I have not migrated to release 3.x yet, so I have not seen that new Transaction Report (General / Add options summary) yet.
I hope it includes a list of selected accounts, name and path for the data file, and, if possible any other details such as last file save time and whatever else to try to create a semblance of an audit trail, or at least a better snapshot to present to an auditor if required. I have habitually kept certain reports open perpetually in my primary computer/data file combination, saving revisions when needed to migrate to other machines, so I had actually momentarily 'forgotten' that they were not specific to the data file. Leaving them open while saving keeps a copy of sorts of those report settings as well as open account window settings keyed to the data file name in the machine profile. A serious downside to this technique is that overall performance takes a huge hit when opening, closing and saving the file and even when pressing Enter to save each transaction edit. Thanks, Christopher, for the reminder that the templates and the saved custom reports are not data file specific unless the user adds something to the custom report title to give a clue. .David C On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 8:40 PM Christopher Lam <christopher....@gmail.com> wrote: > There's mechanism for printing report settings, but it's only enabled in > the Transaction Report (General / Add options summary). > > Import/Export of settings is more difficult because many options are > datafile-specific eg selection of accounts, report currency. The current > saved-reports mechanism is already less than ideal because they're saved > centrally and are not very easily portable across machines, and IMHO > should really specific to a datafile. > > With regard to selecting a 'wildcard' type of accounts selection, it's a > good entry-level idea for a budding scheme hacker :) > > On 19/12/18 5:42 am, David Carlson wrote: > > On that subject, I would like to see a way to document the current > settings > > of a report, perhaps by including it as an appendix to the report > > printout. Then I would like to see a way to export and import settings > > from one data file to another. > > > > David C > > > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 2:58 PM Adrien Monteleone < > > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > > >> That would be a very useful option. I’ve noticed the same problem > myself. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Adrien > >> > >>> On Dec 18, 2018, at 2:32 PM, Crypto MR <cryptac...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> If I set up a report, let's say the balance sheet report, I usually > want > >> to see all accounts in this report. Each time I later add another > account, > >> I have to adjust the report settings for the 'saved reports'. Is there > any > >> way I could modify the report settings with a wildcard, so each time I > run > >> the report, it would automatically select ALL accounts? > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> gnucash-user mailing list > >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >>> ----- > >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >> ----- > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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