possible for us programmer types to create a report from > within gnucash to do this. But as I have pointed out many times, when I > began with gnucash was advised "don't bother". Just export the DATA out > of gnucash and use a favorite full power editor to create the pretty > printed finished report as requested. > > The reason is that there will always be another special report wanted*. > No end to the possibilities, which is why I was advised not to bother > trying. > > Michael D Novack > > * Mind, in my working days, creating special reports wanted by a client > was one of my specialties. This is not quite the same situation. There > it was saving client time doing REPEATED work for the SAME report wanted > over and over. The problem here is that would NOT be the same finished > report. You have shown us how YOUR accountant wants it formatted (the > final pretty printed report) . That won't be the same format somebody > else's accountant wants it. > Thank you, Michael, Chris, and David. These are all helpful thoughts. I'll kick these around a bit and see what comes. _______________________________________________ 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.
