We may be talking past each other.
First, I'm not the one desiring that report, but I could see a use case
for it and I might want/need it in the future.
Second, I don't see the absolute requirement to clutter a tree up with
sub-accounts for reporting purposes. Yes, I understand GnuCash doesn't
officially offer the ability of multi-dimensional reporting, but it is
possible to do this in limited fashion.
This is an advantage of computers over pen & paper. I see no good reason
not to make use of it while keeping the CoA 'clean'.
To each their own. We aren't discussing the needs of publicly traded
companies filing SEC reports. Though indeed, they are more likely to use
Managerial Accounting, they aren't going to be using GnuCash. Just
because the 'big boys' use such reports doesn't mean the rest of us
doing so is in anyway 'improper'.
Regards,
Adrien
On 7/28/26 3:47 PM, Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user wrote:
No, you misunderstood what I meant by setting the CoA properly. You are
asking for a report involving ACCOUNT BALANCES where only some of the
transactions in that account are included. IF you want that, it means
the CoA was structured incorrectly for your purposes, that your one
account should have been a parent account with two children, one for the
transactions you wanted included and one for the rest (or as many
children as needed).
You are trying to mimic "tagging" where transactions can be heaped
together in one account but later LOGICALLY segregated into several
accounts. Effectively giving you multiple versions of the CoA.
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