Compare time period do not work within email report #17323

When using the calendar in order to compare a day to the previous one, those data comparison do not appear within the email report generated.

Expected Behavior

Normally, the email report should be as the standard reports, so to say it should show the differences between the current period and the previous one.

Current Behavior

Currently this setting is ignored by the email report feature.

Possible solution

One could simple disable this feature for the email report.

Steps to Reproduce (for Bugs)

Just go to the email report feature, then pick up a date in the calendar and check the checkbox to compare it to the previous period.

Your Environment

• Matomo Version: 4.2.1
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Hi @Chardonneaur, you're right, the comparison feature should be disabled on that page as long as email reports do not support comparison directly.

I have a problem related to the time period and specificly the period selector in top of the screen.
In the settings of the e-mail report, I have defined a daily and weekly report (printscreen).
However, when I test the report (send the report now) I recieve a report only for the period of time 2021-02-14 to 2021-03-15 which is the top date picker value.

How do I define a daily and weekly report with this ? Is this a bug ?

Matomo version: 4.2.1
MySQL version: 5.7.32-log
PHP version: 7.3.27

@thiname when you click on send report now, then it would use the selected date selected in the date picker and when the email is sent automatically (eg daily or weekly) then the configured period will be used. If you select a different date in the period selector in the top screen then AFAIK you should be getting the report for the date you are after.