Hello Tom It's fairly straightforward, if I understand you correctly. There are several ways to achieve this but possibly the easiest is to choose the Income Statement (MultiColumn) report, then in the report Options go to the Accounts tab and select Clear All then scroll though you accounts list and Highlight/Select the Expenses Account (this is usually a Placeholder), then Select Children (this will select all the Expenses sub-accounts), then go to the General tab, for Period Duration select Half Year (or one of the periods in the drop down), then Select your start and end dates, Apply and you should see something like what you are after. You can clean it up through Options, Display, uncheck "Include accounts with zero total balances". Have a play and discover how things work - once you have the report as you want you can save it using "Save Config As" eg "6 monthly expense comparison" or whatever. The important thing is to have a play with the Options so that you learn, rather than being told, how to do it. Enjoy GnuCash - I love it! Big thanks to the developers and maintainers!! Cheers Hop
On 7/9/23 11:07, Tom Balazs wrote: What is the best report to use if I want to show all my expenses for TimePeriodX broken down by account (e.g. Expense:Groceries, Expense:Auto, Expense:Restaurant). And how do I view trends over time (e.g. last month "Expense:Restaurant" seemed high, but show me "Expense:Restaurant" each month for the past 6 months). Tom _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [1]gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: [2]https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. References 1. mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org 2. https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
