OK I submitted a draft PR to implement this. Let's see if it makes it in the main release otherwise I will make it as a custom report. See https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/1643 for a couple screenshots. Cheers, Vincent
On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 5:49 AM Brook Milligan <br...@nmsu.edu> wrote: > > > On May 21, 2023, at 9:16 PM, Vincent Dawans <dawa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Are you aware that the transaction report already has the option to > display not the document path itself but a mark that there is a linked > document? It just shows L to the left of the amount column when there is a > document (with a link to it when you click on the L). If there isn't a > document then it stays blank. It's the link checkbox on the display option > to enable this. > > Thanks for pointing that out. I was not aware of what the “link” option > did and had not tested it. > > That would be good for seeing if a link is present, but not for checking > that the links are correct. I feel it would still be valuable for auditing > purposes to be able to see the whole (or relative) path. > > > Changing the code to replace the L with the actual document path is > relatively easy but whether this change would make it to the actual > official release I can't say. It's yet another option in an already long > list of options. I can certainly propose the chance but can't guarantee it > would be accepted. > > I can see two different use cases: (i) report link presence/absence (as > now) and (ii) report link path. Another option strikes me as not a big > deal; there are already a number, which allows appropriate customization, > so one more seems no big deal. > > > The alternative would be to implement this in a custom report. I am > happy to help with that but only if the current L / no L option is not > enough, and only if you are comfortable installing a custom report. > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Custom_Reports#Loading_Your_Report > > In the short term, I’m fine with customized reports. It might be a way to > learn how to do that, which is something I’ve looked at but not figured > out. However, this does seem like a valuable feature to add. > > Cheers, > Brook > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
