I was hoping there would be a way to specify the id as a variable/parameter so I can have a script generate 20 or 30 statements.
Nov 8, 2025 18:59:43 Sherlock <[email protected]>: > Hi Alan, > > My assumption would be the customer must identified in the saved report along > with any other desired parameters. > > Regards, > > Sherlock > > > On 11/8/25 2:14 PM, Alan Johnson via gnucash-user wrote: >> How did you specify the customer id? >> Nov 8, 2025 16:58:38 Glenn Fowler <[email protected]>: >> Hi I had the same issue needing the report in PDF so I just scripted it to >> run the report in HTML and then just convert that to PDF >>> >>> --output-file myreport.html >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> *From:* gnucash-user >>> <[email protected]> on behalf of Alan >>> Johnson via gnucash-user <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 8, 2025 3:44 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* [GNC] CLI Report Running >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am trying to run some reports from the CLI, however I am having some >>> trouble understanding the documentation. >>> >>> I want to run a "customer report". >>> >>> I have the following command working: >>> >>> gnucash-cli -R run --name "Customer Report" --output-file test1 >>> Troop892.gnucash >>> >>> Running with "show" isn't helpful, I would have expected it to list >>> particular parameters for the report. >>> >>> gnucash-cli -R show --name "Customer Report" --output-file test1 >>> Troop892.gnucash >>> >>> * name: Customer Report >>> guid: c146317be32e4948a561ec7fc89d15c1 >>> >>> Some deprecated features have been used. Set the environment >>> variable GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED to "detailed" and rerun the >>> program to get more information. Set it to "no" to suppress >>> this message. >>> >>> >>> It wants a customer ID, but I don't see any way to enter that as a >>> parameter. How do I add that. >>> >>> >>> I would like it to make PDFs if possible as well, but when I attempt >>> that, I get the following message: >>> >>> gnucash-cli -R run --name "Customer Report" --export-type pdf --output- >>> file test1.pdf Troop892.gnucash >>> Only the following reports have export code: >>> * Assets Over Time >>> * Expense Over Time >>> * Income and GST Statement >>> * Income/Expense Chart >>> * Income & Expense Linechart >>> * Income Over Time >>> * Liabilities Over Time >>> * Net Worth Barchart >>> * Net Worth Linechart >>> * Tax Schedule Report/TXF Export >>> Use -R show to describe report >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
