[GNC] Where do I set the "Accounting Period" for reports?

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 12:41:22PM -0800, Stan Brown wrote:
> 
> On 2023-01-06 11:35, Chris Green wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 07:17:46PM +1000, David H wrote:
> >> Chris,
> >>
> >> Did you run a report then click on Options / General Tab - the reports I
> >> run allow you to set the period for each report?
> >>
> > That's absolutely the last thing I want to do, I want the same period
> > for every report after entering it just once!
> 
> I don't think there's a global setting for time period in reports. It
> would be nice if there were -- why not enter an enhancement request?
> 
> I know it's a pain to set up a time period for each individual report,
> but you only have to do it once (per report). And if you are smart about
> it, you'll use settings like "start of previous month" or "end of
> accounting period".
> 
> When you click "Save Report Configuration As", be sure to use some
> reasonable naming convention, one that makes sense to you.
> 
I really don't want or need to save reports, it's just one more bit of
configuration that I'd need to keep track of.  I want things to be
configured in as few places as possible.

A saved report is of little use the next year (wrong headings often).
What I want is to set things up so that whenever I click on (for
example) Transaction Report I just get that and not have to jump
through several hoops to actually get any meaningful output.

-- 
Chris Green