Re: [GNC] Automatically scan & OCR receipts & invoices, automatic data entry into GnuCash, and attach it to the transaction
David H writes: > No - probably this ,,, https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Python_Bindings > > Cheers David H. > > On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 05:24, Glenn Fowler wrote: > >> Hi Pankaj, >> >> Are you referring to this? >> >> https://code.gnucash.org/docs/MAINT/gnucashextension.html >> Sorry for misleading. And yes, I wanted to refer to Python Bindings. And yes, Glenn. You need to build with python-bindings enabled. Also, as of now I could see that that is the easiest method. Others are more involved; for example, directly dealing with GnuCash data. That I would not recommend. Regards ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Is print/pdf dialog ever going to save paths?
Hello, When I first started using gnucash years ago, it was far easier to print to pdfs. It saved the last path, etc. That stopped, and I read it was a bug, but it seems to have never been fixed. Every time I have to print, print to file/pdf, and the path always resets to home directory. I mainly do this for easy invoice. Is there any way to do this more easily? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Automatically scan & OCR receipts & invoices, automatic data entry into GnuCash, and attach it to the transaction
Ok I see. It looks like you would have to build from source and compile w/ python bindings and then make your py script for what you want to do. Unfortunately I don't know Python so I can't explore further but that is very interesting! On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 7:08 PM David H wrote: > No - probably this ,,, https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Python_Bindings > > Cheers David H. > > On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 05:24, Glenn Fowler wrote: > >> Hi Pankaj, >> >> Are you referring to this? >> >> https://code.gnucash.org/docs/MAINT/gnucashextension.html >> >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 3:15 AM Pankaj Jangid >> wrote: >> >> > Glenn Fowler writes: >> > >> > > I am a new user to GnuCash for a couple of weeks in which I have been >> > > working to get set up to go-live in production next month. One >> > requirement >> > > I needed was to have a receipt and invoice scan, OCR, and automatic >> > > attachment and syncing with GnuCash. >> > >> > I think this could be solved by using the extensions mechanism. GnuCash >> > supports Python. And that opens the door for thousands of PIP packages. >> > >> > -- >> > Regards, >> > Pankaj Jangid >> > >> > >> > ___ >> > gnucash-user mailing list >> > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> > - >> > 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 >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> - >> 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Command Line Args
I overlooked the "application options" when I skimmed over it earlier, sorry about that. Thank you! On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 7:41 PM John Ralls wrote: > Glenn, > > I know, and that's what Derek posted and what I added to the wiki page. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Apr 22, 2021, at 4:35 PM, Glenn Fowler wrote: > > > > Hi John, I was referring to gnucash command line switches, not > gnucash-cli command line switches as you mentioned earlier starting GnuCash > with --extra earlier in the post. > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:42 PM John Ralls wrote: > > I've just added the current output of `gnucash --help` to > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Logging#Command_Line_Options. It's the same > as Derek posted. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > > > > On Apr 22, 2021, at 3:25 PM, Glenn Fowler > wrote: > > > > > > Thank you, in that case is there documentation on the command line > switches? > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:06 PM John Ralls wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 22, 2021, at 2:30 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > > > > > > That is very VERY odd. It works for me. I wonder if this is a > Windows bug? > > > > > > Not odd at all, and not a bug in the sense that Microsoft did it on > purpose [1]. Windows executables have a couple of bytes in their preambles > that say what type they are. Console apps have stdin, stdout, and stderr > and so they require a shell window of some sort (CMD and Powershell being > the most common) and will open one for you if you launch them from Windows > File Explorer. The others redirect the basic FDs to NULL and so they don't > need a shell window. gnucash is a Windows program (no basic FDs) and > gnucash-cli is a Console program (has basic FDs). > > > > > > Regards, > > > John Ralls > > > > > > [1] > https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie11-iewindows_10/what-is-difference-between-console-application/f8bd3d4f-7c2c-4c86-a64b-41a046a38be4 > > > > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Inserting the Beginning Balances of Accounts in Gnucash
