Re: Help requested - delete a transaction

[John Ralls]

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 6:17 PM, Herndon Elliott  wrote:
> 
> Some of my transactions have been somehow marked "read only" and when I try
> to delete them, the app wont let me.  How do I remove the "read only"
> setting?
> 
> Same thing for an account, if it has read only transactions, the account
> wont delete.  The user guide does not seem to have any info about read only
> transactions.

If it’s only some transactions you’ve probably set a day threshold on the book. 
Go to File>Properties. It’s on the account tab. Set it to 0 if you don’t want 
to make some transactions read-only.

Regards,
John Ralls

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Help requested - delete a transaction

[Herndon Elliott]

Some of my transactions have been somehow marked "read only" and when I try
to delete them, the app wont let me.  How do I remove the "read only"
setting?

Same thing for an account, if it has read only transactions, the account
wont delete.  The user guide does not seem to have any info about read only
transactions.

Herndon Elliott
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Re: help finding my file

[Lorrieecc]

Thank you so very much!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 4:01 PM, Dave H  wrote:
> 
> Hi Lorrie,
> 
> I suggest you create a "GnuCash" folder in your "Documents" folder and copy 
> your gnucash files there - that way your log files don't clutter up your 
> desktop.
> 
> Cheers Dave H (newly transitioned Mac user :-)
> 
>> On 21 October 2017 at 08:47, Lorrie E Clemens  wrote:
>> Yes, that is it. Where should I store this file after I make changes to it 
>> (and save)?
>> Lorrie
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> > On Oct 20, 2017, at 3:32 PM, Maf. King  wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Friday, 20 October 2017 23:03:48 BST Lorrie E Clemens wrote:
>> >> HimDerek,
>> >> So I am missing a step here.
>> >> I double click on  Gnucash 2-6-18 and I get the box with authors, copying,
>> >> etc. I click on Gnucash and I get the tip of the day, then a box pops up 
>> >> in
>> >> the left corner saying that the file/URI/ etc could not be found. I must 
>> >> be
>> >> taking the wrong path.
>> >> Lorrie
>> >> Sent from my iPad
>> >>
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I don't use a Mac, so this is based on what I've read over the years on the
>> > list...
>> >
>> > You are on the right path, but not far enough along it.
>> >
>> >
>> > When the "can't find file" dialogue box appears, close it, then go 
>> > File->Open
>> > and navigate to the folder with your data files in it.  look for
>> > .gnucash  not any of the backups with the string of digits, nor 
>> > the
>> > .log or .LCK files.  ( is what you originally called the 
>> > datafile)
>> >
>> > HTH,
>> > Maf.
>> >
>> >
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Re: help finding my file

[Dave H]

Hi Lorrie,

I suggest you create a "GnuCash" folder in your "Documents" folder and copy
your gnucash files there - that way your log files don't clutter up your
desktop.

Cheers Dave H (newly transitioned Mac user :-)

On 21 October 2017 at 08:47, Lorrie E Clemens  wrote:

> Yes, that is it. Where should I store this file after I make changes to it
> (and save)?
> Lorrie
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Oct 20, 2017, at 3:32 PM, Maf. King  wrote:
> >
> >> On Friday, 20 October 2017 23:03:48 BST Lorrie E Clemens wrote:
> >> HimDerek,
> >> So I am missing a step here.
> >> I double click on  Gnucash 2-6-18 and I get the box with authors,
> copying,
> >> etc. I click on Gnucash and I get the tip of the day, then a box pops
> up in
> >> the left corner saying that the file/URI/ etc could not be found. I
> must be
> >> taking the wrong path.
> >> Lorrie
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't use a Mac, so this is based on what I've read over the years on
> the
> > list...
> >
> > You are on the right path, but not far enough along it.
> >
> >
> > When the "can't find file" dialogue box appears, close it, then go
> File->Open
> > and navigate to the folder with your data files in it.  look for
> > .gnucash  not any of the backups with the string of digits,
> nor the
> > .log or .LCK files.  ( is what you originally called the
> datafile)
> >
> > HTH,
> > Maf.
> >
> >
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Re: help finding my file

[Lorrie E Clemens]

Yes, that is it. Where should I store this file after I make changes to it (and 
save)?
Lorrie

