Saving report options

Mike or Penny Novack stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com
Wed Aug 12 08:06:52 EDT 2009


>> ...........a set with the accounts included, different date
>>ranges, etc. But it doesn't appear to be any way to save different
>>(named) options for this report. Any way to save them? So that I don't
>>have to go and re-enter all the options I want, for the different
>>permutations I am looking for?
>>    
>>
>
>I don't know if this is possible (to save the option settings of
>a report).
>
>The way I do it is to create some reports, and LEAVE THEM OPENED.
>Each time you start GnuCash, the reports are re-created with the
>previous settings.
>  
>
Another way.

You might want the accounts as a fixed list. I say "might" because at 
least in my reporting which accounts have non-zero balances changes over 
time and many are ones I would want showing only if a non-zero balance 
(things like "bank error" or "undeposited funds" or "funds needing to be 
transferred to national" belong of the quarterly reports only if matter 
is "open" at the end of the quarter or various expenses that are 
"unusual" or "seasonal".

But the DATE RANGE would always be different. A particular report is run 
ONCE and never again so the easiest thing is to export it to a directory 
(file folder) where you keep reports. It no longer needs to be generated 
by GnuCash. You'd be doing THAT if and only if you were going back and 
making a correction to the books and then rerunning the report -- which 
properly speaking you do not do but instead later make a correcting entry.

Michael


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