[GNC] Any reason reports are not stored in gnucash file ?

[Sherlock]

I actually prefer the separation of the data from the model. It does 
mean there are more files to manage (backup, restore, and synchronize) 
but it's not too difficult once you know you to do it.  There are a 
variety of file management tools available (beyond the scope of GnuCash) 
that can help.

For example, consider the work you might need to do if you wanted to 
revert a set of changes made to a saved report over a few months.  If 
you had to restore the data file, you would also revert the data you 
entered.  Compare that to restoring the saved-reports-2.8 file.

https://lists.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations

Regards,

Sherlock

On 10/13/25 9:43 AM, John Ralls wrote:
> The original idea was by storing the saved report configs separately they could be applied to more than one book as long as the account names were either not customized or  the same in both books. We broke the latter half of that assumption in 3.x by using the account guids instead of names because users complained that the saved configs broke when they changed an account name.
> 
> As for failed backups, it seems you’re very lucky that the backup for your data directory was working.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
>> On Oct 13, 2025, at 05:09, David T. via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>> This request has been made many times, but the developer pool doesn't have the staffing to reconstruct the base system to implement this.
>>
>> David T.
>>
>> On 10/13/2025 4:31 PM, Steve Miller wrote:
>>> That suggestion has always been on my "wish" list. As it stands now I use
>>> batch files (I'm on Windows 11) to update each of my 3 laptops with the
>>> updated saved report file. Would be easier, obviously. if your suggestion
>>> was implemented.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM Valentin Chatelard <
>>> chatelard.valentin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Any reason why custom reports configs are not saved within gnucash file ?
>>>> It makes it harder to sync between multiple workstations, it requires
>>>> specific backup settings on each location to make sure to not loose it.
>>>>
>>>> Last week a bios update required me to reinstall windows (loosing those
>>>> reports because backups was falling without I noticed it before), and ssd
>>>> crashed on the other.
>>>>
>>>> So I have been loosing all my reports configurations... which would be
>>>> nice to be able to save within the gnucash file (either let user the choice
>>>> if better).
>>>>
>>>> What's your opinion about it ?
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Valentin