Home Page "portfolio value graph by account" order of of accounts doesn't match default order

Question

On the home page, I've selected the Portfolio Value Graph by Account to display.  I've got a lot of accounts, and on the Accounts List and in the Investing view, I've put them in the order of highest balances to lowest, so that I could see on the stacked bar chart most of the major accounts and their values.  Of course, I expected smaller accounts to be lumped together in "other".  However, the chart seems to be showing accounts based on their create date, or some other order I cannot determine.  The consequence is that most accounts are lumped into "other" showing me no insight and smaller accounts are not too visible.  So, the graph is now more like "total" rather than account by account.  It's also true that I've moved a bunch of funds lately, so older data shows differently, relative to Oct 2020.  See screenshot.

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rmm405 · Answer

By "needs to be fixed" above, I mean "needs to be pre-determined", *not* "needs to be repaired"

rmm405 · Answer

Your additional comments are helpful.  I agree there must be some algorithm to determine how many bars, in what order, etc.  Given what @Rich_M  is telling us, and my own little test, it seems like the sorting option they've chosen is "largest 5 accounts; all else in other, *and* base that test on the first bar being shown in the graphic, even if numbers change a lot later on".

And, I agree that Quicken programmers are facing major unknowns, as you say, so the algorithm to decide what to present and how needs to be fixed, even if the data is not.

Thank you very much for your engagement and willingness to help out!

Chris_QPW · Answer

What I was saying is that it is unlikely that the graphic package they are using will allow them to place each account/bar exactly where they want.  Or even if it will it is unlikely that the developer would use such functionality.  Instead it would be done at a "higher level".  As in maybe it would give different "sorting options" like alphabetic.

They have no idea if there is going to be one account or a thousand.  They have to have a system that presents the data in a reasonable way without being overly complicated.  And they are going to rely on the graphic package to do most of the heavy lifting of formatting and such.