Contribution Detail Report Sort by Receive Date

[Shai]

Hi CiviFolk,

In the Contribution Details report I'd like to see recent contributions sorted by receive date descending.

In the contribution detail report the only order by choices are contribution status, financial type, last name/first name, and payment instrument.

Shouldn't receive date be there as well?

Thanks,

Shai Gluskin

[andrewhunt]

My guess is that it's an oversight: nobody thought of it when the report was originally written, and nobody's built a patch to do it since.

Adding that should be really simple--I think I'll do it right now because it's so dumb that it's missing.  Stand by for a patch.

I think part of it is that people looking for recent contributions tend to just go to the Contributions Dashboard.

[andrewhunt]

Okay, I opened an issue at https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-14991 and you can find the patch at https://github.com/agh1/civicrm-core/commit/ee36d21c6687d08f1b2e263621a50da56f472eb5

I told you it was really simple!

[Shai]

Andrew,

Awesome!!! Thank you so much!

Is there away to get the contribution dashboard onto the CiviCRM home page (/civicrm) as a dashlet?

Shai

[andrewhunt]

No problem!  To put this (or any report) on the dash, just open up Report Settings (below the report criteria) and check the Available for Dashboard box.

[Shai]

Andrew,

The Contribution Dashboard (civicrm/contribute?reset=1) is not a report... so no "settings" area with check box: "Available for Dashboard".

Thanks so much for the patch.

Shai

[andrewhunt]

Sorry, I was confused what you meant with so many dashboards.  No you can't put the contribution dashboard on the main dashboard.  With that patch, though, you'll be able to put together a report that mimics it and put that on the dash.