Spam:*****, Re: Time range for reports
Colin Scott
gnucash at double-bars.net
Thu Apr 28 07:07:00 EDT 2011
> Once the report has run the first time you can set the options as
> you like them, then save the report with those options as a Custom
> Report. To do this you need to change the report's name, then you
> are able to click 'Add Report', which then saves it. The report will
> then be available under Custom Reports. This is very useful if you run
> certain reports often.
This is true - but the entire report management system is *horribly* clunky, and pointing out another clunky mechanism does nothing to reduce the clunkiness of the mechanism being complained about. *If* the reports system included facilities to re-save, save-as and delete, all without needing to keep changing the report name, then grinding out a report before offering the opportunity to change the options might just about be acceptable. As it doesn't, it isn't! :-)
In my view the entire reports system needs a serious, ground-up, seeing-to ...
Colin
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