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@brichter Because the developers haven't built it yet!brichter said:Why is the user not able to select the memo field as a criteria for a report?
You may be able to "retrofit" your database to use tags fairly easily, depending on how far back you want to go. You could do this, for example:brichter said:That is an acceptable solution going forward, but with no thought to months or years of preexisting records. It's fine for a new user, but not for existing users.
When the engineers began working on a modern Quicken Mac, they made clear that they weren't going to try to just re-create a modern version of the exact same software. There were features in the old versions which few people used, or which didn't work well or confused people, or which new functionality might render unnecessary, etc. So just because a certain feature existed before didn't make it something they felt was automatically needed in the next-generation product. And since they couldn't develop every feature quickly anyway, they are adding features in response to user feedback.brichter said:Coming from my experience as a software engineer for a couple of decades, one needs to realize that if users are given a certain tool, eliminating or restricting the functionality of that tool in a new version makes for a horrible UX, especially with no method to retroactively change their existing records to conform with the new functionality. Also, if the ability to generate reports based on the memo field existed in the prior version, one would think that continuing that functionality in the new version should still be a somewhat trivial endeavor.
I used COBOL to Objective-C simply as an example of the massive change in coding environments over 3 decades, to counter what you wrote about it being a trivial endeavor to create an old feature in a different program. I was not suggesting that the original Quicken Mac was written in COBOL. (It most definitely was not.)brichter said:I'm pretty sure none of the original program was coded in COBOL...
Keep in mind that most of the people posting here are fellow Quicken users, like me, trying to help each other; you're not writing to Quicken management when you post here.brichter said:The only way I found the page to vote to add the feature was because you mentioned it, it never came up via an internet search so how many others would be able to vote? I'd hate to see you folks fall into the trap of "We're number 1, we don't need to try any more."