2.6: Changing accounting period does nothing.

[Cristian Marchi]

Il 22/01/2014 22.54, David Carlson ha scritto:
> 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
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In fact I was really wrong...the accounting period preferences should be 
picked up by reports too. Note for myself: sometimes is better to double 
check before speaking ;-)
I'm sorry for the confusion

Regards
Cristian