Hi Jose, The process of adding the opening balances in a new book for you asset and liability accounts should create the value of the total equity from your previous set of books in equity so your total equity should be correct and it will be the sum of all the transactions to the Equity:Opening Balances account at this point. You want to have the appropriate balances in the equity sub accounts corresponding to the closing balances for those accounts in your previous set of books. As the total of Equity should already match, you can only achieve this by transferring the amount of the closing balance in the previous book for a specific Equity sub account to that account from the Equity:Opening Balances account in the new book. For example if when you closed your previous set of books the Equity:Retained Earnings balance was a positive or credit balance of $1000 you would have to create a transaction in your new books as follows Equity:Opening Balances Dr 1000 Equity:Retained Earnings Cr 1000 to effect this transfer. (If the equity account had a negative or debit balance, you would exchange the debits and credits). This will ensure you will not double count your equity. I think from memory the opening balances tool in the new book setup will not allow you to enter these transactions between equity sub accounts and the Equity: Opening Balances account. I am not sure of this though as I haven't tested it. If it doesn't, then you will have to create the transactions as above manually either in the Equity:Opening Balances register or in the register for the equity account you for which you wish to set the initial balance. David Cousens - David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Command Line Args
> On Apr 22, 2021, at 5:17 PM, Peter West wrote: > > ’m on a Mac, and command line access is not available by default. > > If I > $ export PATH="$PATH:/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS” > then > $ Gnucash --help > Application Path /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash > Thanks for pointing that out. I've added a similar clarification to the wiki page. Regards, John Ralls ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] difficulties I am having
That's not what I hoped to see. It looks like instead of changing the type of the checking account you deleted it and told GnuCash to move all of its transactions to Expenses. It's possible to fix this but it will be a little tedious. If you have a backup from before all of this happened (see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_What_are_all_these_.gnucash_and_.log_files_filling_up_my_directory.3F if you don't know about GnuCash's automatic backups) then you can just quit GnuCash without saving, rename the backup to the working name, and start over. Otherwise you'll need to: 1. Leave the current Expenses account as type Expense but rename it to Checking. 2. Make a new top level expenses account 3. Edit each direct child account of Checking and change its parent to Expenses. 4. When Checking has no more children edit it, change its type to Bank, and change its parent to Assets:Current Assets. Regards, John Ralls > On Apr 22, 2021, at 5:21 PM, Jay Bouxsein wrote: > > Thanks so much for such a prompt reply. I have attached a couple of photos of > the screens that I have up on my computer right now which should answer your > question and give you more understanding about the way my system is set up. > > I thank you again for all your help. > > Jay BOUXSEIN > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 7:09 PM John Ralls wrote: > Whether you want to change the children depends on how you've structured your > accounts. What are the children? > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Apr 22, 2021, at 5:04 PM, Jay Bouxsein wrote: > > > > Thanks so much. I am at the computer right now and made the change you > > recommended in the lower left hand corner of the edit account screen to > > bank. I pressed OK and got a pop-up screen that says "give the children the > > same type ?" And wonder whether I should accept this change. I'm going to > > try to give you a screenshot of what I'm looking at right now. > > > > No go on the screenshot I can't figure out how to do it from my phone which > > is what I am using to send this email. > > > > If you can answer based on the earlier paragraphs in this email please do > > so and I'll hit okay and if it doesn't work out well I can get back to you. > > > > Many thanks > > > > Jay > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 6:13 PM John Ralls wrote: > > "IIUC" means "if I understand correctly". > > > > No, Register2 is an attempt to rewrite of the register code to use > > GtkTreeView[1]. It didn't work out but its remains, er, remain. > > But I see that I'm wrong about that anyway, Expense and Rebate are the > > informal labels on the debit and credit columns for expense accounts on the > > regular register too. > > > > The screenshot is perfect. I'll guess that you've managed to change the > > account named "Expenses' from type Bank