How to make a "custom" expense report [was Re: Report customization nightmare]

[Mike Leone]

On 7/1/2010 12:27 PM, David Reiser had this to say:
>
> On Jul 1, 2010, at 10:01 AM, Mike Leone wrote:
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>>
>> Suppose you wanted to buy a car ... but you can only own one that
>> always has a trailer attached to the back of it. "Just ignore it, when
>> you don't have anything to put into it" ... there's no way to not have
>> the trailer, without the car.
>>
> Suppose someone offers to _give_ you a car. But that car has some
> features that the insurance company actuarial tables indicate are a
> bigger risk than a standard sedan. The insurance company is going to
> charge you an extra $40/year for coverage. Do you go out and buy a car
> so that you don't have to pay $40/year more in insurance?

Yes

LOL

No, of course not. But neither of our analogies is pertinent.

Some are of the opinion that what exists now is sufficient, especially 
paired with using other software. Others realize that this turns out not 
to be the case. LOL

I have no problem with exporting to another software and massaging, when 
needed. But seriously - I should not have to do that, just to not see an 
account I *explicitly* did not ask to see. It's the inability to do even 
that sort of simple customization easily, and without the need for some 
other software, that is the point that you, and others, seem not to see 
as valid concern.

Enough. If or when the next version comes out, perhaps this sort of 
stuff will be easier to do, and get the way some of us want and/or need 
it to be.