On Sun, 3 May 2020 11:07:40 -0400 Michael or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote:
> THAT is the key matter. Is the DATA for a report in the format shown > available from gnucash. > > It would be possible for us programmer types to create a report from > within gnucash to do this. But as I have pointed out many times, when > I began with gnucash was advised "don't bother". Just export the DATA > out of gnucash and use a favorite full power editor to create the > pretty printed finished report as requested. > > The reason is that there will always be another special report > wanted*. No end to the possibilities, which is why I was advised not > to bother trying. > > Michael D Novack > > * Mind, in my working days, creating special reports wanted by a > client was one of my specialties. This is not quite the same > situation. There it was saving client time doing REPEATED work for > the SAME report wanted over and over. The problem here is that would > NOT be the same finished report. You have shown us how YOUR > accountant wants it formatted (the final pretty printed report) . > That won't be the same format somebody else's accountant wants it. Michael, I've read this advice from you many times, and tonight it just clicked for me! A government department wanted a balance sheet with the address of a property on it. I'm thinking "I'll need to get the accountants help here" and then I realised I needed to make the balance sheet, export it, edit it and then print what I needed to pdf. Thanks again for that advice, which you have been repeating for years! Liz _______________________________________________ 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.