[GNC] Existing multicolumn reports pick up old versions of selected single-column reports which have been edited.

[Adrien Monteleone]

From your explanation, it appears you’re taking 3 saved configurations and putting them into one multicolumn, correct?

Did you try the Balance Sheet (multicolumn) in the experimental menu? (v3.8)

I was just able to easily run such a report with 2017, 2018, 2019 and then turned off links with no issues.

Though I still think you found a valid bug, perhaps improvement in the multicolumn report forms might mitigate how often it surfaces.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Mar 20, 2020 w12d80, at 5:05 AM, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Scenario:
> 
> Report 1: Balance Sheet 2017
> Report 2: Balance Sheet 2018
> Report 3: Balance Sheet 2019
> 
> Create Multicolumn Balance Sheet which includes these three reports.
> 
> This behaves as expected.
> 
> Edit Report 1 - let’s say to omit the links to accounts.
> 
> Run Multicolumn Report again - no change in output.
> 
> Fix:
> 
> Edit Multicolumn Report - Remove Balance Sheet 2017 then Add Balance Sheet 2017
> 
> Explanation:
> 
> I suspect that reports which have been edited and saved aren’t simply replaced, but both versions are retained and labelled (? using UUID ?). Multicolumn reports aren’t aware of this, and pick up the zombies.
> 
> 
> Workaround:
> 
> Always rename reports destined for multicolumn reporting when editing - this gets messy - or always remember to edit a multicolumn report after any of its constituents has been edited (which looks odd because you’re apparently deleting named reports and replacing them with reports with the same names.
> 
> 
> 
> I expect this won’t be a priority area for development, but this message may save another struggling user some hair-loss.
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> 
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