I haven't tried to change column widths. I expect that you may need to edit the Style Sheets, but I have not attempted to do so.
On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 7:49 PM Tom Balazs <tom123onl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, that's very helpful. I followed your recommendations and I like > the report much better now. > > One thing, how do I make the column width for Description narrower. Do I > have to use Edit->Style Sheets to do that? > > Tom > > On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 12:46 PM R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 9:48 AM Tom Balazs <tom123onl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I finished importing and reconciling months of bank data. Now I want to >>> put >>> that to good use. >>> >>> For the case of an individual or a family, what are the most useful >>> reports? >>> >>> Common advice is that your emergency savings account should hold enough >>> to >>> cover 6 months of expenses. In order to to do that, I need to know my >>> average monthly expenses. I guess I can use the Cash Flow report, look at >>> "Money Out" and divide that by how many months have gone by in the year. >>> Is >>> there a better way to get average monthly expenses? >>> >>> I like the Cash Flow report. But I wish I could sort it by amount, high >>> to >>> low. That would be good to see as a stacked bar chart or a regular bar >>> chart. >>> >>> I would like to see a multiple-account balance as a line chart or a bar >>> chart. In a way that shows me balances over time. >>> >>> I guess I'm mostly interested in the Income and Expense reports, but also >>> in Assets and Liabilities. >>> >>> What reports do you find useful? >>> >>> Tom >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >> >> The Transaction Report is excellent. >> >> You'll need to select your accounts (you can start with selecting all of >> the Expense accounts - possibly Income as well, but the real key is to go >> into the Options display, go to the Sorting tab, change the Secondary key >> to "Date" with a monthly subtotal. Also go to the Display tab, scroll down >> and enable the "Subtotal Table". >> >> You will then have, at the top of the report, for each month in your >> selected range, an amount by month with an average at the end. >> >> I find this very useful. >> >> -- >> _________________________________ >> Richard Losey >> rlo...@gmail.com >> Micah 6:8 >> > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