Sent from my iPad

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 3:32 PM, Maf. King  wrote:
> 
>> On Friday, 20 October 2017 23:03:48 BST Lorrie E Clemens wrote:
>> HimDerek,
>> So I am missing a step here.
>> I double click on  Gnucash 2-6-18 and I get the box with authors, copying,
>> etc. I click on Gnucash and I get the tip of the day, then a box pops up in
>> the left corner saying that the file/URI/ etc could not be found. I must be
>> taking the wrong path.
>> Lorrie
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I don't use a Mac, so this is based on what I've read over the years on the 
> list... 
> 
> You are on the right path, but not far enough along it.  
> 
> 
> When the "can't find file" dialogue box appears, close it, then go File->Open 
> and navigate to the folder with your data files in it.  look for 
> .gnucash  not any of the backups with the string of digits, nor 
> the 
> .log or .LCK files.  ( is what you originally called the datafile) 
> 
> HTH,
> Maf.
> 
> 
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Re: help finding my file

[Lorrie E Clemens]

OK, so I removed the Gnucash that was in my applications folder and mover the 
Gnucash-2-6.18 in. I double clicked on that and I get the Gnucash window that 
pops up the the small window that says free accounting software. But I still 
get that the file/URI/users... cannot be found. I tried launching from the 
Gnucash icon on my desk top and I get the same thing. 
I don’t know what you mean by You will either need to replace it, or File Open 
the new location.
Lorrie

Sent from my iPad

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 3:21 PM, Derek Atkins  wrote:
> 
> Hi
> First, when you click on gnucash-2.6.18, you should drag the gnucash app to 
> your /Applications folder.
> Then double click on the /Applicstions/Gnucash app.
> The error you see is because it was trying to load the file from your 
> desktop, but you moved or removed it so it can't find it.
> You will either need to replace it, or File Open the new location.
> -derek
> Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
> 
> 
> 
>> On October 20, 2017 6:05:03 PM Lorrie E Clemens  wrote:
>> 
>> HimDerek,
>> So I am missing a step here.
>> I double click on  Gnucash 2-6-18 and I get the box with authors, copying, 
>> etc. I click on Gnucash and I get the tip of the day, then a box pops up in 
>> the left corner saying that the file/URI/ etc could not be found.
>> I must be taking the wrong path.
>> Lorrie
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Oct 20, 2017, at 2:16 PM, Derek Atkins  wrote:
>>> 
>>> On a Mac you cannot open a file via double click. When gnucash opens on a 
>>> Mac it will always open the last file it had open, regardless of what you 
>>> click on.  On a Mac you must use File - > Open to open a specific file.
>>> 
>>> -derek
>>> Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On October 20, 2017 4:59:56 PM Lorrie E Clemens  
 wrote:
 
 Hi David,
 I have done as you suggested, but no matter what version that I open that 
 says gnucash that has 14 digits.log I get “file/URI/Users/Lorrie ... 
 gnucash could not be found.”
 When I double click on a file 2.38.21PM.gnucash I get the same message.
 When I open the file that ends with a four digit number.LNK it asks for me 
 to choose an application. I choose Gnucash-2.6.18-Intel and my screen 
 choices are in gray so I can not choose them. (And the list is: 
 authors.text, copying.text, documenters.txt, Financequote Update, Gnucash, 
 License.txt, NEWS.txt, and README.txt.)
 I redownloaded Gnucash-2.6.18-Intel and still no luck.
 Lorrie
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
> On Oct 20, 2017, at 5:35 AM, David T.  wrote:
> 
> Lorrie,
> 
> With regard to the files on the desktop, David Carlson's advice is sound.
> 
> As for keeping the app on your computer, I suspect that you were opening 
> gnucash from the downloaded disk image; you must drag gnucash.app from 
> that image into the Applications folder to complete the installation.
> 
> David
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 16:32, David Carlson
>  wrote:
> Lorrie, you should have replied to All because I do not have a Mac, and I
> cannot help you.  Others here can.
> 
> David C
> 
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:32 AM, Lorrie E Clemens 
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi David,
> > No, I have a Mac.
> > Lorrie
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:49 PM, David Carlson <
> > david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Lorrie,
> >>
> >> Welcome to GnuCash.
> >>
> >> For this discussion I am assuming that you have installed GnuCash onto 
> >> a
> >> Windows computer.  You only need to do that once.
> >>
> >> First, create a folder under My Documents called LorrieGnuCashData or
> >> something like that.
> >>
> >> If you have your file explorer set to show file extensions then your
> >> Gnucash data files will have .gnucash extension or .gnucash with a 14 
> >> digit
> >> number and either a .log or .gnucash extension.  yes, there are a lot 
> >> of
> >> them but they are all backups except for the newest one with the short
> >> extension name, which is your actual data file.  There is a setting 
> >> for how
> >> long to keep the backups.  You will want to make a separate backup now 
> >> and
> >> then for the day that your hard drive fails.
> >>
> >> Then undelete all those files that GnuCash cluttered up your desktop 
> >> with
> >> and move them to to that new folder.
> >>
> >> Finally, pick the newest file that has a simple .gnucash file extension
> >> and double click on it.
> >>
> >> Thereafter you can either double click that filename or the GnuCash 
> >> Icon.
> >>
> >> David C
> >>
> >> On 

