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paultraynor1985
January 20, 2020
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How do I change the first day of the week to Monday, last day Sunday, so if I select "this week" or "last week" in custom reports, it returns with the correct timeframe?

  • January 20, 2020
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Best answer by EmmaM

Hello  Cndh, Thanks for your comments on the reporting and how it picks the weekdays. Quickbooks was originally a US product so the bones of the reporting comes from that version we suspect. We can pass on your feedback to the product development team about the week option customisation reporting structure. 

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Kristine Mae
Kristine Mae
January 20, 2020

You're unable to change the default first day of the week, Paultraynor1985.

 

You can customise the report, change the starting day, then save it as a workaround. This way, you can easily open it without returning to the correct time frame.

 

Here's how:

  1. Open the report.
  2. Make some changes.
  3. Click Save customisation.
  4. Fill in the necessary fields.
  5. Click Save. 

This report will be found under Custom reports. For more details, you can check this article. 

 

Shoot a comment below if you have other concerns. We'd be happy to help you. 

paul72
paul72
January 20, 2020

Hi @paultraynor1985 

 

This is not a fix but may be an explanation - my guess is that this is a carryover from QB Desktop.

 

Although I rarely use This Week or Last Week reports, I do use the keyboard shortcuts:

   w for start of week - i.e. Sunday

   k for end of week - i.e. Saturday

   + for next day

   - for previous day

 

So, Monday is W+ or K++ depending on direction.

It's so ingrained that I don't give it a thought but, you're right, it goes against common (business) practice.

 

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