Cool,
Looks like tax reports including the tax authority specified rounding will be possible. Might have a go at this after the dust settles. (Imo an accounting program has to calculate the correct amount not an approximation).
For some features it is likely to be the only practical solution. But for simple arithmetic on displayed report cell values you have a point. I suspect it would be a barrier to entry too high for many report transformation contributors.
In my opinion a nicer solution would be spreadsheet style interface where clicking on a spreadsheet cell shows a “formula bar” panel with fields to
- Name the cell
- Define the cell contents (database lookup information) or
- Arithmetic function of other cells (by name) in the report transformation
- Format the displayed value (rounding options)
Described in more detail here Localisation Rounding support, however I can’t see that happening now. So it looks like learning Manager’s implementation of html is the only way.