Re: help finding my file

[Maf. King]

On Friday, 20 October 2017 23:03:48 BST Lorrie E Clemens wrote:
> HimDerek,
> So I am missing a step here.
> I double click on  Gnucash 2-6-18 and I get the box with authors, copying,
> etc. I click on Gnucash and I get the tip of the day, then a box pops up in
> the left corner saying that the file/URI/ etc could not be found. I must be
> taking the wrong path.
> Lorrie
> Sent from my iPad
> 

Hi,

I don't use a Mac, so this is based on what I've read over the years on the 
list... 

You are on the right path, but not far enough along it.  


When the "can't find file" dialogue box appears, close it, then go File->Open 
and navigate to the folder with your data files in it.  look for 
.gnucash  not any of the backups with the string of digits, nor the 
.log or .LCK files.  ( is what you originally called the datafile) 

HTH,
Maf.


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Re: loan account issue

[DaveC49]

The bank considers its loan to you as an asset, the fees and interest charges
to the loan account are income to the bank, so the offset account for the
bank for these transactions is an income account. These transactionsto the
asset :loan account of the bank will increase the value of their asset, i.e.
they will be debits.

Your payments to the bank on the other hand decrease the value of one asset
of theirs, their loan to you, and increase the value of of another asset of
theirs, their cash holdings. As these decrease their asset they will be
credits to that account

Their statement to you only contains the parts (splits in Gnucash parlance)
of these transactions that affect their  asset account for the loan to you.
Using the values for 1 Aug, the transactions in the bank's acconts look
like:
  Debit  | 
Credit
  
--
Asset:Loan   68.40|
Income:Fees & Interest |68.40
Asset:Loan  2392.66 |
Income:Fees   |2392.66
Asset:Loan   |   
3936.94
Asset:Cash 3936.94  |

In your hands, the same loan is recorded as a Liability and the Fees and
Interest charges increase your liability. An increase in a Liability account
is recorded in a split with a credit to that account and a corresponding
debit to your Expense account for Fees and Interest. 

Your loan payment decreases your Liability to the bank, i.e. it is a debit
to that liability account, but decreases your cash in your bank account
asset, i.e. it is a credit to that account in your accounts. Using the same
transactions for 1 Aug you should see in your accounts after importing into
the Loan:Liability account ( note you will have to select the
Expense:Fees and Asset:Bank:Cash accounts as the transfer accounts
for each component while importing.

Debit   |
Credit

-
Liability:Loan   |  
68.40
Expense:Fees68.40 |
Liability:Loan   |   2392.66
Expense:Fees2392.66 |
Liability:Loan  3936.94 |
Asset:Bank:Cash |   3936.94

If the QIF does not import as above, I would compare the QIF files for an
import of your bank savings/cheque account with the QIF file for the loan
above and check the signs associated with deposits and withdrawals from your
savings/cheque account. For the bank your savings/cheque account is a
Liability. I would expect that your deposits should appear as positive
amounts and your withdrawals should be negative amounts in the QIF file (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicken_Interchange_Format) for
yoursaving/cheque accoount statement/QIF file if the bank is following this
format. 

Correspondingly for the loan account QIF file, the fees and interest should
be positive(or unsigned) and payments should be negative in the QIF as they
appear in your statement.

Hope this helps sort this problem for you rather than confusing the issue
further.


David Cousens.



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Re: help finding my file

[Derek Atkins]

Hi
First, when you click on gnucash-2.6.18, you should drag the gnucash app to 
your /Applications folder.

Then double click on the /Applicstions/Gnucash app.
The error you see is because it was trying to load the file from your 
desktop, but you moved or removed it so it can't find it.

You will either need to replace it, or File Open the new location.
-derek
Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.



On October 20, 2017 6:05:03 PM Lorrie E Clemens  wrote:


HimDerek,
So I am missing a step here.
I double click on  Gnucash 2-6-18 and I get the box with authors, copying, 
etc. I click on Gnucash and I get the tip of the day, then a box pops up in 
the left corner saying that the file/URI/ etc could not be found.