to Expense. Select Edit>Edit > > Account... from the menu and in the lower left of the dialog box that pops > > up see if you can select Bank, then click OK. That should put your column > > headings back. While you're at it I suggest that you change the account > > name (first line in the dialog box) to something more descriptive of a > > checking account, maybe "Business Checking" or "Bank Name Checking". > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > > On Apr 22, 2021, at 3:48 PM, Jay Bouxsein wrote: > > > > > > Dear John > > > > > > At the outset I would like to sincerely thank you and the other members > > > who have weighed in on my problem. I must admit that I am confused > > > because of my lack of technical understanding of the matters you guys > > > have been discussing. Firstly what does IICU mean? Is "Register 2 a > > > technical term of art? Secondly I illustrated the problem with > > > transaction reports because they were the easiest things I could attach. > > > I am not so good at screenshots, links and the like. Windows as an > > > operating system has expanded so much that I really have not been able to > > > keep up with it. > > > > > > I think that I have attached a screenshot of the register which I have > > > been dealing with. What I really want, which is what you suggested, is > > > our checking account. I don't want to change the view, I want to open our > > > checking account in the standard Account Register view we have always had > > > in the past so we can add our new data. I just can't figure out how to do > > > that. I hope that you can forgive me. > > > > > > Kindest regards, > > > > > > Jay Bouxsein > > > > > > PS If you would like to speak with me to make life easier at your end, > > > let me know off list and I will be happy to provide you with my telephone > > > number. I live in the Chicago Metro area and am thus in the central > > > daylight time zone. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 11:34 AM John Ralls wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 21, 2021, at 3:51 PM, Jay Bouxsein wrote: > > > > > > > > I have been using GNUCASH for several years to basically track
Re: [GNC] Command Line Args
I’m on a Mac, and command line access is not available by default.
If I
$ export PATH="$PATH:/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS”
then
$ Gnucash --help
Application Path /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
(process:12007): gnc.gui-WARNING **: 10:10:34.704: [mac_set_languages()]
Language list: en:en_AU:C:el_AU
Gnucash [options] [datafile] - GnuCash, accounting for personal and small
business finance:
Common Options:
-h [ --help ] Show this help message
-v [ --version ]Show GnuCash version
--debug Enable debugging mode: provide deep detail in the
logs.
This is equivalent to: --log "=info" --log "qof=info"
--log "gnc=info"
--extra Enable extra/development/debugging features.
--log arg Log level overrides, of the form
"modulename={debug,info,warn,crit,error}"
Examples: "--log qof=debug" or "--log
gnc.backend.file.sx=info"
This can be invoked multiple times.
--logto arg File to log into; defaults to "/tmp/gnucash.trace";
can be "stderr" or "stdout".
--gsettings-prefix arg Set the prefix for gsettings schemas for gsettings
queries. This can be useful to have a different
settings tree while debugging.
Application Options:
--nofileDo not load the last file opened
--help-gtk Show help for gtk options
Deprecated Options:
--add-price-quotes Add price quotes to given GnuCash datafile.
Note this option has been deprecated and will be
removed in GnuCash 5.0.
Please use 'gnucash-cli --quotes get '
instead.
--namespace arg Regular expression determining which namespace
commodities will be retrieved.
Note this option has been deprecated and will be
removed in GnuCash 5.0.
Please use 'gnucash-cli --quotes get --namespace
' instead.
If I then
$ gnucash-cli --help
Application Path /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli
(process:12805): gnc.gui-WARNING **: 10:11:17.131: [mac_set_languages()]
Language list: en:en_AU:C:el_AU
gnucash-cli [options] [datafile] - GnuCash, accounting for personal and small
business finance:
Common Options:
-h [ --help ] Show this help message
-v [ --version ]Show GnuCash version
--debug Enable debugging mode: provide deep detail in the
logs.
This is equivalent to: --log "=info" --log "qof=info"
--log "gnc=info"
--extra Enable extra/development/debugging features.
--log arg Log level overrides, of the form
"modulename={debug,info,warn,crit,error}"
Examples: "--log qof=debug" or "--log
gnc.backend.file.sx=info"
This can be invoked multiple times.
--logto arg File to log into; defaults to "/tmp/gnucash.trace";
can be "stderr" or "stdout".
--gsettings-prefix arg Set the prefix for gsettings schemas for gsettings
queries. This can be useful to have a different
settings tree while debugging.
Price Quotes Retrieval Options:
-Q [ --quotes ] arg Execute price quote related commands. Currently only
one command is supported.
get: Fetch current quotes for all foreign
currencies and stocks in the given GnuCash
datafile.
