Re: Reporting based on search criteria and exprting transactions to excel. It's simple!

2018-03-05 Thread Wm via gnucash-user
On 03/03/2018 03:27, Mike Stillingfleet wrote: I have used GNUCash for a couple of years now. in recent days I have come across a couple of features or tricks which have completely transformed the value of GNUCash to me. Yet neither of these features are in the help pages. Or if the are in t

Re: Reporting based on search criteria and exprting transactions to excel. It's simple!

2018-03-02 Thread David Carlson
You are right. You have found a combination of existing tools that can extract data to a spreadsheet form useful to other applications. It is unfortunate that you did not find it sooner, but it is partially documented in the WIKI as noted by David. I have used a similar method from time to time,

Re: Reporting based on search criteria and exprting transactions to excel. It's simple!

2018-03-02 Thread D via gnucash-user
Mike, I'm sorry to hear that you've missed this aspect. I know that many long time users have heard that drill many times before; it's too bad you didn't get the same! I will note that there is a section in the wiki that talks about this, perhaps not exactly as you outlined, but pretty closel

Reporting based on search criteria and exprting transactions to excel. It's simple!

2018-03-02 Thread Mike Stillingfleet
Dear All, I have used GNUCash for a couple of years now. in recent days I have come across a couple of features or tricks which have completely transformed the value of GNUCash to me. Yet neither of these features are in the help pages. Or if the are in the help pages I have consistently misse