[GNC] Fw: Upcoming report deprecation

[Christopher Lam]

Thanks for benchmarks... IMO 1min still too long (and 14mins shocking) but
not sure how to try speed this up unless I come across sample (obfuscated)
data

On Sun, 19 May 2019 at 18:55, Matthew Forbis <
matthewdavidforbis1982 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> On my system, I have about 150-200 Asset and Liability accounts, going
> back to 2010.  One currency (USD), but about 50 unique commodities.  I am
> testing on version 3.5 on Windows 10.  The default Net Worth Linechart took
> 31 seconds to load (This is the accounting period by month with a Weighted
> Average as the price source [When using nearest in time it's faster still,
> but trying to compare fairly], and all accounts).  Average balance took
> 14:30 to load the exact same options.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>
>
>
> On Saturday, May 18, 2019, 8:15:54 PM CDT, Christopher Lam <
> christopher.lck at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> These benchmarks are always useful. Would you mind describing
> characteristics of your books? e.g. number of accounts, number of
> currencies/commodities, approx no.transactions etc? I'm sure 3.5
> average-balance should be faster than prior versions.
>
> This may be moot if average-balance will be hidden soon, but IMHO the
> networth linechart taking 1 minute is still an interesting issue and I'd be
> keen to know why.
>
>
> On Sat, 18 May 2019 at 18:33, Matthew Forbis via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> > Sending to list from correct email address.
> >   The Average Balance report would seem to have merit in my mind, such
> as tracking a portfolio over time, but I decided to test it to see what
> it's capable of.  In my testing, I found it can be rmostly eplicated by
> using the Net Worth linechart graph (most significant difference is you
> can't show only the assets line, and it's a line chart instead of a bar
> chart).  The Average Balance report has the downside of taking about 15-20
> minutes to run and generate the initial report versus the minute or so for
> the Net Worth linechart graphic.  So, while I think the average balance
> report has it's uses, I don't think it's a great report to use.  If it were
> to be improved, I don't know if I would relegate it to the extra menu, or
> merge it entirely with the Net Worth line charts.
> >
> > Thanks,Matt
> >
> >     On Saturday, May 18, 2019, 7:21:17 AM CDT, Geert Janssens <
> geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> >
> >  Hi,
> >
> > I'm looking at https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=773198
> > This bug proposes to remove a number of reports from the reports menu on
> the
> > assumption these reports are primarily demo's of what can be achieved in
> > gnucash, but have limited actual value. This is about the following
> reports:
> >
> > Average Balance
> > Expenses vs. Day of Week
> > Income vs. Day of Week
> > Sample Report with Examples
> >
> > Instead of completely removing them I plan to move them to a separate
> > "Examples" sub menu (the former "Sample & Custom" menu) and hide this
> menu by
> > default. It could be made visible by running gnucash with the '--extra'
> > command line switch.
> >
> > If you are actively using any of these reports please let us know which
> ones
> > and also how these reports benefit you in practice.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Geert
> >
> >
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