[GNC] Saved reports "forget" their target accounts

[Michael Hendry]

Version: 5.9
Build ID: 5.9+(2024-09-28)

michaelhendry at iMac ~ % uname -a
Darwin iMac.local 24.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.1.0: Thu Oct 10 21:02:27 PDT 2024; root:xnu-11215.41.3~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

I’ve been having a recurring problem with variations on this error message:

GASDS Report for 2024-2025:

No accounts selected

This report requires accounts to be selected in the report options.

Edit report options

Sorting / Primary Key : memo
General / End Date : absolute . 31/03/2025
General / Start Date : absolute . 01/04/2024
General / Report name : GASDS Report for 2024-2025
Display / Subtotal Table : Enabled
Display / Other Account Name : Disabled

This particular report isn’t needed until the end of March, but as the date approaches I use it to report on the amount claimable under the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS). At first I thought that the problem might have been related to a forgotten edit to the account structure, but today I opened the relevant .gnucash file and ran the report - with the above result. I closed a few accounts, and I realised that a full report with all the current information had been drawn into view from the right hand side of the screen, coexisting with the above error report.

Remembering that I had accidentally run this report on a completely different .gnucash file which doesn’t have the relevant accounts and got the error report, I thought this might in some way have corrupted the report configuration, but I’ve tried this again today, quitting GnuCash in between changes of .gnucash file.

The short-term fix is simply to add the appropriate accounts back into the report, and re-save it, but there’s always the risk that I’ll omit a relevant account.

I haven’t found any reference to this issue on the list, which is not to say it hasn’t been raised before, so I’d be grateful for a steer in the right direction, or advice on further investigation - e.g. would there be any mileage in restarting my iMac between various stages of the testing process I tried (above).

Regards to all,

Michael