Preconfigured Reports

[Geert Janssens]

On Saturday 28 December 2013 09:52:52 John Gowing wrote:
> Hi Geert
> 
> Ah I see.
> 
> I have been looking at the features on the 2.5 series with some
> excitement. I use some of the business features, and credit notes is
> certainly a welcome addition, and many of the other new features look
> very interesting
> 
> My Current production GNU Cash is 2.4.10 on Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit.  How
> can I install GC2.5x alongside 2.4.x on the same system without them
> interfering with each other, so I can take a look at these new
> feastures? Or would I need to use a separate system?
> 
It is possible to install two gnucash versions alongside each other, but I don't expect the 
Ubuntu package management system can be used for that. Unless someone created a special 
package for gnucash 2.5.x that can be installed independently of the installed gnucash 2.4. I'm 
not familiar enough with the Ubuntu ecosystem to know where to point you to.

The alternative method is to build and install gnucash yourself. In that case you can specify a 
different installation prefix (the default being /usr) and install the self-built version next to the 
official one. If you need more help on self-building, you should probably subscribe to the 
gnucash-devel mailing list. It's not a topic for gnucash-user.

The third option is indeed using a separate system. But depending on package availability of 
gnucash 2.5.x for Ubuntu 12.04, you may still need to compile it yourself.

In any case, I hope you will enjoy the new version. A lot of effort was put into it by many people.

Geert


> Chhers
> 
>      John Gowing
> 
> On 24/12/2013 12:48, Geert Janssens wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 December 2013 09:38:58 John
> 
>         Gowing wrote:
> > Hi Peter
> > I am using GC 2.4.10 (Current release in
> 
>         Ubuntu 12.04; 2.4.13 is
> 
> > latest stable), and I don't see a Save
> 
>         As button for reports, or a
> 
> > "Pre-Configured Reports Dialog"
> > Once you have a report open, There is a
> 
>         "Disk with a Down Arrow"
> 
> > button with a "Add the current report to
> 
>         the Custom Menu" function,
> 
> > which is exactly what it does, however
> 
>         remember you MUST change the
> 
> > Name of the report for this button to
> 
>         become active.
> 
> > Reports thus saved are then available
> 
>         from the main Menu Bar >
> 
> > Reports
> > 
> > > Custom Reports Option which will
> 
>         give the dialog with the list of
> 
> > customer reports from which to choose.
> 
>  
> Hi John,
>  
> Peter is referring to the current development
>         releases of GnuCash. The report saving code has changed in
> these versions.
>  
> For starters, you don't need to change the
>         report name any more before saving it and there are two
> buttons on the tool bar now: one to save a report with a different
> name, or one to overwrite an already saved report (similar to how
> "save" and "save as" work for ordinary files).
>  
> What is still as before is the name of the
>         menu item to reopen a saved report.
>  
> Peter, to open your preconfigured reports
>         again, you can use
> "Reports->Custom Reports"
>  
> This is a blatant inconsistency in the
>         renewed report saving code, which I'll fix before 2.6 is
>         released still. The dialog and menu should use the same
>         terminology.
>  
> Geert