[GNC] budget report and scrolling

[Jon Schewe]

On Fri, 2021-08-06 at 17:24 -0500, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 9:25 AM Jon Schewe <jpschewe at mtu.net> wrote:
> > I am using the budget report and it's working quite well, except
> > for
> > 
> > one thing. When I am viewing a whole year I need to scroll left and
> > 
> > right to see columns later in the year and when I do this I can't
> > see
> > 
> > the labels on the left for the accounts. Does anyone have a good
> > way
> > 
> > around this?
> 
> This is a bit cumbersome, but you can export the report, open it in a
> spreadsheet, and "freeze" the left column with the labels and scroll
> easily. You can export it using the Export Report (on toolbar or File
> menu). 
> 
I saw the export, but it's HTML and didn't think that the spreadsheet
would take it. Turns out LibreOffice does quite well.

>  
> > Just before I sent this I was thinking that I could limit the
> > number of
> > 
> > budget periods visible, while this isn't ideal those options are
> > 
> > disabled in the report options. Is this expected?
> 
> The design is a bit klunky -- the options appear if you tick the
> checkbox "Report for range of budget periods." The other controls
> activate when you choose Manual Period Selection.

That does help.

Jon