Transaction report - what are default accounts?

[Adrien Monteleone]

Yes, ‘default’ is the state of an option that is chosen by the programmers. It is not your default, but theirs. So clicking it restores the options to their original ‘default’ state.

Note, the button says ‘select’ default, not ‘set’ default. By clicking the button, you are not telling GnuCash to “set these selections as my default” rather you are telling the app to “select the default accounts” which are none for the first option and expenses for the filter option.

Some applications allow you to set defaults or change them. At least in this case, for these options, GnuCash does not allow this. (I’m not sure of any other defaults you can change, but there are preferences you can set)

If you want to save your own account and filter selections to use again in another run of the report, you need to use the ‘save configuration’ button, give the customized report a name, and use that in the future instead of the base report.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Jul 14, 2017, at 11:18 AM, George Riner <GeorgeRiner at mycogeo.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't get the behavior you describe.
> 
> I create a new Transaction report. I select a couple of entries in the 'Accounts' window and a couple entries in the 'Filter by' window and click 'Apply' and then 'OK' to dismiss the window.
> 
> I then re-open the Options window, click on 'Select Default' and all selections are cleared.
> 
> I find this a curious interpretation of the word 'Default'. From the way you describe it, the button would be more aptly named 'Revert to initial selections', or 'Cancel changes'.
> 
> :George
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/13/2017 9:14 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>> You don’t notice them doing anything because you’ve already got the default selected when you first bring up the report.
>> 
>> Try making some selections and applying, then bring up the options and click the select default button, you’ll notice the selections switch to the defaults, which is what you started with (hence ‘default’) which are nothing selected for Accounts, and Expenses selected for Filter By.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>> 
>>> On Jul 13, 2017, at 9:59 AM, George Riner <GeorgeRiner at mycogeo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've got Gnucash 2.6.17 on Windows 10.
>>> 
>>> I'm selecting the "Transaction Report" from the Reports menu. This brings up a blank report. Clicking on the "Options" button, it brings up the "Transaction Report" dialog box. In the "Accounts" tab it shows the upper list of accounts and the lower list of "Filter By...". Each of these lists has a button beneath labeled "Select Default". Thinking that these buttons might be a reasonable way to select accounts and filters, I click on the "Select Default" buttons and as far as I can tell, nothing happens. No selection states change in either list.
>>> 
>>> What are these "Select Default" buttons supposed to do and where is it explained? I can't find an explanation of these on-line.
>>> 
>>> :George
>>> 
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