John Ralls,
Brilliant, you have solved my problem, thank you very much.
As for using the 'list' I just did not understand what you meant. I thought
you were referring to keeping or the emails together in a list...Hopefully
this email has now been sent correctly to the right place.
I'm also assuming you will see this reply though some internal process.
Much appreciated and apologies for being a pain.
Cliff
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Subject:Re: Copying fields in a filtered account sheet
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 09:02:52 -0800
From: John Ralls <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us>
To: Cliff Williams <mailto:clifton...@hotmail.com>
CC: Mailing List Gnucash
<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>
On Nov 5, 2017, at 5:32 AM, Cliff Williams
mailto:clifton...@hotmail.com>> wrote:
Hi John
Me again..thanks for the prompt reply.
I am aware of the transaction report facility and the fact that I can download
part of an account (that word again, sorry) but this is very cumbersome way of
obtaining small snippets of information. I was hoping to be able to download
exactly what I wanted by filtering unwanted data out using the very good filter
system provided. I was suggesting that the easiest way to do this, in my
opinion, would be to enable the copy and pasting of data after it has been
filtered. As mentioned earlier this is a tried and tested method I used with
my old AceMoney accounts application.
Back to this 'Accounts' word, Gnucash has a tab showing 'Accounts'. I was
referring to those items. Gnush also goes on to talk of accounts with
transactions rather than categories with transactions, i.e
Using Accounts vs. Categories
If you are familiar with other personal finance programs, you are already
accustomed to tracking your income and expenses as categories. Since GnuCash is
a double-entry system (refer to section 2.1), incomes and expenses are tracked
in accounts. The basic concept is the same, but the account structure allows
more consistency with accepted business practices. So, if you are a business
user as well as a home user, GnuCash makes it easy to keep track of your
business as well as your personal accounts.
I am assuming that I am misusing the word or we have a cross understanding of
what I was trying to explain. Either way I am still seeking a good way of
obtaining snippets of specific data contained in a list of transactions.
(avoided the word accounts this time, :-).
Regards
Cliff
I will not reply to you again if you don’t use the list.
We use copying and pasting internally (of single transactions only) and in
order to enable copying to format the information in a way that would be
digestible to an external program we’d have to remove that long-standing
feature.
Report>Account Report run from a Find register will do what you’re asking.
Re: Accounts vs. Categories. Right. GnuCash is a double-entry accounting
program. That intro paragraph is an attempt to explain that to users without
being scary. Double entry (a.k.a. formal) accounting uses accounts to model
financial transactions. Simple “financial management” programs like Quicken and
KMyMoney don’t, and as a result are adequate for personal use but not for
business use. Effective use of GnuCash requires that users understand formal
accounting. If you don’t need or want a formal accounting tool then GnuCash may
not be the right program for you.
Regards,
John Ralls
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