Robin, An easy way to determine whether you actually have data in the file is to start with the Accounts tab.
1. Are most of the displayed balances nonzero? If so, data must be in the file to get nonzero summary figures. On the other hand, if most of the balances are zero, it might mean you have no data, or it might mean you "closed the books" and haven't entered any transactions after that, or it might mean you have a filter in effect (see below).. 2. Still from the Accounts tab, press Ctrl+F to bring up the Find Transaction dialog. Enter search criteria that would take in most records -- Description contains e, for example, or Value has credits or debits greater than or equal to 0.01. Also, make sure you haven't set a filter that excludes all data. In the register for one of your no-data accounts, click View » Filter By and make sure that Show All is selected. If changing to Show All reveals data, make the same change in your other accounts. (N.B. When you change ther flter to Show All, you probably want to tick the "Save Filter" box at the bottom of the dialog.) Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _______________________________________________ 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.
