The balance sheet date option does not transfer because old balance sheet uses "Balance Sheet Date" whereas upgraded one uses "End Date". I am not sure it is practical to set up a compatibility pathway -- new balance sheet can report multiple dates.
On Fri, 5 Jun 2020, 7:27 am mark sattolo, <mh.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, that makes sense. I did some more digging around, and not all my > custom column widths were changed, just those for any of the accounts that > I actually opened while using version 3.903. Which happened to be quite a > few as I was testing various transactions, etc. > > > *Mark Sattolo* > *mh.sa...@gmail.com <mh.sa...@gmail.com>* > > > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 7:15 PM D. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Mark, > > > > If that's true, I imagine it's a mistake. At least I hope so! I trust the > > devs will fix it, since I'd be pretty upset to have to reset column > widths > > on all my accounts... > > > > David > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > From: mark sattolo <mh.sa...@gmail.com> > > Sent: Thu Jun 04 19:07:27 EDT 2020 > > To: gnucash-devel <gnucash-devel@gnucash.org> > > Subject: Re: [GNC-dev] Feedback on GnuCash 3.903 > > > > Also fyi, I just noticed that version 3.903 overwrote all the custom > column > > width settings in my gcm file and changed all of them to a new default > set > > of widths, I presume the new defaults for Gnucash 4. These new default > > widths give a very wide *description* column and every other column is > very > > narrow and especially for the *date*, *num* and *transfer* columns, too > > narrow to fit the text they contain. Again, I had to restore my backup > gcm > > file to restore all my custom settings. > > > > So I guess since this will eventually be released as Gnucash version > 4.xxx, > > we are to expect breaking changes from the current version? And users > will > > be warned that they will be losing custom settings for column widths, > saved > > reports, etc when they switch over? > > > > > > cheers, > > > > *Mark Sattolo* > > *mh.sa...@gmail.com <mh.sa...@gmail.com>* > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:45 AM Christopher Lam < > christopher....@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Good luck. I've just verified that the old (3.x) balance-sheet date > > > defaults to "end-of-accounting-period", so, the first few lines > shouldn't > > > be added. > > > > > > On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 at 15:41, mark sattolo <mh.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> Thanks. I'll give it a try. I'll just update the source in my git > folder > > >> for tag 3.903 and rebuild if I can't figure out how to modify the > > flatpak. > > >> > > >> *Mark Sattolo* > > >> *mh.sa...@gmail.com <mh.sa...@gmail.com>* > > >> *(613) 447-5385* > > >> > > >> > > >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:36 AM Christopher Lam < > > >> christopher....@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Hi Mark > > >>> > > >>> The reports for balance-sheet and income-statement were replaced with > > >>> the multicolumn ones. See the release notes. This was described in > > devel a > > >>> few weeks/months ago. > > >>> > > >>> Try the following patch which will reduce the discrepancy in the > > default > > >>> options between old and new. You may be able to modify the patch from > > >>> within the flatpak (but I'm not sure). > > >>> > > >>> modified gnucash/report/reports/standard/balsheet-pnl.scm > > >>> @@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ also show overall period profit & loss.")) > > >>> (gnc:options-add-date-interval! > > >>> options gnc:pagename-general optname-startdate optname-enddate > > "c") > > >>> > > >>> + (gnc:option-set-default-value > > >>> + (gnc:lookup-option options gnc:pagename-general > optname-enddate) > > >>> 'today) > > >>> + > > >>> (add-option > > >>> (gnc:make-multichoice-callback-option > > >>> gnc:pagename-general optname-period > > >>> @@ -1107,6 +1110,22 @@ also show overall period profit & loss.")) > > >>> retained-earnings-fn)))) > > >>> #:negate-amounts? #t) > > >>> > > >>> + (add-to-table multicol-table-right (_ "Liability and > Equity") > > >>> + (append liability-accounts > > >>> + equity-accounts > > >>> + (if common-currency > > >>> + (list (vector (_ "Unrealized > Gains") > > >>> + unrealized-gain-fn)) > > >>> + '()) > > >>> + (if (null? income-expense) > > >>> + '() > > >>> + (list (vector (_ "Retained > > Earnings") > > >>> + > > retained-earnings-fn)))) > > >>> + #:negate-amounts? #t > > >>> + #:show-title? #f > > >>> + #:show-accounts? #f > > >>> + #:show-total? #t) > > >>> + > > >>> (if (and common-currency show-rates?) > > >>> (add-to-table multicol-table-right (_ "Exchange Rates") > > >>> asset-liability > > >>> > > >>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 at 15:18, mark sattolo <mh.sa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> I am on Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon. I started using Gnc 3.903 > yesterday > > >>>> morning. This is a version I built from git using tag '3.903' on > June > > >>>> 2. It > > >>>> built without any problems, so I assumed it was good, but now it > > occurs > > >>>> to > > >>>> me that all these problems may just be due to a problem with my > build. > > >>>> But > > >>>> I thought i would report now anyway just in case there are general > > >>>> issues > > >>>> with this version. I was actually going to try a flatpak build of > > 3.903, > > >>>> but I couldn't tell from any of the build names in Gnucash flatpak > > repo > > >>>> <https://code.gnucash.org/builds/flatpak/> which one is for version > > >>>> 3.903. > > >>>> > > >>>> Anyway, everything seemed fine with 3.903 until I opened one of my > > saved > > >>>> reports. The appearance of the report was essentially > unrecognizable. > > I > > >>>> only ever use my saved reports and their appearance hasn't changed > for > > >>>> years, for any other Gnucash version (release or maint) until 3.903. > > So > > >>>> I > > >>>> went in to the report *options* to see if I could restore the layout > > to > > >>>> what i was used to: > > >>>> > > >>>> Commodities tab: > > >>>> there is a new Common Currency checkbox at the top, which was > > unchecked, > > >>>> and everything below was greyed out. But the two checkboxes 'Show > > >>>> original > > >>>> currency amount' and 'Show exchange rates' were both checked, even > > >>>> though > > >>>> in my original options, the previous two checkboxes on this tab: > 'Show > > >>>> foreign currencies' and 'Show exchange rates' were both saved as > > >>>> *unchecked*. > > >>>> So, checking the Common Currency box to ungrey the other options and > > >>>> then > > >>>> unchecking the currency and exchange rate boxes, restored the layout > > of > > >>>> the > > >>>> report to basically what I was familiar with, as it no longer had > long > > >>>> lists of commodities under essentially every sub-total. > > >>>> > > >>>> General tab: > > >>>> the report I was looking at, which I run often, is a balance sheet > for > > >>>> all > > >>>> my accounts, for date 'Today'. The old options had a select list > > titled > > >>>> 'Balance sheet date' which was set to the relative date of Today. > The > > >>>> new > > >>>> options have a Start Date and an End Date. The Start Date is greyed > > >>>> out, so > > >>>> I guess it is fairly easy to figure out that since it doesn't make > > >>>> sense to > > >>>> have two dates for a Balance, that the End Date is the active one. > > >>>> Unfortunately, the date shown in 'End Date' was not 'Today' but had > > been > > >>>> changed to 'End of accounting period'... So I changed it back to > > >>>> 'Today' to > > >>>> get the proper balance date as it had been before. > > >>>> > > >>>> Other problems: > > >>>> 1) There used to be a final total for the credit side of 'Total > > >>>> Liabilities > > >>>> and Equity', which would match the Total Assets line if the balance > > was > > >>>> done properly (sometimes it doesn't balance which means that I have > > >>>> created > > >>>> some new accounts in the meantime and have to update the saved > > config), > > >>>> but > > >>>> this line was missing and I tried every option I could find to > restore > > >>>> it, > > >>>> but nothing worked. Which means to ensure your balance is actually > > >>>> working, > > >>>> you have to add on your own the Total Liability and Total Equity > lines > > >>>> and > > >>>> compare this to Total Assets. > > >>>> So, just from looking, I could tell the actual totals were close, > and > > I > > >>>> thought they would balance, but when I did the addition, the total > of > > >>>> Liability + Equity matched the expected total from previous Gnucash > > >>>> versions, but the Total Assets was now reporting an amount > different, > > by > > >>>> $0.03. Nothing I did to update the included accounts would resolve > > this > > >>>> difference. I'm pretty sure I don't have a renegade asset account > > hidden > > >>>> somewhere with $0.03 in it... Differences of this magnitude I find > are > > >>>> usually rounding errors. But not sure what this is or where it is > > coming > > >>>> from. > > >>>> > > >>>> 2) When I saw the changes in the report options of version 3.903, I > > made > > >>>> sure that I *didn't* press the 'Save Config' button so it wouldn't > > >>>> overwrite my existing config for this report. Later, I opened the > old > > >>>> 3.10 > > >>>> released version so I could see exactly how the options were set up > in > > >>>> the > > >>>> previous Gnucash, and when I opened the saved report 'Balance > Today', > > >>>> all > > >>>> the options had been changed to the incorrect ones that I had seen > > with > > >>>> version 3.903, e.g. the date was changed from Today to 'End of > > >>>> accounting > > >>>> period', the boxes for currency and exchange rates were now checked, > > >>>> etc. > > >>>> And in fact the file 'saved-reports-2.8' had been completely > > >>>> overwritten by > > >>>> v3.903 and all my dozens of saved reports now had incorrect > settings. > > >>>> Maybe > > >>>> this is the expected behavior? But it was certainly unexpected to > > me... > > >>>> I > > >>>> had to go into my Timeshift and get the most recent backup of > > >>>> 'saved-reports-2.8' to restore all my settings. > > >>>> > > >>>> Hope all this is clear, and helpful. Let me know if you have any > > >>>> questions. > > >>>> > > >>>> *Mark Sattolo* > > >>>> *mh.sa...@gmail.com <mh.sa...@gmail.com>* > > >>>> *(613) 447-5385* > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 3:05 PM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> > wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > On Jun 1, 2020, at 11:51 AM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> > > wrote: > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 3.903, the first > > >>>> testing > > >>>> > release for what will soon be GnuCash 4.0. > > >>>> > > > >>>> > A further note for developers: This release begins Feature Freeze, > > >>>> please > > >>>> > commit only bug fix changes until we release 4.0. > > >>>> > > > >>>> > String freeze is in two weeks, so if you have any commits that > will > > >>>> > require new or changed translatable strings get them in ASAP! > > >>>> > > > >>>> > Regards, > > >>>> > John Ralls > > >>>> > > > >>>> > _______________________________________________ > > >>>> > gnucash-announce mailing list > > >>>> > gnucash-annou...@gnucash.org > > >>>> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-announce > > >>>> > > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> gnucash-devel mailing list > > >>>> gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > >>>> > > >>> > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
