Category Contains does not work for reports

Nov 28, 2009 3 Replies

When I select the category "vacation" from the listbox, my report works fine. When I type "Vacation" in the "Category Contains" textbox, nothing shows up. I have never been able to get this feature to work. Am I missing something? I've tried the whole word (with exact capitilization) and also parts of the category with no luck.


I am using Home & Business 2008 if that matter...

It works for me, everytime. Q2008 Premier, R9.

The "Category Contains" isn't a substitute for selecting from the Customize Category List; if the categories you want to see are not also selected in the list, they will not appear in the report. Usually I just "Mark All" when matching.

"Contains" matching is not case sensitive; so VACATION, vacation, and Vacation should all produce the same results.

If I enter "home" in "Category Contains", I get "Home Maintenance", "Homeowners Insurance", and transfers FROM and TO "xxxx Home Loan"

I'm using H&B 2008 too and it works fine for me.

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