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Before when I would run a report then those items would “go away” not it’s just running a total report so by the time I have a COH I am going to have a purchase report that is several pages long since they won’t be marked as awarded till then. is this the same for everyone?
Sounds like you might be using Scoutbook + for this - for Approving/Purchasing/Awarding it is still best to use Legacy Scoutbook - scoutbook.scouting.org