The GnuCash version is reported at the bottom of the splash screen during loading and can be retrieved while running from Help>About.
If the old version is indeed 3.8 then the difference is likely due to changing the graphing library from jqplot to chart.js. Regards, John Ralls > On Apr 21, 2022, at 9:07 PM, TG <gnuc...@thegeezer.net> wrote: > > Howdy, > yes sorry should have mentioned the version coming from! > both old and new are on Windows 10, with a MariaDB on a separate Linux server > as the back-end > I couldn't find the version so I went to look at roughly when and it was > installed and it was roughly at the end of 2019, so I"m guessing at version > 3.8 > > I actually have multicolumn graph setup using balance forecast graphs as each > pane in the window, that way I can see a bunch of accounts and at a glance > know when to move funds around in advance. The pixel sizing, thanks for that > yes I had to figure out immediately as the layout was completely different - > each graph was about 20px high after the update! > > Interesting i hadn't noticed the multi account summary popup before you > mentioned it, but the popup summary showing the data as you hover over the > graph is much improved from what it was > > thanks for confirming I'm not missing anything, and for your time to check it > out, > best, > TG > > > On 2022-04-22 08:49, Tommy Trussell wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 1:15 AM TG <gnuc...@thegeezer.net> wrote: >>> In previous version of gnucash I was able to pull up a line graph >>> report >>> and then draw a box on teh graph, which would cause the graph to >>> zoom in >>> on that section. >>> I upgraded to version 4.9 earlier this year and now I'm not able to >>> zoom >>> graphs at all, having to control size by pixel dimensions and start >>> / >>> end dates only. >> Greetings! I'm a long time user of GnuCash, and I was curious about >> your question. ... >> NOTE: when features go away it's almost always due to serious bugs or >> other circumstances beyond GnuCash developers' control... so there's >> probably a good reason it doesn't work the same way anymore. >> But despite years of experience with GnuCash, I never use graphs, so I >> used this as an opportunity to dig around. >> The report that I believe best seems to resemble what you're >> describing is called "Expense Graph" in the current release... >> Reports --> Income & Expense --> Expense Graph >> Just like ALL the expense reports, you have to define the beginning >> and end dates. The date options include useful pre-sets, like "start >> of previous year" and "end of previous year." Graph options here >> include the size of the steps, such as "daily" or "monthly." I see the >> report can also include a table with the same data in numerical form, >> line or bar graphs, stacked or separate, etc. >> I dug around and, like you, I cannot immediately see a way to "draw a >> box" to "zoom in." >> However I can change the size of the entire report by pixels or by >> percentage (from 100% downward) to make the graph take less of the >> window, and (if the report is defined by percentage) I can expand or >> contract the window itself to make the same amount of detail more or >> less visible. >> I noticed a few less intuitive "dynamic" chart features: >> 1) The index on the right defining the data colors is "clickable" -- >> you can temporarily eliminate any particular line by clicking on the >> index. >> 2) If you click on any particular data point on the graph, a "Load" >> link appears above the graph, with at least two different behaviors: >> 2a) If the clicked data point includes multiple GnuCash accounts, the >> "Load" link modifies the report by displaying the clicked sub accounts >> exclusively. >> 2b) If the data point includes a single account, clicking the "Load" >> link opens that account's register in GnuCash (without changing the >> report). >> (I also noticed a bug: if you choose more detail than the graph can >> display and you also include a table below it, the table tacks all the >> "other" columns onto the right side without proper headings.) >> To help you find out what has changed, it would be helpful to know >> your operating system, which older version of GnuCash you were using, >> and confirm the name of the report you used. (If you remember when and >> how you installed GnuCash and which Operating System, folks here might >> be able to infer the GnuCash version within a few releases.) >> If you need to reinstall an older version to refresh your memory, you >> might make a backup copy of your data before opening it in an older >> GnuCash in case something untoward happens. >> Here's an example: I'm currently running GnuCash 4.10+ (flatpak) on >> Ubuntu 21.10. I try to upgrade as soon as possible after each release >> is available for my OS. To figure out the first version I used, I >> believe I've been using GnuCash sometime before 2008, and (using "git >> log --before=2008 | grep release") I think version 2.1 was the latest >> version of GnuCash available before 2008. 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