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I have been working on some cool, secret stuff down in the research kitchen that I would like to share with you. Before we start I have to say, as nicely as possible: “I cannot answer any questions about when this will be done and/or shipping, so PLEASE don’t ask.” We’re not close enough to a new product, or even a feature announcement, to talk about releasing this. But I would, however, love your feedback on what it does. Now, if you have the strength of will to live with the unknowns… please read on.

About a year ago I mentioned in a post that we thought we could do better with the reporting features of iBank.  Over the last few months (since the release of iBank Mobile 1.1) we have been work on some new things. One of those “things” is a new reporting engine. With this new reporting engine we wanted to achieve several things:

1. Combine charts and reports so that you do not have to create a chart to get a report.
2. Offer more options for specifying what accounts, categories and dates to include in a report.
3. Open up the black box of “Where did this data come from?”
4. Create more report types.

Each of these items has a lot more detail behind it. In fact as I read this list it does not sound too exciting, but I assure you that this stuff is turning out really cool. Over the next few blog entries I will be fleshing out what these are in more detail.

You may have seen a tweet from IGG this week, quoting writer John Hagel: “There are far more smart people outside any one organization than inside.” We couldn’t agree more. So one final note: this reporting engine has been driven by the comments that you have made. These might come from this blog, our forums, emails to tech support or feature requests. We also look at what people are saying about us on other sites. Please keep that feedback coming, as it is how we all make better products.

And a “hats off” to anyone that can name the movie that the title of this post came from.

Thanks,

James