New implementation of custom reports available

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@lubos

So is there anything that is possible to do in the old engine and still not possible in this new one?

There was “Contact” in the old engine that reported in one column when the report included line items over more than one module. As far as I can see more than one column is required to capture these in the new engine.

Also is it possible for the “General Ledger Account” filter to include “Name Contains”, the same as other filters.

Otherwise it is not possible to use this work around anymore.

Custom Reports

I think that what you require is possible, but a bit convoluted. First you need to go to settings=>chart of accounts and add a unique inconspicuous character to the end of each of the income/expense accounts that are relevant. (In the example below I have used a semi-colon ;). The relevant accounts in your case are Inventory - sales, Inventory - cost and Discount expense. That done, create a Custom Report with the following settings (note the semi-colon in the account name contains parameter)…