Got it! That makes complete sense. Robin
On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 10:58 PM Christopher Lam <christopher....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Robin > > The documentation is not comprehensive yet. The export-type argument > refers to the *report-specific* export types available, rather than > PDF/XLS/DOC etc. Report-specific exports are rather sparse; currently only > the following exist: > > Income and GST Statement: CSV > Tax Schedule Report & TXF Export: TXF > Tax Report & XML Export (in German only): XML > > To export "Income and GST Statement" CSV, you'd need to customize the > report options, save into "Saved Report Configurations" eg. "My GST", then > run as follows. I cannot assist with the tax reports. > > $ gnucash-cli --report run --name "My GST" --export-type CSV --output-file > gst.csv datafile.gnucash > > outputs the following into gst.csv > > "from","01/04/20" > "to","30/06/20" > "Gross Sales",220.0 > "Net Sales",200.0 > "Tax on Sales",20.0 > "Gross Purchases",110.0 > "Net Purchases",100.0 > "Tax on Purchases",10.0 > > On Sat, 18 Jul 2020 at 02:52, Robin Chattopadhyay <robinra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> In the release notes and the help page, the documentation lists >> 'export-type' as an option and the example cites html as an export type >> option. Are there any other supported options? I tried 'pdf' and 'PDF' and >> neither of those worked. >> >> From the release notes: >> • A new separate executable, gnucash-cli (gnucash-cli.exe on >> Microsoft Windows) for doing command-line things like updating the prices >> in your book. gnucash-cli gains the ability to run reports from the >> command >> line. Specify reports to run by name or guid. It also provides an export >> format and an output file name without which it will output the report to >> stdout. >> • gnucash-cli --report run --name=[reportname/guid] >> datafile.gnucash >> • gnucash-cli --report run --name=[reportname/guid] >> --output-file=x.html datafile.gnucash >> • gnucash-cli --report run --name=[reportname/guid] >> --output-file=x.html --export-type=TYPE datafile.gnucash >> >> Thanks, >> Robin >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.
