FM 2022 Beta feedback

[Djobydjoba]

Hi Mark,

It is always great to see a new Fund Manager release, many thanks for your work! The 'intelligent' Y axis labels is absolutely a joy to behold. This a really a great work! Love the improvements in the notes too, as many other things.

I have two remarks:

1) With Automatic resolution for Y Axis Labels, it seems the number of digits in the labels is still capped by the number of decimals set under the General Preferences. For example if 4 decimals are set under the General Preferences, the labels in Y-Axis will not have more than 4 decimals.
Is there a good reason for that?
IMO it would be better to remove entirely the connection with the General Preferences. We may want to display only 2 or 3 digits in Portfolio Editor and reports and still always have the adequate resolution in graphs.

Concrete example:
I have set 4 decimals under the General Preferences, and don't want to display more. Still the resolution is not sufficient with some few graphs I have:

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It would be displayed well with another decimal:

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2) Could possibly the alternate historical symbol length be enlarged in this release (see: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5369)? Maybe it is not as simple as it looks?


Many thanks

[Mark]

Hi Djobydjoba,

Thanks for the help.

1) No, there isn't a good reason for limiting the resolution when auto-resolution is enabled. We'll get that changed for the next release.

2) Unfortunately, this requires a change to the investment file format, so we probably won't be doing it for FM 2022.

[Djobydjoba]

1) Awesome!

2) But the investment file format already changes on the occasion of FM 2022?
"Fund Manager 2022 uses a new file format, so once you save your data with Fund Manager 2022 you cannot open it with an older version."

[Mark]

2) True. The time to change this would have been when we changed it for another reason (notes), but now we would need to change it again. It isn't that difficult, but it is more than just a simple change whenever you change the file format.

[Djobydjoba]

I understand. It's not that important for me, thanks.

[Mark]

Hi Djobydjoba,

There is a Beta 2 version available which should address this issue you pointed out. You can get it here:

https://www.fundmanagersoftware.com/fm2022beta.html

[Djobydjoba]

That is perfect, thanks!