[GNC] How to install/load custom report in flatpak installation *for all users*

[Wm Tarr]

I think you're using the wrong directory, double check this bit:

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While not recommended you can also copy the report to the installed 
report directory. Make sure you have included a module definition as 
shown above. All*.scmfiles from 
thegnucash/scm/gnucash/report/standard-reports/directory will be loaded 
automatically. This applies/only/to thestandard-reports/sub-directory, 
not to any of the other directories with reports. Hence, the easiest way 
to have your report available to gnucash is to copy your *.scm file into 
that directory.

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>From what you have said I don't think you have a standard-reports sub 
dir and you still have to make a module definition anyway.

Wm


On 2026-06-08 19:35, rsbrux via gnucash-user wrote:
> Many thanks for your tips.
>
> 1. I did have a copy under ~/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/gnucash/
> but deleting it didn't change anything
>
> 2. I replaced the original guid in the SCM file (which contained
> hyphens) with one generated byhttps://www.guidgenerator.com/ as
> recommended here;
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Custom_Reports#Setup_a_prototype_report
> however, the behavior remained the same: GC fails to start unless I
> remove the new report from:
> /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/current/active/files/share/gui
> le/site/2.2/gnucash/reports/standard/
>
> P.S. this would happen if you had the reports in both a user dir and
> the
> system wide one
>
> Wm
>
>
> On 2026-06-07 13:47, Wm Tarr wrote:
>> Have you ended up with a duplicate report guid?
>>
>> see
>>
>> ===
>>
>> Your report must have a globally unique identifier (guid). GnuCash
>> will fail to start if multiple reports have the same unique id.
>>
>> ===
>>
>> from the same page you linked to in your message.
>>
>> Wm
>>
>>
>> On 2026-06-03 17:18, rsbrux via gnucash-user wrote:
>>> I have installed GnuCash flatpak for *all users* under Ubuntu Studio
>>> 24.04.1.LTS.
>>> Extrapolatiing from
>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#System-wide
>>> and
>>>
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Custom_Reports#Load_the_report_from_the_installed_report_directory
>>> I tried copying a custom .scm file (the recently announced
> financial-
>>> radar) into
>>>
> /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/current/active/files/share/gui
>>> le/site/2.2/gnucash/reports/standard/
>>> However, this prevents GnuCash from starting.
>>>
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Custom_Reports#Load_the_report_from_a_user_account
>>> says that I need to declare the report in config.user or
>>> config_user.scm.
>>> However, I don't want to have to do that for every user.
>>> How can I declare the report for all users of the flatpak
> installation?
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