[GNC-dev] Pie Chart

[Christopher Lam]

You could try creating a local build via ninja (documented in wiki). Thanks
for beta testing.

On Mon., 28 Jan. 2019, 06:43 Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net wrote:

> Oh.
>
> Confession.  I don't look at pie, bar, graph, etc charts.  So, I'd need
> both versions installed and switch back and forth.
>
> How do I get  both  versions available?  Without uninstalling one and
> installing the other every time I wanted to compare the results!
>
> I might be the wrong guy for this job!
>
> --Steve
>
>
> On 1/27/19 2:29 PM, Christopher Lam wrote:
> > Erm.
> >
> > None of these...
> >
> > All feedback below relates to UI / styling.
> >
> > Mainly need beta-testing the new charting infrastructure, upgraded
> > from jqplot to chartJS. Is there any noticeable change? Any bugs?
> > Notice interactivity -- try clicking on chart, and compare behaviour
> > with previous jqplot-based charts. Also notice linecharts changed from
> > x/y to category/amount which will be neater.
> >
> > C
> >
> > On 28/1/19 6:22 am, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> >> Not sure which pie you wanted me to review.  I picked the Asset one for
> >> first blush look.
> >>
> >> 1.  The Account tab scroll bar color is the same as the background color
> >> for the selected accounts.  Makes it impossible to see the scroll bar
> >> until moved to a non-selected set of accounts.  (Two screen shots
> >> attached).  I haven't setup any color scheme so am using the defaults.
> >>
> >> 2.  For personal books, I have setup the "company name" as "The Butler
> >> Family".  It didn't show on the title.  For the Balance Sheet report, I
> >> have it setup as:
> >>
> >>
> >>    Balance Sheet
> >>
> >>
> >>      The Butler Family
> >>
> >>
> >>        12/31/2019
> >>
> >> 3.  Not sure I like the default end-date to be the end of the accounting
> >> period.  Not sure which one I prefer though:
> >>
> >>              Today -- most times I select that.
> >>
> >>              End Prior Month -- I think most accountants would want that
> >> most of the time.
> >>
> >> 4.  Which brings me to a topic not specific to any of these reports.  I
> >> know you can save a configuration.  But, then you have to remember to go
> >> to the saved select to pick what you had previously saved.
> >>
> >> Enhancement Request:  Make a way that the user can change the defaults
> >> for a report and have those saved so they become the new defaults and
> >> are picked up whenever the report is selected again.
> >>
> >> I have been toying with doing the saved reports a different way.
> >>
> >> A.  Tie the saved configuration to the base report (maybe via the
> >> reports GUID).
> >>
> >> B.  Allow multiple configurations for the report to be saved with each
> >> having a configuration specific name/title/id or whatever.  One of which
> >> is "Default".
> >>
> >> C.  Allow user to update the configurations and save back over the top
> >> of a specific named configuration.
> >>
> >> D.  Multiple reports could each have the same configuration name -- but
> >> would be different due to the report GUID (or whatever used to identify
> >> the report).
> >>
> >> E.  When report is first selected, get the "Default" configuration and
> >> use that.  If no "Default" and there are saved configurations, then list
> >> the saved configurations for that report and let the user pick one to be
> >> used.  If no saved, then use the factory default.
> >>
> >>
> >> I haven't looked at the current saved configurations to see how they are
> >> setup so I may be totally out of line here.  My vague thoughts are this
> >> could be an XML backend with the report ID being the major selected, the
> >> config name the second selection, and then each set option would have
> >> its ID/Value pairs listed.
> >>
> >> I've even thought so far as if there were ID/Value pairs not listed but
> >> being used by the report, it would walk back up the configuration Tree
> >> looking at "Default" and then the factory settings to resolve a missing
> >> value.  So far, I only see three levels to this tree:   Factory,
> >> "Default", and "Named" config.
> >>
> >> But, you didn't ask me for that!  What, in particular, would you like me
> >> to review?
> >>
> >>
> >
>
> --
> Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM
> Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com
> kg7je at arrl.net
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