If the reports you're interested in comparing are text based, and your computer's OS allows you to use Notepad++, you might consider using Notepad++ to compare the two files. Notepad++ is a free open source text editor that has a great file comparison tool.
Kind regards, Greg Feneis On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 7:41 AM Christopher Lam <christopher....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Fran > > You've stumbled upon a limitation SFX of regular expressions on filtering > the transaction report. > > You may be aware that the transaction report was, for many years, the most > versatile report to extract information from a Gnucash data file. It had > severe limitations and bugs and > > On Sat, 9 Nov 2019, 22:55 Fran_3 via gnucash-user, < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > wrote: > > > I want to compare Transaction Report A to Transaction Report B > > and find transactions that appear on one report but not on the other... > > aka orphan transactions > > In past I have either... > > - Done a screen capture of each, pasted them side by side in PC Paint and > > marked off matching transactions one by one... > > - Or printed them out and done the same with pen & paper > > - Or exported the reports and then imported them into a spreadsheet and > > marked matching transactions one by one > > All of this is a bunch of work... > > > > Is there an easier way? > > Thanks for any help - Fran3 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.