Re: FM7 Report Preferences

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In Reply to: FM7 Report Preferences posted by Gary Trimmier on December 02, 2004 at 11:28:38:

: Mark,

: This morning I did a historical price retrieval for an open portfolio for prices thru yesterday, 12-01-04. I then displayed a report with the period set to Earliest to Date, and all worked correctly, meaning the report data was thru 12-01-04. I then changed the retrieval option to real time and after a number of price retrievals I displayed the same report and the period setting displayed Custom, with and end date of 12-01-04. In the report preferences dialog the Float End Date is check so I would have assumed the report would have included prices for today. Is this correct behavior?

: Thank,
: Gary T.

Hi Gary,

When you say you "displayed the same report", how did you do that? Did you
recall a memorized report, or just switch back over to the report window,
etc...?

The report periods that say "To Date" mean they end on the date of the
last recorded price on/before the current date. When you only had prices
up to 12/1, the default ending report date would be 12/1. However, once you
retrieved a price for 12/2, then 12/2 became the default ending date.
If you had already created the report, and then retrieved prices, this does
not cause the report date to update automatically. The report date is
set when you create the report. You can create reports by choosing
the desired report type from the "Reports" menu, or by recalling a
memorized report, or be opening a portfolio.

Memorized reports or reports recalled in portfolios can both have the
"Float End" option. You set this for a memorized report when you memorize
the report. You set this option for all reports in a portfolio under
"Report Preferences / General".

The "floating" of the end date only occurs when you recall the memorized
report, or when you open the portfolio that contained a stored report. It
does not happen on a report window that is currently being displayed.

Thanks,
Mark
--
Mark Beiley
Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP/2003

Replies:

• Re: FM7 Report Preferences Gary Trimmier 09:26:03 12/03/04 (2)
  • Re: FM7 Report Preferences Gary Trimmier 09:49:59 12/03/04 (0)
  • Re: FM7 Report Preferences Mark 09:46:09 12/03/04 (0)