Customizing reports adds unwanted categories
This doesn't appear to be a new problem nor could I find any solution, so it seems it's still a bug
But since the powers that be DO seem to be fixing things these days more so than in the past, I thought I'd bring it to the forefront again and provide the results of a few experiments.
* I run the Banking Summary report
* I go to Customize→Categories and turn off all categories, which should leave a blank report
* nonetheless, about 20 categories appear in the report
* if I then go to Tags and turn off all tags, the correct blank report appears, i.e. no categories
* I then turn on some select tags and one category, a proper report appears, i.e. just my one category
* I go back to tags, turn on "Not Tagged" then a bunch of unwanted categories again appear in the report
* Now HERE is where it gets interesting!
* If I now go into categories to see if the unwanted ones that appeared are checked, I can't find them at all! Even with a search.
* I'll say it differently just to be clear : any unwanted categories that are showing up in the report are no longer showing up in the Categories screen, there is no way to check/uncheck their box
* checking/unchecking Show Hidden Categories doesn't seem to change anything
* if I go back to Tags and uncheck "Not Tagged," then the unwanted categories disappear from the report
* Soooo….
* if this were all working properly, the only thing that should determine whether a given category appears in the report or not is whether that box is checked or not in the Categories screen
* but it seems that if "Not Tagged" in Tags is checked, then additional unwanted categories show up in the report
* AND, if one then goes to Categories, the same unwanted categories that appeared in the report are nowhere to be found
* toggling the "Not Tagged" box in Tags absolutely makes the difference whether the unwanted categories appear in the report
* furthermore, it looks like any of the specific unwanted categories that show up in a report also CAN'T be found if one tries to customize the report, they just aren't there to check/uncheck. However if one accesses categories from the tools menu, then they ARE there
So, it seems some categories are in a weird state where they show up in a report even if they aren't supposed to be there (if the "Not Tagged" tag is checked) , BUT at the same time they don't appears in the categories if one is trying to customize a report (but are available via Tools>Categories)
Good luck!