comparison spending report with averages on Windows Quicken Deluxe

EFKelm

I would like to compare 2024 to the previous 3 years (2021 to 2023)

However, I can only compare last year (2024) to the last 3 years (2022 - 2024) which throws the averages off.

I've tried the custom dates but that only applies to the first time period with no option to customize the comparison dates.

Thanks

Frank

Jim_Harman

It does seem silly for the report to have that limitation. Being able to set a separate comparison range or set it to "Previous XXX" rather than "Last XXX" would make more sense.

In your case you could set the comparison range to Last 5 years then export the report to Excel and compute the 2021-23 average there.

EFKelm

That would be a great idea.

Since report allows for custom dates on the first option, why not have a custom date option for second (comparison) dates.

Jim_Harman

It does seem silly for the report to have that limitation. Being able to set a separate comparison range or set it to "Previous XXX" rather than "Last XXX" would make more sense.

In your case you could set the comparison range to Last 5 years then export the report to Excel and compute the 2021-23 average there.

UKR

How about creating a New Idea discussion?
Let's see how many other Community users would like to see an enhancement to Quicken for Windows, to create a Comparison Report with a multi-year date range

For additional information about Idea posts please read this discussion

EFKelm

That would be a great idea.

Since report allows for custom dates on the first option, why not have a custom date option for second (comparison) dates.

Jim_Harman

Please review, comment, and vote on this Idea post

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7959649/make-comparison-report-compare-to-range-more-useful