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

[hugo borrell]

2016-06-14 6:39 GMT+02:00 hugo borrell <hugoborrell at gmail.com>:

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> 2016-06-13 16:09 GMT+02:00 hugo borrell <hugoborrell at gmail.com>:
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>> 2016-06-12 23:48 GMT+02:00 Jack <ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net>:
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>>> On 2016.06.12 17:18, hugo borrell wrote:
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>>>> 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
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>>
>> 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.
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>> 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
>>
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> 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
>

Oups, sorry, these were not the correct screenshots :
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