If I remember correctly the General ledger only shows the last 30 days of transactions. You can use Edit->Filter by... to change that.
Regards, Geert Op vrijdag 5 november 2021 16:22:14 CET schreef Sharon Sydnor: > Gyle, yes thank you I considered that and did set the correct start and end > dates and also thought to look to the PREFERENCES of the entire program and > there is a place there to also set the start and end dates and select if > they are RELATIVE or ABSOLUTE, and I chose the latter. I’ll change to > relative and see if it makes a difference although I don’t understand why > it would. Also since I do my books “at one sitting” and block out a period > of time and work straight through from Jan to Dec of usually the former > year, I change the date and time on the entire computer as well, setting > it back to Dec 31 of the required year. Sharon > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 4, 2021, at 10:17 PM, Adrian Yong <adrianyong.88p...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have raised this detail before... > > > > It was explained to me that the normal General Ledger which classified > > Assets, Liabilities, and Proprietorship with their total amounts so that > > the auditor can be sure that A = L + P is observed but GNUCash works on a > > double entry system so A = L + P will always be observed. However, > > sometimes an entry may be a negative Asset instead of being a positive > > Liability and this is not so easily picked up without a normal General > > Ledger... > > > > I have downloaded the General Ledger or Transaction Report and created my > > normal GL using Excel. > > > > Regards, > > Adrian > > > >> On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 10:23 AM Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: > >> Sharon, not sure, but the simple answer seems to be that under "edit > >> report options" you didn't change the start and end dates. The reports > >> default to the current accounting period and you need the start and end > >> of the year. Hope this helps. > >> > >> > >> Thank You, > >> Gyle McCollam > >> > >> Gyle McCollam > >> > >> 609.680.2326 Mobile > >> > >> gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org> on > >> behalf of sydnorbill...@bellsouth.net <sydnorbill...@bellsouth.net> > >> Sent: Thursday, November 4, 2021 7:05 PM > >> To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > >> Subject: [GNC] General Ledger amounts missing > >> > >> Relative newbie, even though using gnucash for four years, but only use > >> it > >> once a year to prepare for tax filing and by the next time filing comes > >> around the following year I forget a lot of how it worked. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ 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.