[GNC] Net Worth Linechart report - can't select hidden accounts

[Colin Arndt]

Yes, this is exactly it. The line chart shows a span of time. I currently have 5 years’ history in GnuCash and that includes several accounts which are no longer active. For example, I’ve moved a couple times since then and opened and closed credit union accounts as a result. 

Show Hidden Accounts is already an option in the report settings, it just doesn’t work in the current software, for who knows what reason.

I opened a bug report for this issue here: 
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798348

The GnuCash dev team is fantastic and I’m sure they'll get to it when they can.

Thanks,
Colin

> On Oct 26, 2021, at 9:00 AM, gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:45:56 -0400
> From: "D." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> To: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
> Cc: GnuCash-User <gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Net Worth Linechart report - can't select hidden
> 	accounts
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> Not to put words into Colin's mouth, but the linechart report covers a period of time, which can be configured in options. So, it's entirely possible (likely, in fact), that such a report would need to draw on hidden accounts to determine overall status, even if they are now zero balance. 
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> From: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
> Sent: Mon Oct 25 17:53:36 EDT 2021
> To: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Net Worth Linechart report - can't select hidden accounts
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> You are no longer using those accounts (have hidden them) and they do 
> not contain a zero balance?
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> While maybe the setting *should* stick, I think it a fair assumption not 
> to use hidden accounts in a NetWorth chart/report as they should 
> generally have a zero balance and thus not affect the equation at all.
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> Including them or not, should not have an affect on the chart/report.
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> (unless you are hiding them for some reason other than that they are now 
> zero, and no longer needed)
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> Regards,
> Adrien
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> On 10/15/21 4:59 PM, Colin Arndt wrote:
>> Since the Net Worth report goes back several years, it includes accounts that I?ve since sunsetted and hidden in GnuCash. If I can?t include these in the report, it?s not nearly as accurate or useful.
>> 
>> Thanks for any help on this,
>> Colin
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> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:27:50 -0500
> From: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
> To: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Net Worth Linechart report - can't select hidden
> 	accounts
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> Yes, sorry. I wasn't thinking that if the chart covers a time period 
> where the account is involved, that may show assets or liabilities 
> increasing or decreasing across that part of the chart, which wouldn't 
> be possible if those accounts were not included.
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> I was only thinking of a snapshot of the present.
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> Regards,
> Adrien
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> On 10/25/21 6:45 PM, D. via gnucash-user wrote:
>> Not to put words into Colin's mouth, but the linechart report covers a period of time, which can be configured in options. So, it's entirely possible (likely, in fact), that such a report would need to draw on hidden accounts to determine overall status, even if they are now zero balance.
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