Won't it be possible to update the accounts selector to identify if it's a case of a saved report configuration, and only in this case, to select accounts according to the list of account GUIDs?
On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 5:50 AM john <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > It's a little more complicated than that. > > When you save a report configuration the accounts are saved as a list of > account GUIDs. > > The new-for-5.x options system includes an accounts selector on all > options dialogs and its default display doesn't include hidden accounts > because they're hidden. Even if the selection list for the saved report > configuration includes hidden accounts they won't be included in the > selector and when you click apply or OK the callback for the accounts > selector gets the new list and assumes that that's what the user wants, > deselecting those hidden accounts. It has no way of knowing that the user > didn't even look at the accounts page. The account depth can have a > similar effect. > > It works (or maybe breaks) the other way, too: Several reports use filters > to generate default account selection, but if you save a report > configuration it saves the list of accounts that matched the filter at the > time the configuration is saved. If you later create an account that would > match that filter and open the saved report config the new account won't be > automatically included. You have to manually add it in the report options > then re-save the config. > > This isn't very satisfactory but I haven't figured out a good way to fix > it. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Dec 20, 2023, at 10:19, Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > > > What do you mean by 'created and saved'? > > > > Saving a report does not save its options as new defaults, just the > rendering of the report with those options. > > > > A Saved Report Configuration is what you are looking for. > > > > If *that* is not really saving your options, then you found a bug. > > > > Note, to run a report with the Saved Configuration, you can't just run a > default report from the regular menu entries, you have to run the report > from the Saved Configuration list. Saving a configuration does not change > default options. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 12/20/23 9:57 AM, Gal Bar Mashiah wrote: > >> When I create a report that includes hidden accounts, and later open it > and > >> modify something in the report options, the selection of the hidden > >> accounts is erased. > >> It may sound like an edge scenario but it happens a lot. > >> For example I have a net worth report that shows the net worth from a > time > >> in the post until today, on a monthly basis. > >> To create the report I had to choose hidden accounts of long past closed > >> accounts. > >> Back to the present, now I open the report but I want to change an > option - > >> it can be the date range, it can be a new account that didn't exist > before, > >> something it is even just displaying the result with a different > currency. > >> But when I do it, the accounts selection UI has the "Show Hidden > Accounts" > >> unchecked (even though it was checked when the report was created and > >> saved) and as a result, all those hidden accounts get erased from the > >> report after the modification is done. > >> Is it intended? Is it a limitation? Should I create a bug in bugzilla? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
