Saving a customized report.

[Geert Janssens]

On Monday 18 November 2013 18:07:05 Michael Hendry wrote:
> On 18 Nov 2013, at 17:22, Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be> wrote:
> > On Monday 18 November 2013 09:56:16 Cat P wrote:
> >> Hi Richard,
> >> 
> >> At the moment you always have to change a report's name in order to
> >> be able to save it. This also means that you cannot save further
> >> changes to a custom report without changing its name first (even
> >> temporarily). Apparently the developers are doing something about
> >> that, so maybe no such workaround will be needed in one of the next
> >> GC versions.
> >> 
> >> Cat
> > 
> > GnuCash 2.6 will indeed no longer require the extra step of renaming
> > a report before it can be saved to custom reports.
> 
> Will there be a warning before an existing report is overwritten?
There will be a "Save" and a "Save As" button.

Just like ordinary files, "Save" will overwrite youre custom report without warning. "Save as" will 
open a dialog asking you for a new name.
> 
> Will there be deletion and renaming options?
Yes

> 
> When adapting an original document (be it a word-processor file, a
> spreadsheet, or a program), let’s say it’s called “Report”,  I
> usually save my draft modifications as (e.g.) “Report - draft01”,
> “Report - draft02” etc. Once I’ve got the modifications working the
> way I want them, I delete the intermediate versions, and rename the
> definitive version “Report - MH”, leaving the original “Report”
> intact. This method is not supported by the current GnuCash user
> interface, the only option is to save with the modified name, leaving
> a trail of intermediate versions.
> 
That workflow should work in 2.6.

Geert