Jeff, If you have piles of invoices, and you like data entry spreadsheet/text style, you can set up an import csv for them instead and bring them in all at once.
There’s a few threads here about the format not too long ago. (within the year) Regards, Adrien > On Dec 18, 2017, at 1:06 PM, Jeff Abrahamson <j...@p27.eu> wrote: > > Thanks, Adrien. In the end, as long as I can automate this, I'll be > happy. (I haven't fully followed on on the python solution, but it sure > looks like it will work fine, so I've chalked it up as future work for > me rather than potential workflow blocking today. Always good to have a > project over Christmas.) > > Ultimately, it's a user experience issue, and I don't have any vision at > all of what gnucash users expect. The accounting software I've used > previously was geared towards professional accountants, and some of the > features (like journal entry rather than account entry) I found really > convenient once I got used to them. Faced with a pile of bills, for > example, it was great to be able to enter them all from their respective > a/p to their respective expense accounts without a single mouse click, > just a steady stream of typing bill numbers, descriptions, amounts, and > debit and credit account numbers. > > Again, my perspective is keeping the books for a rowing club. I'm sure > that matters in terms of what I find convenient or not. > > Jeff > > > On 18/12/17 19:13, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> Jeff, >> >> If I recall correctly from other discussion, the General Ledger is not it’s >> own entity. It’s a ‘view’ of the separate account ledgers all rolled into >> one. This is probably why there is no export option for it. >> >> GnuCash takes the opposite approach from paper books. >> >> With paper, you enter everything in a General Journal and then later post >> the proper amounts to T-accounts. >> >> With GnuCash, you skip the Journal and enter directly to the accounts. >> >> The General Ledger was provided for the benefit of those who were used to >> the paper method and wanted the option to see all transactions in >> chronological order regardless of accounts used. >> >> But I don’t see why you can’t combine the files after the fact. That’s an >> easy concatenation command. >> >> It is curious that you can’t export ‘all’ transactions and have to choose >> only one hierarchy at a time. >> >> Regards, >> Adrien >> >>> On Dec 17, 2017, at 1:31 PM, Jeff Abrahamson <j...@p27.eu> wrote: >>> >>> I'd like to export the general ledger to a csv file. When I use File -> >>> Export, however, I'm offered a choice of exporting income, expenses, >>> assets, or liabilities. But I'd like to have all transactions in the >>> csv file. >>> >>> I think I see how to do this using python (the example script >>> account_analysis.py in the examples is instructive). But this seems so >>> basic I suspect I'm missing something. >>> >>> Many thanks for any pointers. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Jeff Abrahamson >>> +33 6 24 40 01 57 >>> +44 7920 594 255 >>> >>> http://p27.eu/jeff/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> ----- >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -- > > Jeff Abrahamson > +33 6 24 40 01 57 > +44 7920 594 255 > > http://p27.eu/jeff/ > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
