[GNC] gnucash 3.6 -- reports -- "URL cannot be shown"

[Harry G McGavran Jr]

Hello Adrien --



>Do a search in the XML file for the UUIDs that couldn’t be found. (that should
>fail)
>

  No -- they ARE found!


>Then do a search in the XML for the account names that failed, find their UUIDs
>in that section of the XML and you should notice, they don’t match what the
>trace file reported.
>

  No -- they are the SAME!

>If they don’t match, something changed your account UUIDs. (are these saved
>reports your are running? There was also a bug for this I believe, certainly a
>list thread)
>
>If this is a saved report configuration, try running a fresh version. (from the
>regular report menu, not a saved configuration) If the account links work, then
>I would open the saved report, edit the Options > Accounts and reselect your
>desired accounts. (maybe try one at a time) Then re-save the configuration and
>test it again. If all is well, continue re-assigning accounts to your saved
>configurations and updating them, or else just trash them and make new ones.
>

  Actually, I haven't done ANY saved reports yet -- these are all the
  standard ones that come with gnucash.

>Alternatively, you could edit the saved reports manually, but I think that is
>going to be more time consuming and trouble. (I don’t think the names are
>stored with the report at all, only the UUIDs, so you’d have to know the old
>UUIDs to map the replacements properly)
>
>You should probably also file a bug in the Reports section. If the UUIDs were
>changed in one place but not another(the data file, but not saved reports), it
>can be of course ‘problematic’ as you have noticed.
>

  I'll do that if we find it isn't my problem somehow.

>----
>
>Also, which version were you using prior and which one did you update to?
>
>

  I upgraded gnucash to 3.6 from 2.6.17

Thanks again for your help!