[GNC] GC 3.1 Mac OS X 10.13.4 High Sierra Report issue

[John Ralls]

> On May 2, 2018, at 1:09 PM, David T. via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Before I submit a bug report, I’d like to see whether there has been some change to the reports system that causes the degradation I am seeing, and if there is a different way to achieve my same goal.
> 
> I have a custom report that is set to display a single figure for YTD totals for a subset of my income accounts (dividends). This is a simple transaction report that has the Income:Dividend accounts selected, is set to cover the current accounting period, and is supposed to display only “Totals”. 
> 
> In general, the result is as follows:
> 
> YTD Dividends
> From 01/01/2018 to 05/02/2018
> ————
> Grand Total $9,999.00
> 
> In the past, this report would present the current YTD dividend total in a single figure in a compact area (I use it on a dashboard multicolumn display). With 3.1, however, I get all the accounts listed, and no figures anywhere (not for individual accounts, and not for a grand total). Furthermore, if I try to load the saved report separately, I get a generic “Report Error” message. If I close out GC 3.1 without saving and reload the file in 2.6.19, the report functions as expected.
> 
> Finally, if I try to recreate the report from scratch, I cannot get the report to format as I prefer—with no account information and a single YTD amount. I can only seem to get the total if I display all the transaction data, which defeats the purpose of my report showing me at a glance how much dividend income I have accumulated YTD.
> 
> Has anyone encountered this problem and found a remedy?
> 
> While I am at it, I note that the report setting to reverse account signs on the transaction report doesn’t seem to affect the total amount any more—it worked correctly in 2.6.19. ISTR that others have noted this—or does that need to get a bug as well?
> 

I think someone has mentioned that issue before, perhaps on IRC, and that Chris Lam had proposed a small change to the Transaction Report to restore that capability.

Regards,
John Ralls