Why don't Account Totals respect Accounting Period End?

[Geert Janssens]

Op maandag 16 januari 2017 23:55:04 CET schreef F. Eugene Aumson:
> The Grand Total at the bottom of the Accounts page does change as you
> modify the Accounting Period End Date, but the numbers listed in the Total
> column of the Account list don't change.
> 
> Is there some reasoning behind why those Totals shouldn't be matched with
> End Date?  Or is this room for improvement?
> 
There is a hidden column "Total (Period)", which you can enable by clicking on 
the down arrow in the top right of the account hiearchy. Does this provide 
what you are looking for ?

Geert