Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-03 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 6/3/2018 3:01 AM, John Robins wrote: Got it! Thank you. One quick follow up question. Would it be possible for a gnucash developer to add this report into the software, could I commission a developer to add this report in (or would it be too expensive), or is it not the type of report

Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-03 Thread John Robins
Hi, Adrien. I totally agree with your take on the reporting mechanism. And given how good the core application is I can't help but feel that a major upgrade of the reporting mechanism would have a significant influence on increasing usage/uptake. That aside, I have had a quick look at PieCash

Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The reporting mechanism is a bit ‘obtuse’ to put it mildly with respect to custom reports. Eventually, when GnuCash is a proper database application, this will change. In the meantime, you also have an option, if you are using one of the database backends, to use something like PieCash which

Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-03 Thread D via gnucash-user
Possible? Anything is possible. However, knowing the community, I doubt you'll get much traction. The developer pool is shallow, unfortunately. Given the fact that a spreadsheet is a much better tool for the kind of manipulations I imagine you're seeking, the devs are going to focus on bigger

Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-03 Thread John Robins
Got it! Thank you. One quick follow up question. Would it be possible for a gnucash developer to add this report into the software, could I commission a developer to add this report in (or would it be too expensive), or is it not the type of report that could be added in? All the best, John

Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-03 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Indeed. And once your data are in a spreadsheet, you can run all sorts of sophisticated functions on it. ;) David > On Jun 3, 2018, at 10:07 AM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > John, > > I’ll have to interpret a bit, but my guess is you want a report that shows > multiple months worth of P

Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-02 Thread Adrien Monteleone
John, I’ll have to interpret a bit, but my guess is you want a report that shows multiple months worth of P data, consolidated with each month in it’s own column. (and maybe even a YTD or QTD column at the end) There is no such report. You can run a multi-column report and put each column as

[GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-02 Thread John
Hi. I have been looking through the report options and help files and I am unable to work out how to create a month by month profit and loss spreadsheet. Is this possible? and if so, do I need to download and install a plugin of some kind. Many thanks, John

[GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-02 Thread John Robins
Hi. I have been looking through the report options and help files and I am unable to work out how to create a month by month profit and loss spreadsheet. Is this possible? and if so, do I need to download and install a plugin of some kind. Many thanks, John