Net Worth Report Includes Hidden Accounts

Question

The default settings on this report say that it excludes hidden accounts, but they are not excluded. Even when using the selected accounts customization, hidden accounts show up in the selection list.  Is this a recent issue?

Boatnmaniac · Answer

Two different levels of "hiding" accounts.  A Hidden account is simply hidden in the Account List and Account Bar but the data is still by default included in reports.  A Separate account hides it not only in the Account List and Account Bar but also by default excludes the data from reports.  
When you check on "Show Hidden Accounts" in report customization, it will
 then show both levels of hidden reports in the Accounts tab.  But it 
will also show that Hidden accounts are by default checked so they are
included in the report while Separate accounts are by default 
unchecked.  
This is not a new "issue".  I have been using Quicken since 2008 and it has always been like this since at least back then.
I do agree, however, that the Account tab of the report customization can be somewhat confusing because of this.  Perhaps it might be better on the Accounts tab to have one box for Show Hidden Accounts (and by default have it checked) and one box for Show Separate Accounts (and by default have it unchecked).  I think this would be more intuitive and less confusing than the current single box for both.

Lori Rose · Answer

Just because something is working as designed, doesn't mean it is working well.  As an accountant, I always want to be able to run historical reports and this prevents them from being accurate (or creates a lot of extra work for me).  If a report says it doesn't include hidden accounts, it shouldn't include hidden accounts.  If you are including hidden accounts it should read "Excludes separate accounts" which is more accurate.

Quicken Anja · Answer

Thank you for your response.

I went ahead and did some further research as well as tested this in my own personal Quicken program and received the same result, in which the feature is working as designed. Please take a moment to review this Help Article for clarification. As stated in the article under the Notes section; "Accounts must be marked as separate to be removed from reporting and other features".

The account selection setting you are referring to within the report itself states "All Accounts (Excludes hidden and separate accounts)". That said; unless the hidden accounts are also marked to Keep separate in the Display Options, they will still be included in the reports.

I apologize for any confusion, though I hope this clarifies things for you! Thank you.