Quicken 6.8.1/2 Reporting: Where did column sizing go???

GobisFamily

I can no longer size columns on reports to fit the data on many reports. Has the column sizing functionality been changed or deleted? This is irritating to not be able to size columns in order to view the whole data. Is this known? Is there a plan to fix this? And when?

Gilles9

@GobisFamily

You are right columns cannot be resized in REPORTS

Gilles9

See image, there is not vertical bars that can be grabbed to widen the columns
only the Category column can be widen

jacobs

There is different behavior depending on the type of report:

• You cannot resize columns in a Comparison report, like the one shown above, because you have no control over what columns there are in the report.
• In a Summary report, Quicken auto-sizes the Category column to fit the widest category name text; you  can narrow it if you want, but not make it wider than the widest text. And you can't adjust the amount column(s). 
• If you do a Transaction report, you can resize the columns as you wish, because you have control over which columns to include in the report. 

Gilles9

Well for "Comparison" reports it is a problem
as I do not show the numbers below ( privacy reason )
but many numbers are truncated, in particular for U$ reports as it shows "US$" before the amount/number
which takes more space

jacobs

Gilles9 said:

Well for "Comparison" reports it is a problem... but many numbers are truncated, in particular for U$ reports as it shows "US$" before the amount/number, which takes more space

Yes, I think you or another Canadian user recently posted something about this. I would use Report a Problem to flag it as a bug. I imagine the Quicken programmers and testers didn't try the specific instance of a Canadian user with US$ accounts.

When you use Report a Problem, you will need to show enough data in a screenshot to illustrate the problem. And be sure to specify it is because you are set to Quicken Mac Canada but showing values in reports in US$, because if the triage person who checks out your report doesn't try that exact combination, they won't see the problem and will discard it. 

Gilles9

I'll do it "again"

jacobs

@Gilles9 Alternatively, you could do a call with Quicken Support, ask them to screen share with you, and try to get the representative to document it as a bug or escalate the issue. As you know, submitting it through Report a Problem is a black hole, and you have no idea if they have verified it and put it on their list of bugs to be fixed at some point or if they tried the report in USD, didn't see a problem, and discarded your submission.

The only other alternative is if a MODERATOR reads this thread, verifies the bug, and submits it. If I understand the situation correctly, what's needed is:

• create a test file with Quicken Mac set to Canada
• create one accounts with USD and one with CAD
• enter a few transactions in both accounts with values in the hundreds of thousands or millions
• generate a comparison report
• verify that the dollar amounts with "US$" appended are truncated 

It seems there are two possible ways for the developers to solve this problem: (1) Modify the code to check to see if a currency designation (like US$) exists, and to auto-widen the column when that exists, or (2) Make all the column widths on comparison and summary reports adjustable, as they are on transaction reports.

Gilles9

There is a problem with the USD$ and CAD$ for many years with portfolios
I filed many detailed reports and nothing was ever done
So I tend to think it is not very important for Quicken
Their main users are US and few use nultiple currencies I suppose

And I never had much success with calling support, it unsually ends up "we will escalate the problem" then silence....

Your option 2 would be the simpliest for Quicken I would think

Maybe they'll read this thread

Subject closed for me at this point, reports were made

Thanks for trying to help

jacobs

Gilles9 said:

Maybe they'll read this thread

Unless one of the moderators here reads this, tests it as I described above, and documents it as a bug, then no, no one from Quicken will read it. 

Gilles9

Fixed, columns width can now include/show all amounts in USD$ even with the US$ prefix to numbers