I must be taking the wrong path.
Lorrie
Sent from my iPad


On Oct 20, 2017, at 2:16 PM, Derek Atkins  wrote:

On a Mac you cannot open a file via double click. When gnucash opens on a 
Mac it will always open the last file it had open, regardless of what you 
click on.  On a Mac you must use File - > Open to open a specific file.


-derek
Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.




On October 20, 2017 4:59:56 PM Lorrie E Clemens  wrote:

Hi David,
I have done as you suggested, but no matter what version that I open that 
says gnucash that has 14 digits.log I get “file/URI/Users/Lorrie ... 
gnucash could not be found.”

When I double click on a file 2.38.21PM.gnucash I get the same message.
When I open the file that ends with a four digit number.LNK it asks for me 
to choose an application. I choose Gnucash-2.6.18-Intel and my screen 
choices are in gray so I can not choose them. (And the list is: 
authors.text, copying.text, documenters.txt, Financequote Update, Gnucash, 
License.txt, NEWS.txt, and README.txt.)

I redownloaded Gnucash-2.6.18-Intel and still no luck.
Lorrie

Sent from my iPad


On Oct 20, 2017, at 5:35 AM, David T.  wrote:

Lorrie,

With regard to the files on the desktop, David Carlson's advice is sound.

As for keeping the app on your computer, I suspect that you were opening 
gnucash from the downloaded disk image; you must drag gnucash.app from that 
image into the Applications folder to complete the installation.


David


On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 16:32, David Carlson
 wrote:
Lorrie, you should have replied to All because I do not have a Mac, and I
cannot help you.  Others here can.

David C

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:32 AM, Lorrie E Clemens 
wrote:

> Hi David,
> No, I have a Mac.
> Lorrie
>
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:49 PM, David Carlson <
> david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lorrie,
>>
>> Welcome to GnuCash.
>>
>> For this discussion I am assuming that you have installed GnuCash onto a
>> Windows computer.  You only need to do that once.
>>
>> First, create a folder under My Documents called LorrieGnuCashData or
>> something like that.
>>
>> If you have your file explorer set to show file extensions then your
>> Gnucash data files will have .gnucash extension or .gnucash with a 14 digit
>> number and either a .log or .gnucash extension.  yes, there are a lot of
>> them but they are all backups except for the newest one with the short
>> extension name, which is your actual data file.  There is a setting for how
>> long to keep the backups.  You will want to make a separate backup now and
>> then for the day that your hard drive fails.
>>
>> Then undelete all those files that GnuCash cluttered up your desktop with
>> and move them to to that new folder.
>>
>> Finally, pick the newest file that has a simple .gnucash file extension
>> and double click on it.
>>
>> Thereafter you can either double click that filename or the GnuCash Icon.
>>
>> David C
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Lorrie E Clemens 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I am new to GnuCash.
>>> I was able to download all of my information and balance my accounts
>>> earlier this month and I did make a copy.
>>> While I was doing all of the input I ended up having a lot of GnuCash
>>> folders on my desk top.  I put them into the trash but have not deleted
>>> them.
>>> I wanted to put in more payments today, but I am not sure how to access
>>> my
>>> data.  If I click on Gnucash-Intel it cannot pull up my account.
>>> So I do I get back into my account and how do I prevent scores of GnuCash
>>> folders from downloading on my desktop?  Also, how do I install the
>>> GnuCash
>>> app so that it stays on my computer?  Or do I have to go on line to
>>> reinstall every time?
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Lorrie Clemens
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Re: help finding my file

[Lorrie E Clemens]

HimDerek,
So I am missing a step here. 
I double click on  Gnucash 2-6-18 and I get the box with authors, copying, etc. 
I click on Gnucash and I get the tip of the day, then a box pops up in the left 
corner saying that the file/URI/ etc could not be found. 
I must be taking the wrong path. 
Lorrie
Sent from my iPad

