column widths for reports
Been a quicken user for close to 20 years. One thing I keep asking for is to improve the ability of the user to set column widths. Example. I have a saved report for my account balances for the past 12 months. Two problems:
1st, the default column widths do not allow me to see all 12 months without scrolling. 2nd. Although I can change individual column widths I have to do it 12 times (for this particular report). Please allow us to adjust all the column widths with one command or mouse click. Its very cumbersome and time consuming to do so
3rd: when I save the report the column widths revert back to the default so I have to do this EVERY TIME I run the report
and we'll I'm at it, I use the large font view as the default font is hard to read. I'm aware that in preferences you can change the font size but doing so doesn't change the column width making a ridiculous looking report with a tiny font and a column width at least twice the size of the largest number.
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I have used Quicken since 1990. Until recently, this was not a problem. I do not know which release broke this functionality that had been in place for years. You would think that Quicken would test their releases before distributing them to find and fix bugs like this. And that they have not fixed this problem is unacceptable.4
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This is my number one complaint as I waste so much time adjusting the columns every time I return from the register!
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Quicken has made some changes to the reports recently. What version are you running?
Also there are over 40 built in reports and they are all different. What particular report(s) are not saving the column widths?
What exactly are you doing when you "return from the register"? Are you accessing a saved report or one of the built in reports?
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NONE of the reports allow you to save changed column widths. running R52.28 After changing column widths I save the report to "my saved reports" been complaining about this for years.
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Some reports, such as the Banking Transaction report, now save changed column widths as soon as you make the change even if you don't save the report. Other reports now let you auto-size the column widths.
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Search for "column widths" in these discussions and you will find MANY different threads complaining about the inability to set and save the column widths in reports. [Removed - Speculation] I have used Quicken for many years and am very happy with many of its features. But the inability to produce a properly formatted report that I can print and share is a major concern. Please escalate this problem and fix it!
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This is still a problem. I have told Quicken many times over 50 years and still they do not fix it. Seems simple fix.
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This has been a problem for years. [Removed - Disruptive] Every time I change a transaction and the report updates, it [messes] up the columns! [Removed - Rant]
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Problem still persists even though I receive update loads many times each year.[Removed - Rant]
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I agree that this is a very time-consuming, irritating and frustrating defect in Reports. For preparing for my tax return, I run the Itemized Category Report, that I customize each year, with the same format. I run the report and every time I leave the screen, the column widths change and in order to see the information I need, I am constantly having to resize the column widths. Columns such as Tags, for example, are much wider than the Description column. I want to see the Category, Description, Account, Amount, etc. all on one screen, without having to constantly adjust the column widths. Please prioritize this fix as I now see that so many other people have complained about this for many years and it is still not fixed.
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I agree. The all-important Date column is completely collapsed in the indented views. Nor does Saving a report preserve the expansion of hierarchy. Ridiculous. I have written better software than this!
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Not only a vote for default column widths but also default column TITLES!! EVERY time I run a report I have to go back to "Customize" and check "Amount" and deselect Tag, Tax Item, and Notes. The whole point of having financial software is to see NUMBERS! That's what AMOUNT shows!! As a 30+ year user, Quicken used to do this. Come on guys, WAKE UP! To have the best financial software on the planet you can't program default settings for column width and column titles?? I might as well go back to my original Quicken for DOS!!
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Agreed. Ridiculous.
I have many custom reports.
Columns: Date, Description, Tag, Memo, Amount
Every time I open it starts with widths 25, 40, 30, 10, 3
To use the report I manually change to 30, 45, 15, 40, 10
The next time I open the report it is back to 25, 40, 30, 10, 3
Saving it with the desired column widths is NEVER retained.
Having to do this every time I need a report is a WASTE OF TIME.Please fix this. Save the user defined column widths in the reports definition.
Every time report is opened it looks like this:
But I'd like it to open like this:
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I'm having the same issues and frustrations. I use the standard Report - Spending - and either Itemized Categories or Itemized Payees.
I use this report for 90% of my needs. The Sort defaults to Account where I would prefer default to Date. I would like to set the default length of several columns, but the software will not retain the adjustments and reverts back to undesirable widths with every refresh.
Extremely frustrating.
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You can't change the defaults for those reports, but if you set it up with the sorting and column widths you want and save the report, the settings should be saved with the report. Be sure to give it a new name when you save it so you know which report you are opening.
Does that work for you?
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This is SUCH a frustration. Among other things, if you are in a report and you right-click to, for example, retag a transaction - the tag will be changed, but all column widths are lost. It makes the process of auditing transactions so much more tedious.
I suspect the problem relates to this: Looking at the screenshots copied earlier in this thread, the numbers in BOLD type are not actually in the "Amount" column. Try changing the position of the Amount column so it appears directly after the Date column. The totals still appear on the far right, but the transaction amounts are in the second column. For me, anyway, that "Amount" column is the one which is reduced to zero width each time the report is closed or a transaction is changed.
Quicken user since 1993.
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I AGREE WHOLE-HEARTEDLY!!!
I've been using Quicken over 30 years, and this is my number one complaint (after lost transactions in both current and past years).
I'm a tax accountant. In order to review and adjust category assignment, I "drill down" (using the "spy glass") on a category total to see the individual transactions that make up the total. At that point, the default column assignments are totally stupid—"Num" is about 2 inches wide for check numbers; "Description" is about 5 characters wide; "Tag" is 3 inches wide; "Clr" is an inch and a half wide for the character "c"; "Memo" is so small you can't read the column name; "Amount" is often not wide enough to handle amounts in the thousands of dollars.
So I adjust the column widths in order to be able to see the Account, Description, and Amount fields; often requiring shrinking the over-sized columns.
Then I drill down on a transaction to see what is in the bank ledger in order to re-categorize the transaction; and the report window is minimized.
Then when I re-maximize the report window, BAM— back to stupid column widths.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
This wastes hours of time and is incredibly frustrating.
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