Right. > On Nov 12, 2019, at 2:38 AM, Fran_3 <mailbox0...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > To be clear on your answer to question 1... > > If I delete or move the file "saved-reports-2.8" gnuCash will recreate it > WHEN I create a new report and save the report configuration... right? > > Thanks for the help John. > > Fran3 > > > > On Monday, November 11, 2019, 10:58:29 PM EST, John Ralls > <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > > > > On Nov 11, 2019, at 1:11 PM, Fran_3 via gnucash-user > > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > > I have about 40 reports I created for this project and I would like to > > keep them for future reference. > > BUT that many reports clutter up the view when retrieving saved report > > configurations... > > I may not reference these particular reports for a year so I would like to > > stash them... that is stash their definitions/configuration file > > "saved-report-2.8" in another folder until I need those particular reports > > again. > > > > > > Question 1: If I move the reports config file saved-report-2.8 to a backup > > folder for future use and then delete it from its normal folder at > > C:\Users\User-X\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash > > Will gnuCash recreate a new "saved-report-2.8" file when I re-launch the > > gnuCash App? > > > > Question 2: If months down the road I need to recover the saved-report-2.8 > > file that I stashed elsewhere... > > Can I swap the current saved-report-2.8 file with the one I stashed... and > > visa-versa as needed? > > > > Question 3: I made a simple Transaction Report named Test that only looked > > at the checking account. Then I made a copy of saved-report-2.8 and looked > > at it with NotePad++. > > > > The text in the file, I assume, consist of instructions used by gnuCash to > > create the report... > > > > meaning the contents of saved-report-2.8 is not a language to query the > > gnuCash data... right? > > Thanks for any help. Fran3 > > > > > 1. No, unless you create new saved report configs. > 2. Yes. Just make sure to shut down GnuCash while you're switching the files. > 3. The current version of the file contains the report names and a Scheme > (that's a computer programming language) representation of the options you > changed from the default values to create the custom report. You are correct > that it does not contain queries. Most GnuCash reports work by iterating over > the accounting objects in memory rather than using the query framework. > > Regards, > John Ralls
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