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 2:16 PM, Derek Atkins  wrote:
> 
> On a Mac you cannot open a file via double click. When gnucash opens on a Mac 
> it will always open the last file it had open, regardless of what you click 
> on.  On a Mac you must use File - > Open to open a specific file.
> 
> -derek
> Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
> 
> 
> 
>> On October 20, 2017 4:59:56 PM Lorrie E Clemens  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi David,
>> I have done as you suggested, but no matter what version that I open that 
>> says gnucash that has 14 digits.log I get “file/URI/Users/Lorrie ... gnucash 
>> could not be found.”
>> When I double click on a file 2.38.21PM.gnucash I get the same message.
>> When I open the file that ends with a four digit number.LNK it asks for me 
>> to choose an application. I choose Gnucash-2.6.18-Intel and my screen 
>> choices are in gray so I can not choose them. (And the list is: 
>> authors.text, copying.text, documenters.txt, Financequote Update, Gnucash, 
>> License.txt, NEWS.txt, and README.txt.)
>> I redownloaded Gnucash-2.6.18-Intel and still no luck.
>> Lorrie
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Oct 20, 2017, at 5:35 AM, David T.  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Lorrie,
>>> 
>>> With regard to the files on the desktop, David Carlson's advice is sound.
>>> 
>>> As for keeping the app on your computer, I suspect that you were opening 
>>> gnucash from the downloaded disk image; you must drag gnucash.app from that 
>>> image into the Applications folder to complete the installation.
>>> 
>>> David
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 16:32, David Carlson
>>>  wrote:
>>> Lorrie, you should have replied to All because I do not have a Mac, and I
>>> cannot help you.  Others here can.
>>> 
>>> David C
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:32 AM, Lorrie E Clemens 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> > Hi David,
>>> > No, I have a Mac.
>>> > Lorrie
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:49 PM, David Carlson <
>>> > david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hi Lorrie,
>>> >>
>>> >> Welcome to GnuCash.
>>> >>
>>> >> For this discussion I am assuming that you have installed GnuCash onto a
>>> >> Windows computer.  You only need to do that once.
>>> >>
>>> >> First, create a folder under My Documents called LorrieGnuCashData or
>>> >> something like that.
>>> >>
>>> >> If you have your file explorer set to show file extensions then your
>>> >> Gnucash data files will have .gnucash extension or .gnucash with a 14 
>>> >> digit
>>> >> number and either a .log or .gnucash extension.  yes, there are a lot of
>>> >> them but they are all backups except for the newest one with the short
>>> >> extension name, which is your actual data file.  There is a setting for 
>>> >> how
>>> >> long to keep the backups.  You will want to make a separate backup now 
>>> >> and
>>> >> then for the day that your hard drive fails.
>>> >>
>>> >> Then undelete all those files that GnuCash cluttered up your desktop with
>>> >> and move them to to that new folder.
>>> >>
>>> >> Finally, pick the newest file that has a simple .gnucash file extension
>>> >> and double click on it.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thereafter you can either double click that filename or the GnuCash Icon.
>>> >>
>>> >> David C
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Lorrie E Clemens 
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Hello,
>>> >>> I am new to GnuCash.
>>> >>> I was able to download all of my information and balance my accounts
>>> >>> earlier this month and I did make a copy.
>>> >>> While I was doing all of the input I ended up having a lot of GnuCash
>>> >>> folders on my desk top.  I put them into the trash but have not deleted
>>> >>> them.
>>> >>> I wanted to put in more payments today, but I am not sure how to access
>>> >>> my
>>> >>> data.  If I click on Gnucash-Intel it cannot pull up my account.
>>> >>> So I do I get back into my account and how do I prevent scores of 
>>> >>> GnuCash
>>> >>> folders from downloading on my desktop?  Also, how do I install the
>>> >>> GnuCash
>>> >>> app so that it stays on my computer?  Or do I have to go on line to
>>> >>> reinstall every time?
>>> >>> Sincerely,
>>> >>> Lorrie Clemens
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Re: GnuCash 2.7.0 released

[John Ralls]

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 4:18 AM, Ian K via gnucash-user 
>  wrote:
> 
> On the other test installation I also made the environment file change.
> 
> - I tried this installation without any existing data file.
> - This time GnuCash loaded slowly but without the splash screen
> disappearing. Various messages appeared at the bottom of the splash screen
> with progress bar activity.
> - I went through the new file setup process and successfully saved a new
> file.
> - I exited GnuCash normally.
> - I then restarted GnuCash and it then terminated itself after some seconds
> of displaying the splash screen.
> The splash screen just shows Loading... at the bottom and no activity on the
> progress bar.
> 

Can you try adding {SYS_LIB}/guile/2.0/ccache; to line 62 of environment so it 
looks like 
GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH={SYS_LIB}/gnucash/scm/ccache/2.0;{SYS_LIB}/guile/2.0/ccache;{GUILE_COMPILED_LIBS};{GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH}
 ?

Regards,
John Ralls

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Re: Quantity total below create / view / edit invoice

[Adrien Monteleone]

For individual invoices you should already be able to see columns for quantity 
and price per line item.

As for a report that consolidates this data across various invoices - no, 
you’ll need to modify or write a new report, or save the invoices in html, 
parse the line items to csv, and then use a spreadsheet or other means to 
manage the actual report.


