Thanks, Adrien, Overall, I still prefer my current output. Though it doesn't have the nice indentation that your example has and that I like, it does show the final balance for each account in the transaction, which I do like to see.
Sure, I'll file an RFE! Best, -P. On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 1:34 PM Adrien Monteleone < [email protected]> wrote: > Peter, > > Apologies if any of that came across in a negative way. > > I've sent another reply, with screenshots, trying to help you get close > to what you showed in your example. > > There isn't a single report that shows a running balance of all > transactions between two dates among any selection of more than one > account. > > Certainly, as you have a use for it, others might too. > > The best place to request such a report (or modification of the > Transaction Report) is to file a 'bug' at bugs.gnucash.org with the > title starting with 'RFE - ' which is Request For Enhancement. > > While bugs are usually tackled by the devs first of course, some RFEs > either aren't hard to implement, or might interest a developer enough to > give it a shot. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 10/28/22 12:03 PM, Peter S. Shenkin wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 12:22 PM Adrien Monteleone < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> The term is Print 'dialog'. I attached a screenshot illustrating the > >> location of the export function. > >> > >> Across the top is the app menu, containing sub-menus. Print is not one > >> of them. (Print is however a function in the File menu, which brings up > >> the Print dialog.) > >> > >> This terminology is clearly used and the menus fully described, along > >> with where each function is in each menu in the Manual. > >> > > > > In my most recent response in this subthread, I did not claim my > > terminology was correct; I simply asked what you would call it. > > > >> That aside, yes, I figured you were referring to the Print Dialog > >> (rather than a menu) and no, the option to Export is not there. Why > >> would you expect it to be? That dialog is for *printing*. (and for a > >> report, not the book, at that.) > >> > > > > I was printing a report,. > > > > You *can* 'print to file' on any report, but that is just storing the > >> report in its same form, outside of GnuCash. > > > > > > Yes, of course. > > > > I don't find the formatting of this particular report to be user-friendly > > and I was suggesting alternatives that I thought might be more friendly > to > > other users as well, and I gave an example of what another program does, > > which I think GC would benefit by making possible. > > > >> Exporting creates a CSV directly, which can either then be processed by > >> scripts or other apps, or opened in a Spreadsheet app. > >> > > > > Thanks. I did know that. I will live with what GC currently prints out, > > though I do think it is sub-optimal. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
