2.6: Changing accounting period does nothing.

[David Carlson]

On 1/22/2014 12:10 PM, Cristian Marchi wrote:
>
> Il 22/01/2014 16.46, Graham P Davis ha scritto:
>> I just changed the accounting period via edit - preferences and using
>> absolute dates. I was a bit concerned that the only button available on
>> the panel was 'close' and found that I was right to be so as the change
>> of dates was not saved.
>>
>> I've bypassed the problem by changing the period within the report I
>> was producing. Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug? As I only
>> have to change this once per year, I don't recall what buttons were
>> available on the preferences panel last year.
>>
>>
> The accounting period in the preferences affects only the summarybar
> (which is the bar on the bottom of the GnuCash window where Profits,
> Net Assets etc... are displayed) and not the reports; the change is
> immediate and there is no need to have a confirmation button (just
> change the accounting period and look at the summarybar). To change
> reports period you should do what you've done: change the dates in the
> report options. It was the same for the 2.4 version of GnuCash.
>
> Regards
> Cristian
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Now I am getting confused by these recent messages.  I thought that many
of the reports had date selection choices like 'beginning or end of the
current or previous accounting period' which would automatically slide
along the calendar as time passed without needing to pick a new calendar
date every time.  Have those choices been removed from the 2.6 release
series?

David C