Regards,
Adrien

> On Oct 19, 2017, at 12:15 PM, Amish  wrote:
> 
> On Thursday 19 October 2017 08:06 PM, Ronal B Morse wrote:
> 
>> This is really starting to sound like a job for some sort of inventory 
>> control software, not an accounting package.
>> 
>> Regards.
>> 
> 
> Nope I am not asking for item tracking. (sold, purchase, in stock).
> 
> Its just stupid Government compliance issue and for actual business I have no 
> use of "total quantity" feature.
> 
> Amish.
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Re: Vendor Bill - Invoice Entries

[Adrien Monteleone]

Odoo is another option. It’s open source, and free, but they do try to talk you 
into buying their hosted version. (there is a Turnkey-Linux version which you 
can spin up quickly to play with using VirtualBox or VMWare) It’s probably more 
beast than you need though. On that note, check out the Turnkey-Linux apps and 
you might find something more to your needs.

I do freelance work and wanted to track my separate service revenue so I just 
created revenue sub-accounts for that. When I create invoices, I put a 
description and choose the appropriate revenue sub-category. Everything rolls 
into ‘revenue’ if I want to see it consolidated, otherwise, I can see it 
separately.

If I start using a similar description as a previous invoice (because some 
services repeat each month) I get an auto-fill benefit which includes 
quantities, prices, discounts, taxes, and posting account.


Regards,
Adrien

> On Oct 17, 2017, at 9:56 AM, C M Reinehr  wrote:
> 
> Probably the most common, and least expensive one, that I run into most often 
> is Quick Books. I've never used it but I have used Quicken -- and left it for 
> GnuCash!
> 
> Here at my office we use an ERP product called Southware Innovations. We've 
> been using it for quite a long time now so I'm not up on their current 
> pricing but at a guess I think the cost of a single user license for the 
> basic accounting modules as well as order entry/sales & inventory management 
> will likely run between $2,500 & $5,000.
> 
> Here is a website that I just discovered that appears to list any & all kinds 
> of software available. Narrowing it down to inexpensive accounting packages 
> you get:
> 
> https://www.softwareadvice.com/accounting/?deployment_id=_products_sort_order=_products_sortby=great_fit=true_ranges=1=_id==_site_code=_id=
> 
> If that URL is corrupted just start at www.sofwareadvice.com.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> On 10/16/2017 05:44 PM, fellowtrave...@comcast.net wrote:
> > Thanks CM, I’ll take a look. Given that this is a very small non-profit, I 
> > am hoping to avoid a commercial package and so far GC has (mostly) met the 
> > needs but now we’re looking at trying to have more data available that is 
> > not strictly just dollars and cents so to speak. In any case, are you (or 
> > anyone else here) aware of some common commercial packages?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Oct 16, 2017, at 6:31 PM, C M Reinehr  wrote:
> >>
> >> I second the comments by Michael. While I use GnuCash to keep up with my 
> >> personal accounting, for my business I use commercial accounting software 
> >> which provides all of the modules described and quite a few more. You can 
> >> license as few or as many modules as desired -- at a cost, of course. So, 
> >> if you're doing only basic accounting you can license only the general 
> >> ledger module, which would be analogous to GnuCash. But if your needs are 
> >> greater than there are the accounts receivable module, the accounts 
> >> payable, module, payroll, inventory control, sales order entry, point of 
> >> sale, etc.
> >>
> >> The only other open source software of which I am aware that would provide 
> >> you these types of modules is a product called SQL-Ledger which you may 
> >> wish to investigate:
> >>
> >> http://www.sql-ledger.org/cgi-bin/nav.pl?page=feature/index.html=Features
> >>
> >> At the very least looking at what SQL Ledger has to offer will show you 
> >> the kinds of packages available.
> >>
> >> Otherwise, you're looking at purchasing commercial enterprise resource 
> >> software.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps!
> >>
> >> CMR
> >>
> >> On 10/16/2017 05:04 PM, fellowtrave...@comcast.net wrote:
> >>> Michael:
> >>> Thanks for the reply. I have to say, I was thinking this would be a 
> >>> natural function of business accounting software but I see your point 
> >>> about the bulk. This is a function I am currently looking into for a 
> >>> non-profit. Basically, we receive invoices for services which I’ve been 
> >>> inputing as bills into the AP register. The invoices of course could 
> >>> contain any number of services, many of which are common. What we’d like 
> >>> to be able to do is to create reports that might say, these are the top 5 
> >>> services that were preformed in 2016 and how many of each there were. I’d 
> >>> prefer to only have to enter this data once, so I was hoping that GC 
> >>> would have the functionality but I am finding out that this might be 
> >>> outside the scope of any accounting type of software.
> >>> Would you be able to suggest an approach, a tool, that might compliment 
> >>> GC? Or is this just going to have to be something totally different?
> >>> Thanks.
>  On Oct 16, 2017, at 9:17 AM, Mike or Penny Novack 
>   wrote:
> 
>  On 10/15/2017 10:08 PM, DaveC49 wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The facilities you are requesting are likely to require an inventory
> > management system. At 

Re: Ordering Transactions on same date

[Adrien Monteleone]

I too would be interested in the mystery solution.

