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The ability to adjust columns would make this report way more user friendly. Because all the detail from an invoice is now printed in the 'description ' column, the column needs to be wider as the report is now running to pages

Kelly Munro - I have provide two report examples on the 26th June and you have done nothing about fixing the issue!

I need to be able to adjust the column width on the new P&L report to allow for all tracking columns to be shown on the same page. It is important to be able to compare them to each other.

Having to use a work around to make these new Xero reports more functional is ridiculous.

see these two PDF reports- both Custom reports we use for several hundred clients, using date columns there is no blank space, yet using tracking columns there is a huge blank space between the account lines and the first column?? Why is that and why can't it be fixed?

Hi Kelly,

Attached is a screenshot of a report. I would LOVE to be able to adjust the columns. For one thing, the date column is way too wide. On other reports it would make life much easier as well. In addition, it would be nice to be able to reorder them.

Would make reports neater & easier to read

Ability to wden columns will prevent some itmes taking up two lines which makes the reports not easy to read

This is very important. Trying to do month end with new reports with an open mindset and efficiently.
To scan down an account to see "unusual" transactions transactions that perhaps do not belong in an account is now much more time consuming.
There seems to be a preference in the report coding for column width to de determined by column heading rather than the content???
For example if I have standard columns on Account Transaction report "Running Balance" heading is wrapped, but when I eliminate a column to achieve more space for description and reference the running balance column width increases despite not needing to. And therefore it compromises how much space is available for the two columns I need.
Also when you play with the number of columns to try to minimise column wrapping the report suddenly changes from landscape to portrait becoming a VERY long report due to text wrap.
Happy to provide screen grabs directly to you Kelly Munro.
Please change (or allow yes/no choice) for the column width to be determined by the content not title.

Also, why do we need so much margin in pdf report? This also compromises column width.

Because you new bills list view is to **** I cant see the information accurately any more.
Also need to be able to reorder the columns because some computer (not accounts) person decided to mess them all up and now I can tell heads from tails.

Being able to control the column width, helps stop Xero turning a one page report into a landscape multi page report. This is critical to look professional for board reporting. There also seems to be a problem with excess spacing between columns??.
Having this functionality is also important for audit/reliability. Excel reports can be "edited" by users. Reports "straight from Xero", no not have this perception problem.
Can we also have as an option:
1 - a vertical line please to separate sections of reports. One example might be the old report where you could easily see two column sections 1/ this month actual vs budget and 2/ section ytd actual vs budget.
2- date and time printed
These might seem trivial but speedy readability is very important for board members. Thank you.

The reports currently look very unprofessional. This would be a huge benefit to be able to do this.

Reports
eg - Account Transactions - where you might have transactions with longish
Descriptions, you want to select extra columns and the Report tries to fit in the space provided (which is great but it means that some columns eg Date will 'wrap' so that only about half a dozen transaction rows are show in the screen instead of about 12 - for want of a slightly widened Date (or other) column.
eg - P&L - Current financial year by month. I have to scroll across to see Year To date totals, even when I have deselected Decimals which means the Month columns do not need to be as wide.

I agree with Glenn! It is difficult to understand how such software as Xero in 2023 is not able to do such a simple thing.
- In reports some columns take up too much width (eg when decimals are removed and the values are not large) and some columns are way too narrow eg Description when you have Payment: and a long named Supplier, or extra detail in the Description narrative wrapping to 2 or 3 lines. Anything over 35 characters wraps for me.

When the statements are shared from Xero, the reference is cut/incomplete.

Reports have crazy white space and other squashed columns. Pointless & client is wondering why they ever started on Xero, with this added to other issues with the software.

Another time consuming workaround is using Excel of curse, but hey, at least the reports are beautiful!

Annual Reports are full of white space because the Notes column is way too wide. Reports look unprofessional.

The report is worthless if I cannot identify each item easily. Whilst I can manually edit this, it defeats the purpose if the data is not reported directly from the file.

It defies the point why i joined XERO. It was to make my accounting and reporting easier. I really hope Xero can provide a solution ASAP.

Yes agree this would be very helpful