[GNC] Saved Report Configurations

[Mahon Finbar]

OK, a little nit picky? but whatever rows your boat. I just need the 
detail for the taxman once a year, he doesn't deserve a PDF 😁

Delighted with the responses, bully for Gnucash....a fabulous app and 
services.

Finbar

On 13/02/2023 17:39, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> I do the same. I have general configurations saved, but anything 
> particular to that solitary instance of the report, I do not save as 
> part of the configuration. Those will be one-offs so no need to save 
> them as a config, just run and if I want, save as a PDF.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 2/13/23 8:18 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote:
>> However, there IS a different approach possible.
>>
>> I do  not consider the SAME report except run for a different 
>> date/period to be a different "configuration". I consider 
>> "configuration" to refer to things like display options, nesting 
>> levels, what accounts to include/exclude, etc. But not dates.
>>
>> So how do I handle the reality that I have many P&L reports, many 
>> Balance Sheet reports, etc. run for different dates?
>>
>> I create directories (file folders) to hold them with suitable names 
>> (like Balance Sheets) and then after running the report in gnucash I 
>> export it to this folder using a suitable file name that clearly 
>> identifies it. Thus I might name the the file which is a Balance 
>> Sheet run for the effective date of Jan 31 "BalanceSheet20230131"
>>
>> Mind, I've been using gnucash since 2007, so if saving within gnucash 
>> data. It would  be a ridiculous amount of clutter within gnucash data 
>> if I kept them all there. The fact that I knew to do this from the 
>> start (when there were just a few) is because I was a freshly retired 
>> pro. Avoid future problems.
>
> _______________________________________________
> gnucash-user mailing list
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
> -----
> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.