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

[Christopher Lam]

>In general, the result is as follows:
>YTD Dividends
>From 01/01/2018 to 05/02/2018
>————
>Grand Total $9,999.00

I don't really have a problem generating something similar to the above...
Accounts/Accounts = Income:Dividends, Sorting/Primary Sortkey = 'account',
Secondary Sortkey='none', Sorting/Show subtotals only = true, General/Dates
= 'beginning-of-year' to 'today' - these options would be a good start.

> I do see the option ‘Show subtotals only (hide transactional data)’ in
the sorting tab (shouldn’t this belong in ‘display’?) but I don’t see an
option to hide the per-account sub-totals.

Hmm it could belong in 'Display' tab... this option was meant for the
Sorting tab as an extension to the subtotal grouping options (especially
daily date subtotals) and is currently *only* selectable if subtotals are
generated, but apparently some wish to hide *everything* (and any
subtotals) except the "Grand Total". How odd... This would require a few
amendments to TR. If this is moved to the Display tab, it should toggle
most other Display options too...

On 3 May 2018 at 03:11, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
wrote:

> David,
>
> I haven’t noticed this case in particular but do see some other unique 3.1
> report problems. (filed a bug on one a couple of days ago) But since you
> mentioned other approaches, does not turning on the Total (Period) column
> on the Accounts tab not give you the info you’re looking for? I have this
> turned on and since totals roll-up to the parent, it shows me what I would
> expect to see if I ran such a report as you describe.
>
> I just played with the Transaction Report and I also can’t get the
> individual sub-accounts to not display. But that might be intended. If I
> only select the parent, and run a *Transaction* report, I get nothing,
> because well, there are no transactions in it. I have to select the child
> accounts that hold the actual transactions. And that is what is being
> subtotaled. The “Totals” option appears to only sum all of the individual
> accounts. (or not) I don’t think it should mean to ONLY display that total.
> If it used to function that way, I should think it was a bug that has now
> been fixed.
>
> I do see the option ‘Show subtotals only (hide transactional data)’ in the
> sorting tab (shouldn’t this belong in ‘display’?) but I don’t see an option
> to hide the per-account sub-totals.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> > 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?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > David T.
>
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