working with reports : is there a finer grain possible for accounts selection ?

[hugo borrell]

2016-06-13 16:09 GMT+02:00 hugo borrell <hugoborrell at gmail.com>:

>
>
> 2016-06-12 23:48 GMT+02:00 Jack <ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net>:
>
>> On 2016.06.12 17:18, hugo borrell wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm getting trouble trying to make convenient reports for taxes
>>> declarations purposes.
>>>
>>> I'm referring to
>>>
>>> https://docs.kde.org/stable4/en/extragear-office/kmymoney/details.reports.config.html
>>>
>>>
>>> It mentions that :
>>>
>>> > The following levels of detail are available:
>>> >
>>> >    -
>>> >
>>> >    All: Show every category or account.
>>> >    -
>>> >
>>> >    Top-Level: Show only the highest-level categories or accounts, and
>>> *roll
>>> >    up the sums of the subordinates categories or accounts into those
>>> values.*
>>> >    -
>>> >
>>> >    Groups: Show only the totals of the income, expenses, assets, or
>>> >    liabilities.
>>> >    -
>>> >
>>> >    Total: Show only the grand totals line.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> This is pretty good but... I wish I could choose more specificly which
>>> accounts or categories to show on the report AND roll up the sums of the
>>> subordinates categories or accounts into those values.
>>>
>>> This is pretty easy to do for an instant view of the accounts from the
>>> "account list" page
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.kde.org/stable4/en/extragear-office/kmymoney/details.budgets.create.html#idp59913792
>>>
>>> The list can be expanded or collapsed to show or hide Subcategories
>>> within
>>> > a Category.
>>> >
>>>
>>> The trouble is that this very usefull feature seems to only be available
>>> for the present state of the KMM file, not for a previous state (for ex.
>>> :
>>> last year Income and Expenses on the 31th of december).
>>>
>>> Is there a way to make this possible ? Or do I have to consider
>>> re-building
>>> the whole architecture to comply with the report built-in grain (i.e. top
>>> level / groups) and add manually sub-categories if necessary ?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot for considering this pretty long question.
>>>
>>
>> You should start by looking through all the options for configuring
>> reports.  You can select any set of accounts, any set of categories.  You
>> can also select any time period.  I don't know if you can show account
>> balances as of a given date (probably, I just have not tried) but you can
>> certainly show all transactions for a set of accounts for a set of
>> categories for last calendar year.  Also, if you ticked the "tax" box for
>> an appropriate set of categories, you could start with any of the Tax
>> related reports.
>>
>> Is there really something you want that can't be done?  If so, can you
>> give a small, concrete example?
>>
>> Jack
>
>
> Thanks Jack.
>
> "you can select any set of accounts, any set of categories." : yes I can,
> but I don't find any possilibility of un-selecting them while keeping their
> amount in there main category.
>
> Please have a look to the a rough example attached : I have made a report
> with the amounts for "checking account", "pety cash" and "savings
> accounts". The trouble is that if I choose NOT to show them in my report,
> the main account "assets" is set to... 0 instead of the sum of the 3 hidden
> accounts that are sub accounts of "assets". All I can do is take my pocket
> calculator to make the sum... Unless I missed something !
>
> Hugo
>


This is roughly what I wish I could get in my reports, here obtained from
the "account" section (see screenshots). Any possibility to make such
reports ?

Hugo
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