Personally I use the 24hour time without a separator—e.g. 5:32pm becomes 1732.

To distinguish times from other numbers I use “T” at the end, thus: 1732T

However, this breaks if there are actual numbers to enter like from a check. I 
have so few of those, it isn’t an issue, mileage may vary for others.

Unfortunately, you can’t combine times with other numbers because any 
non-numeric character causes GC to stop sorting. So you can’t put hyphens or 
spaces to separate times from other types of transaction numbers.

It would be nice if an extra field for either ORDER or TIME were implemented 
just for this situation. It is especially annoying due to some GC features 
defaulting to placing their entries at the beginning of a day rather than the 
same order as a manually entered transaction. This will produce some negative 
or reverse balance conditions on occasion that never existed in real life.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Oct 16, 2017, at 2:48 PM, Maf. King  wrote:
> 
> On Monday, 16 October 2017 16:18:49 BST baneeishaque wrote:
>> Solved the problem in aneasier way...
>> 
> 
> OK. I'll bite.
> 
> What is the easier way?Others in the future might benefit from your 
> method?
> 
> 
> BTW, happy to hear that you found a solution.
> Cheers,
> Maf.
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Re: Invoices

[Adrien Monteleone]

The work performed should be handled on a vendor invoice between whatever 
expense account you have set up for the purpose and a liability account set up 
to ‘hold’ payments that are to be charged against their A/R (tuition and fees?) 
balance. This is because you owe them for work performed. It is a liability.

Then you periodically or at any convenient time (perhaps when they perform the 
work and you make the ‘vendor’ invoice) you ‘pay’ their A/R invoices using the 
special liability account.

I don’t think Equity accounts are the best place for this in my opinion.

As for persistent business icons, I too think they should always be visible if 
enabled. (and not just on the business specific tabs)

Best I can tell, you could keep open tabs for Customer/Vendor/Employee 
Overviews as needed and have access to them that way.

You can assign some keyboard shortcuts yourself. I don’t have the doc link 
handy but you should be able to find something on the Wiki or in the mailing 
list archives on the subject.


Regards,
Adrien

> On Sep 29, 2017, at 3:03 PM, Ronal B Morse  wrote:
> 
> My first inclination would be to use an equity account to credit the "in 
> kind" payments of volunteer labor at the dollar amount you intend to apply to 
> what the volunteer owes, then debit the charges against that.
> 
> RBM
> 
> On 09/29/2017 12:31 PM, rmom...@gmail.com wrote:
>> About invoices
>> 
>> *Are there keyboard shortcuts or a way to put the Business menu on
>> the tool bar for quick access? It's a little awkward working with a lot of
>> invoices via the menu and a mouse.
>> *Receiving a payment: the only accounts available to receive a
>> payment are assets, equity and liabilities. In the invoice, the only options
>> to charge are assets, income and liabilities. Sometimes our parents (a
>> school) pay by doing needed work and we charge it off to what they owe. Is
>> there a way to do that so that the charge off shows as an expense?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Roger
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Re: help finding my file

[David T. via gnucash-user]

Lorrie,
With regard to the files on the desktop, David Carlson's advice is sound.
As for keeping the app on your computer, I suspect that you were opening 
gnucash from the downloaded disk image; you must drag gnucash.app from that 
image into the Applications folder to complete the installation. 
David 

 
 
  On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 16:32, David Carlson 
wrote:   Lorrie, you should have replied to All because I do not have a Mac, 
and I
cannot help you.  Others here can.

