Sadly, the gnucash project has a long history of never removing features. The amount sign reversal is still functional for the transactional amounts. Only the subtotals are unaffected.
On Thu., 17 Jan. 2019, 09:08 D <sunfis...@yahoo.com wrote: > Then why include the option? It no longer does anything, except imply to > the user that they have control over something they Nik longer can control. > > David > > > On January 17, 2019, at 6:27 AM, Christopher Lam < > christopher....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This is by design. > > Previously a transaction report including *all* accounts for a specified > period would erroneously add the sign-reversed amounts as displayed, which > would lead to the grand total being a nonsensical number. Eg income $100 > expense > $50. Amounts: > Bank $100 -$50 > Income $100 > Expense $50 > Grand total $200 (nonsense) > > From 3.0 onwards the subtotal strategy always adds the non-reversed > amounts, which means the grand total for all accounts for any specified > period would always be $0 thanks to the accounting equation. > > Bank $100 -$50 > Income -$100 (subtotal negative) > Expense $50 > Grand total $0 > > On Thu., 17 Jan. 2019, 00:34 David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> Chris, >> >> I do note one issue with the new transaction report: it doesn’t seem to >> utilize the Sign Reverses option—at least, not that I can see. >> >> Cheers, >> David >> >> > On Jan 16, 2019, at 7:29 PM, David T. via gnucash-user < >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >> > >> > Chris, >> > >> > Thank you for the lead. >> > >> > It turns out that I can get almost exactly the same result using the >> hide transactional data option, when I combine it with "Amount - Single”. >> The only difference is that the Account name is not presented before the >> total line. I consider that to be an improvement, actually. >> > >> > Bug avoided. >> > >> > David >> > >> >> On Jan 16, 2019, at 6:01 PM, Christopher Lam < >> christopher....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> There's "Sorting / Show subtotals only (hide transactional data)" >> >> >> >> You may be right that 'Display / Amount' = none is not completely >> handled as before. >> >> >> >> Please file a bug, and screenshot a sample report, anonymised; please >> enable 'General / Add options summary' to display options used. >> >> >> >> Also, https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795064 >> >> >> >> Thank you for finding these edge cases. >> >> >> >> C >> >> >> >> >> >> On 16/1/19 8:09 pm, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: >> >>> Hello, >> >>> >> >>> Long time user; MacOS Mojave, GnuCash 3.4. I have a saved report I >> use around this time of year (I call it “W-2 - David”) that shows me the >> total amounts assigned to a subset of my expense accounts (i.e., my tax >> expense accounts). >> >>> >> >>> The purpose of this report is to allow me to compare my GnuCash >> numbers to the numbers issued to me by my employer. In GnuCash 2.6.19, this >> report looks something like this: >> >>> >> >>> ——————————————————————— >> >>> >> >>> From 01/01/2018 To 12/31/2018 >> >>> >> >>> Fed >> >>> Total For Fed $XXXXX.XX >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Total For Medicare $XXXXX.XX >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Total For Soc Sec $XXXXX.XX >> >>> State >> >>> Total For State $XXXXX.XX >> >>> Grand Total $XXXXX.XX >> >>> >> >>> ——————————————————————— >> >>> >> >>> As I said, this report is intended to match my employer’s reporting, >> so I can compare the two. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> However, when I run the *SAME REPORT* in GnuCash 3.4, I get >> unsatisfactory changes to the results. My LITERAL results are: >> >>> >> >>> ——————————————————————— >> >>> >> >>> From 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2018 >> >>> >> >>> Account >> >>> Fed >> >>> Fed >> >>> Fed >> >>> Fed >> >>> Fed >> >>> Fed >> >>> Fed >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Medicare >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> Soc Sec >> >>> State >> >>> State >> >>> State >> >>> State >> >>> State >> >>> State >> >>> State >> >>> State >> >>> ——————————————————————— >> >>> >> >>> Now, there are two significant problems here: first, every >> transaction for the year gets a line, and second, THERE ARE NO AMOUNTS. I >> have tinkered with every setting I can find on the report options, but I >> cannot find the setting that will display ONLY THE TOTALS. It would appear >> that in a recent update to this report, the “NONE” option on line amounts >> has been removed. >> >>> >> >>> Unless someone can point me to the obvious place where I missed this >> setting, I believe this is a regression in the report. I ought to be able >> to display a report that includes totals only. >> >>> >> >>> David T. >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ 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. 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