[GNC] Account Register not Populating

[David Carlson]

 Michael D Novac,

You make a very good point with your illustration point 'a'.

However, for your point 'b', GnuCash has a quirk that any custom report
configurations that the user saved under the menu Reports > Saved Report
Configurations are not actually stored in the main data file, but in a
separate location where other 'User' stuff is saved, such as which register
windows and report windows were open as of the last time that particular
GnuCash data file was actually closed using File > Quit or by clicking on
the "X' icon in the upper right corner of the GnuCash window and the widths
of most of the columns [except Description] are in those register windows
and the specific options selected in those open report windows.  User
preferences saved under Edit > Preferences also are not in the data file.
Note that Search windows disappear and are not saved when GnuCash is shut
down.

Also, as R Losey noted earlier, the locations of most of those other 'user'
files is nicely shown in the 'About' window..  The only problem I have with
that is that it works nicely in Linux, but in Windows 10 I was unable to
find them there.  I think one needs to check the page [
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Questions_about_Backups] for information
relating to Windows 10/11 installations.

Lastly, I must offer the disclaimer that I only know about using the
[compressed or uncompressed]XML data file format, but not either of the two
database file formats that may also be used.



On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 9:31 AM Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> On 11/14/2024 9:34 PM, R Losey wrote:
> > I'm glad your accounts are there with your data.
> >
> > As other people noted, the Saved Reports are not stored with the saved
> > data; they are part of the user configuration.
>
> I think we should keep in mind that there are two (rather different)
> meanings for which the term "saved reports" can be applied.
>
> a) Our regular repeated reports. We might have a tab left open for these
> (for rerunning them) but have a series going back into the past of the
> same report but previous running of it. For example, Balance Sheet (as
> of date X, as of date Y, as of date Z, etc.)
>
> b) Reports which I will call special. We have made modifications to
> exclude accounts, etc. Of course these too might have a series of
> previous running of them (as in "a")
>
> For case "a", after running (for date W) I would be saving BUT not
> within gnucash. In other words, after running I would export it. I would
> have a directory (folder) with a name like "saved reports" and within
> that folders (directories) like "Balance Sheets", "Revenue Statements",
> etc, So that I could tell them apart, would make date part of the file
> name (so might be BalanceSheet20241115 if run today). So yes you would
> be moving a directory like that when moving to a new computer, but not
> as part of moving gnucash but as part of moving ALL data directories.
>
> For case "b", besides saving specific runs of a report like above I
> would want a saved version within gnucash if not used so often as to
> deserve an open tab. That is to save all those modifications, what
> accounts included, etc.
>
> In other words, I would save WITHIN gnucash ONE version of each report I
> use and save outside of gnucash previous runs of each of these reports.
>
> Michael D Novack
>
>
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David Carlson