Sharing modified "Transaction Report" transaction.scm

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What does it look like ... screen print???

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Amm <ammdispose-gnucash at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I would like to share a modified "Transaction Report". i.e. file
> transaction.scm (diff patch also included)
>
> Link: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9958309
>
> Basic purpose of my modification was for better readability and better
> looking reports when printing them out.
>
> Here are the changes and additions that I have made.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> (Note: Account below means account by sort key NOT necessarily business
> account. It can be month name, if sorting is by date/month. Or Account name
> if sorting is by Account name)
>
>
> 1) Account (heading) now easy to identify.
>
> Existing "Transaction Report" does not use any style for "Account" heading.
> So heading would look just like a normal row and indistinguishable and not
> easy to find.
>
> In my modification uses "Account heading" uses same style as "Total for the
> account". And makes it much easy to find.
>
> It also makes it easy to distinguish the sections faster.
>
>
> 2) Better Table "heading row".
>
> Existing "Transaction Report" prints heading row (Date, Num, Description
> etc.) only on first page on very top which makes it difficult to read your
> report when it runs several pages.
>
> My modification puts "Heading row" after each account/sub-account name
> heading. So that its easy to read plus looks nice too.
>
>
> 3) Use of <thead> for automatic heading on each page.
>
> With little bit of Javascript code and "placeholder" rows. I managed insert
> <thead> around "Accounts" / "Sections".
>
> So when printouts of an account runs in several pages, it automatically adds
> "Acccount heading" and "Table column headers" on top of every page.
>
> So you always know you are looking at transaction for which "Account"
>
>
> 4) Pagebreaks before each "Account".
>
> Sometimes when printing reports you may want reports for separate "Accounts"
> to be printed on separate page.
>
> I have added option for inserting Pagebreaks before each "Account"/"Table".
>
> It can be found in "Report options" under "General" tab
>
>
> 5) Proper calculation of num-columns-required.
>
> Existing "Transaction Report" does not properly calculate number of columns
> required (mostly for colspan). It is very liberal and increases the counter
> for cells merged with other cells, as well. Hence "Total For" row make page
> wider than required. So it waste lots of space on paper when printing.
>
> Properly calculating num-columns-required saves 2-3 pages for every 12-15
> pages. (compared to existing "Transaction Report")
>
>
> 6) Fix(?!) "Credit" and "Debit" row headings
>
> If I am not wrong, in existing "Transaction Report", I felt that "Credit" /
> "Debit" row headings were wrong (reversed). So I reversed them again!
>
>
> 7) Adds 20px margin between accounts. (see point 8 below too)
>
> Existing "Transaction Report" was simply dumping one "Account" after other.
> So on screen / printout, all sections were sticking to each other.
>
> I have added 20px margin between each "Account" so they look separate.
>
>
> 8) Customizable Style sheet
>
> Allows to change page margins, table width OR add any other custom style
> element to be applied to HTML document.
>
> TIP: If you want to change margin of 20px (as in point 7 above) as in then
> add following line:
> .subac{margin-bottom:10px;}
>
>
> 9) One table for all accounts = Mimic (somewhat) older "Transaction Report"
>
> If you do not want different tables for different accounts but you want the
> existing behavior of one table for all accounts, then simply check "Use
> Single Table for Accounts" in "General" tab of "Report Options"
>
> NOTE: Most of the new additions above will not function if you check this
> option.
>
>
>
> TIP: (for maximum use of these features)
>
> Instead of printing directly from GnuCash OR instead of using export to PDF
> option, First "Export" report in HTML format and then open HTML report in
> web browser and then print it.
>
> Once again, link is: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9958309
>
>
> Hope this helps others!
>
> Amm.
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