Expense Bar Chart Report Errors

[Fross, Michael]

Thanks all.  Selecting "Show Accounts until Level" to "A" everything works
as expected.

Now the hard part.  Why do we spend so much on groceries! :-)

Michael

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:01 AM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Geert,
>
> You mention it in passing, but I will bring out that the aggregation is
> sub optimal also when a subset of sub accounts are selected and aggregated
> at the higher level.
>
> For example:
> Expenses:Auto:Fuel. $500 (selected)
> Expenses:Auto:Repair $1000 (omitted)
>
> Will show:
> Expenses:Auto $1500
>
> in this report. I think it should show $500.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:54, Geert Janssens
> <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Nice catch!
>
> I do consider this a bug. Gnucash should handle this situation more
> gracefully. There are several possible ways to do so though I can't analyse
> right now how difficult each way would be to code.
>
> - ideally gnucash should just generate the report as requested: display
> the graph based on de entries in Expenses:Entertainment:Movies aggregated
> on Expenses:Entertainment
> - if that's too complicated, it should at least return a better error
> message
> - or prevent the user from making this combination of report settings
>
> Regards,
> Geert
>
> "David T. via gnucash-user" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> schreef op 28
> september 2016 06:36:22 CEST:
>>
>> Michael,
>> I get that error as well, following your steps. The barchart report aggregates bars to a particular level in the account hierarchy, which defaults to 2 levels. If the only account you choose is at a deeper level than that, you will get this error. You can change the "Show Accounts until level" on the accounts tab of the report options.
>> Don't know if that qualifies as a bug or not. ..
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>>   On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 6:09, Fross, Michael<michael at fross.org> wrote:   Hello David,
>>
>> Apologies!  I should have included that.  I'm running the latest version
>> (2.6.14) on Windows 10.
>>
>> The program does not crash.  I get that error the the cursor remains a
>> circle, but it' still usable to click in GNUCash.
>>
>> No report is generated.  The screen just contains the error message.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 7:55 PM, David Carlson
>> <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I am not sure why no one has responded, but I think that we need more
>>> information,  What version of GnuCash are you using and what operating
>>> system do you have?
>>>
>>> Does the program crash or just give an error and fail to create the
>>> report?
>>>
>>> David C
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Fross, Michael <michael at fross.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Fairly new to GNUCash (and really enjoying it) but I'm getting an error
>>>> running a report and I'm not sure how to troubleshoot.
>>>>
>>>> Within the "Income & Expense \ Expense Bar Chart" report, if I choose a
>>>> top
>>>> level expense account, everything works.  If I choose a sub-account, I
>>>> receive "An error occurred while running the report."
>>>>
>>>> Example:
>>>>
>>>> Open the Expense Bar Chart report then:
>>>>
>>>> Select:
>>>>   Expenses:Entertainment
>>>>
>>>>   Result:  Everything works fine
>>>>
>>>> Select:
>>>>   Expenses:Entertainment:Movies
>>>>
>>>>   Result:  Receive Error
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking to see, over time, how much I spend month by month in one
>>>> account.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure where to find the log or how to best troubleshoot this.  I
>>>> assume this is known as it seems like a common task, but I'm not sure.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Michael
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