If you are hoping to have your own account selections as a personal “default”, rename the report (on the General tab) and click "Save Report Configuration As.” Your custom settings will now be available under Reports->Saved Report Configurations.
HTH, David > On Jul 15, 2017, at 5:21 AM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Yes, ‘default’ is the state of an option that is chosen by the programmers. > It is not your default, but theirs. So clicking it restores the options to > their original ‘default’ state. > > Note, the button says ‘select’ default, not ‘set’ default. By clicking the > button, you are not telling GnuCash to “set these selections as my default” > rather you are telling the app to “select the default accounts” which are > none for the first option and expenses for the filter option. > > Some applications allow you to set defaults or change them. At least in this > case, for these options, GnuCash does not allow this. (I’m not sure of any > other defaults you can change, but there are preferences you can set) > > If you want to save your own account and filter selections to use again in > another run of the report, you need to use the ‘save configuration’ button, > give the customized report a name, and use that in the future instead of the > base report. > > Regards, > Adrien > >> On Jul 14, 2017, at 11:18 AM, George Riner <georgeri...@mycogeo.com> wrote: >> >> I don't get the behavior you describe. >> >> I create a new Transaction report. I select a couple of entries in the >> 'Accounts' window and a couple entries in the 'Filter by' window and click >> 'Apply' and then 'OK' to dismiss the window. >> >> I then re-open the Options window, click on 'Select Default' and all >> selections are cleared. >> >> I find this a curious interpretation of the word 'Default'. From the way you >> describe it, the button would be more aptly named 'Revert to initial >> selections', or 'Cancel changes'. >> >> :George >> >> >> >> On 7/13/2017 9:14 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>> You don’t notice them doing anything because you’ve already got the default >>> selected when you first bring up the report. >>> >>> Try making some selections and applying, then bring up the options and >>> click the select default button, you’ll notice the selections switch to the >>> defaults, which is what you started with (hence ‘default’) which are >>> nothing selected for Accounts, and Expenses selected for Filter By. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Adrien >>> >>>> On Jul 13, 2017, at 9:59 AM, George Riner <georgeri...@mycogeo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I've got Gnucash 2.6.17 on Windows 10. >>>> >>>> I'm selecting the "Transaction Report" from the Reports menu. This brings >>>> up a blank report. Clicking on the "Options" button, it brings up the >>>> "Transaction Report" dialog box. In the "Accounts" tab it shows the upper >>>> list of accounts and the lower list of "Filter By...". Each of these lists >>>> has a button beneath labeled "Select Default". Thinking that these buttons >>>> might be a reasonable way to select accounts and filters, I click on the >>>> "Select Default" buttons and as far as I can tell, nothing happens. No >>>> selection states change in either list. >>>> >>>> What are these "Select Default" buttons supposed to do and where is it >>>> explained? I can't find an explanation of these on-line. >>>> >>>> :George >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>> ----- >>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> ----- >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
