Allow saving of Custom Reports without changing name, overwriting existing report
Corresponding bugzilla item: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649284
Currently the 'Add Report' button is only available if a report's name is changed. If a report's details are changed e.g. new account added/date range changed then the name has to be changed to be able to save this, causing clutter.
If the 'Add Report' button was always available, the option to overwrite the exisiting saved report could be given.
Ian K
shared this idea
The feature has been completed last week by Geert and will be available in 2.5.4 and any following gnucash release. Thanks Geert!
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YeOldHinnerk
commented
Fixed in 2.5.
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Colin Scott
commented
This change should be made not in isolation, but ONLY as part of a ground-up re-working of the entire report management system - which ought to include (re)save, save-as and delete, and should not require Gnucash to be restarted in order to see reports once saved. In other words, the file management aspect of the reporting system should work in the way a new user would expect it to. If you want examples, look around you at almost any word-processing, text-editing, graphics editing, or indeed just about any other form of file editing program on the planet! On that basis, I support the proposal wholeheartedly.
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Colin Scott
commented
This would be a very significant step in improving the usability of the report system.