[GNC] Problem with Saved Report

Christopher Lam christopher.lck at gmail.com
Sat Nov 9 06:10:31 EST 2019


Looking through the account depth seeing, if your custom report uses the
account-depth option in options-utilities, it has never shown any number
other than level 5.

It may be useful to submit the custom report in Bugzilla for a review.

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019, 02:12 David T. via gnucash-user, <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Hmm.
>
> Apparently, I didn't click the dialog box enough. After 10 iterations of
> the same error, the report does load. FWIW, it's a custom report that is
> based on the Assets Pie Chart.
>
> Moreover, it would appear that the setting that causes trouble is the
> "Account Depth" setting. When this is set to "6", I get this error; when
> it is set to "5" or lower, this error goes away. Since "6" is the
> seventh entry in the list (following "All" and the first 5 levels), this
> would also explain the "Fallback" to option '2'.
>
> I'm not sure why anyone would alter the Account Depth setting lower,
> thus limiting the user's ability to manage this report. If anything, I'd
> argue this setting should be allowed to go even higher.
>
> David T.
>
> On 11/6/2019 10:14 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am using GnuCash 3.5 on Windows 10. GnuCash 3.5 is the latest
> > version I have ever used.
> >
> > I have a report that I customized and saved in an earlier version of
> > GnuCash (I can't tell you the version, but I know that it is an
> > earlier version). I can't be certain which base report I used, since
> > the saved configuration in saved-reports-2.8 only gives me the GUID of
> > that base report, although I imagine it is a basic Transaction Report
> > (since I have had trouble with version compatibility on this report
> > previously). ISTR that I brought a similar problem with the
> > Transaction Report to the list some time back, but cannot remember
> > what the fix was supposed to be.
> >
> > Instead of getting a report, I get a message that under the
> > circumstances is gibberish:
> >
> > "This report was saved using a later version of GnuCash. One of the
> > newer multichoice options '7' is not available, fallback to the option
> > '2'."
> >
> > First, it is unclear to me how I could have saved my report using a
> > version that I have never used or loaded. Second, this message is
> > remarkably cryptic and misleading; I don't understand how I am using a
> > newer option for a report that is invoked in the highest version I
> > have. Third, despite informing me it is using a fallback option '2',
> > the report fails to load, leaving me with no way to remedy the problem.
> >
> > I am feeling rather frustrated here; GnuCash shouldn't break a saved
> > report!
> >
> > David T.
> >
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