David C

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:32 AM, Lorrie E Clemens 
wrote:

> Hi David,
> No, I have a Mac.
> Lorrie
>
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:49 PM, David Carlson <
> david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lorrie,
>>
>> Welcome to GnuCash.
>>
>> For this discussion I am assuming that you have installed GnuCash onto a
>> Windows computer.  You only need to do that once.
>>
>> First, create a folder under My Documents called LorrieGnuCashData or
>> something like that.
>>
>> If you have your file explorer set to show file extensions then your
>> Gnucash data files will have .gnucash extension or .gnucash with a 14 digit
>> number and either a .log or .gnucash extension.  yes, there are a lot of
>> them but they are all backups except for the newest one with the short
>> extension name, which is your actual data file.  There is a setting for how
>> long to keep the backups.  You will want to make a separate backup now and
>> then for the day that your hard drive fails.
>>
>> Then undelete all those files that GnuCash cluttered up your desktop with
>> and move them to to that new folder.
>>
>> Finally, pick the newest file that has a simple .gnucash file extension
>> and double click on it.
>>
>> Thereafter you can either double click that filename or the GnuCash Icon.
>>
>> David C
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Lorrie E Clemens 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I am new to GnuCash.
>>> I was able to download all of my information and balance my accounts
>>> earlier this month and I did make a copy.
>>> While I was doing all of the input I ended up having a lot of GnuCash
>>> folders on my desk top.  I put them into the trash but have not deleted
>>> them.
>>> I wanted to put in more payments today, but I am not sure how to access
>>> my
>>> data.  If I click on Gnucash-Intel it cannot pull up my account.
>>> So I do I get back into my account and how do I prevent scores of GnuCash
>>> folders from downloading on my desktop?  Also, how do I install the
>>> GnuCash
>>> app so that it stays on my computer?  Or do I have to go on line to
>>> reinstall every time?
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Lorrie Clemens
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Re: help finding my file

[David Carlson]

Lorrie, you should have replied to All because I do not have a Mac, and I
cannot help you.  Others here can.

David C

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:32 AM, Lorrie E Clemens 
wrote:

> Hi David,
> No, I have a Mac.
> Lorrie
>
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:49 PM, David Carlson <
> david.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lorrie,
>>
>> Welcome to GnuCash.
>>
>> For this discussion I am assuming that you have installed GnuCash onto a
>> Windows computer.  You only need to do that once.
>>
>> First, create a folder under My Documents called LorrieGnuCashData or
>> something like that.
>>
>> If you have your file explorer set to show file extensions then your
>> Gnucash data files will have .gnucash extension or .gnucash with a 14 digit
>> number and either a .log or .gnucash extension.  yes, there are a lot of
>> them but they are all backups except for the newest one with the short
>> extension name, which is your actual data file.  There is a setting for how
>> long to keep the backups.  You will want to make a separate backup now and
>> then for the day that your hard drive fails.
>>
>> Then undelete all those files that GnuCash cluttered up your desktop with
>> and move them to to that new folder.
>>
>> Finally, pick the newest file that has a simple .gnucash file extension
>> and double click on it.
>>
>> Thereafter you can either double click that filename or the GnuCash Icon.
>>
>> David C
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Lorrie E Clemens 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I am new to GnuCash.
>>> I was able to download all of my information and balance my accounts
>>> earlier this month and I did make a copy.
>>> While I was doing all of the input I ended up having a lot of GnuCash
>>> folders on my desk top.  I put them into the trash but have not deleted
>>> them.
>>> I wanted to put in more payments today, but I am not sure how to access
>>> my
>>> data.  If I click on Gnucash-Intel it cannot pull up my account.
>>> So I do I get back into my account and how do I prevent scores of GnuCash
>>> folders from downloading on my desktop?  Also, how do I install the
>>> GnuCash
>>> app so that it stays on my computer?  Or do I have to go on line to
>>> reinstall every time?
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Lorrie Clemens
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Re: GnuCash 2.7.0 released

[Ian K via gnucash-user]

On the other test installation I also made the environment file change.

- I tried this installation without any existing data file.
- This time GnuCash loaded slowly but without the splash screen
disappearing. Various messages appeared at the bottom of the splash screen
with progress bar activity.
- I went through the new file setup process and successfully saved a new
file.
- I exited GnuCash normally.
- I then restarted GnuCash and it then terminated itself after some seconds
of displaying the splash screen.
The splash screen just shows Loading... at the bottom and no activity on the
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Re: GnuCash 2.7.0 released

[Ian K via gnucash-user]

OK, I did the change to the environment file described above.

- When I then ran GnuCash the first time the splash screen and Tootip of the
day screens appeared. After several seconds the splash screen disappeared,
then after a delay of some minutes (long enough to think it had hung), the
main program window appeared.
- I then tried to load a data file (a copy of my main 2.6 data file), and I
got an error, Sorry Gnucash.exe has stopped working and needs to close (or
similar).
- On subsequent attempts to start GnuCash the splash screen appears for a
few seconds then the program terminates abruptly without showing any error.



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