--namespace arg Regular expression determining which namespace
commodities will be retrieved for
Report Generation Options:
-R [ --report ] arg Execute report related commands. The following
commands are supported.
list: Lists available reports.
show: Describe the options modified in the named
report. A datafile may be specified to
describe some saved options.
run: Run the named report in the given GnuCash
datafile.
--name arg Name of the report to run
--export-type arg Specify export type
--output-file arg Output file for report
Note: my SSD is formatted as case-sensitive, hence I must use ‘Gnucash’ rather
than ‘gnucash’.
Peter
—
Peter West
p...@ehealth.id.au
“I am
Re: [GNC] Command Line Args
Glenn, I know, and that's what Derek posted and what I added to the wiki page. Regards, John Ralls > On Apr 22, 2021, at 4:35 PM, Glenn Fowler wrote: > > Hi John, I was referring to gnucash command line switches, not gnucash-cli > command line switches as you mentioned earlier starting GnuCash with --extra > earlier in the post. > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:42 PM John Ralls wrote: > I've just added the current output of `gnucash --help` to > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Logging#Command_Line_Options. It's the same as > Derek posted. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Apr 22, 2021, at 3:25 PM, Glenn Fowler wrote: > > > > Thank you, in that case is there documentation on the command line switches? > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:06 PM John Ralls wrote: > > > > > > > On Apr 22, 2021, at 2:30 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > > > > That is very VERY odd. It works for me. I wonder if this is a Windows > > > bug? > > > > Not odd at all, and not a bug in the sense that Microsoft did it on purpose > > [1]. Windows executables have a couple of bytes in their preambles that say > > what type they are. Console apps have stdin, stdout, and stderr and so they > > require a shell window of some sort (CMD and Powershell being the most > > common) and will open one for you if you launch them from Windows File > > Explorer. The others redirect the basic FDs to NULL and so they don't need > > a shell window. gnucash is a Windows program (no basic FDs) and gnucash-cli > > is a Console program (has basic FDs). > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > [1] > > https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie11-iewindows_10/what-is-difference-between-console-application/f8bd3d4f-7c2c-4c86-a64b-41a046a38be4 > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Command Line Args
Hi John, I was referring to gnucash command line switches, not gnucash-cli command line switches as you mentioned earlier starting GnuCash with --extra earlier in the post. On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:42 PM John Ralls wrote: > I've just added the current output of `gnucash --help` to > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Logging#Command_Line_Options. It's the same > as Derek posted. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Apr 22, 2021, at 3:25 PM, Glenn Fowler wrote: > > > > Thank you, in that case is there documentation on the command line > switches? > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:06 PM John Ralls wrote: > > > > > > > On Apr 22, 2021, at 2:30 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > > > > That is very VERY odd. It works for me. I wonder if this is a > Windows bug? > > > > Not odd at all, and not a bug in the sense that Microsoft did it on > purpose [1]. Windows executables have a couple of bytes in their preambles > that say what type they are. Console apps have stdin, stdout, and stderr > and so they require a shell window of some sort (CMD and Powershell being > the most common) and will open one for you if you launch them from Windows > File Explorer. The others redirect the basic FDs to NULL and so they don't > need a shell window. gnucash is a Windows program (no basic FDs) and > gnucash-cli is a Console program (has basic FDs). > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > [1] > https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie11-iewindows_10/what-is-difference-between-console-application/f8bd3d4f-7c2c-4c86-a64b-41a046a38be4 > > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] difficulties I am having
"IIUC" means "if I understand correctly". No, Register2 is an attempt to rewrite of the register code to use GtkTreeView[1]. It didn't work out but its remains, er, remain. But I see that I'm wrong about that anyway, Expense and Rebate are the informal labels on the debit and credit columns for expense accounts on the regular register too. The screenshot is perfect. I'll guess that you've managed to change the account named "Expenses' from type Bank to Expense. Select Edit>Edit Account... from the menu and in the lower left of the dialog box that pops up see if you can select Bank, then click OK. That should put your column headings back. While you're at it I suggest that you change the account name (first line in the dialog box) to something more descriptive of a checking account, maybe "Business Checking" or "Bank Name Checking". Regards, John Ralls > On Apr 22, 2021, at 3:48 PM, Jay Bouxsein wrote: > > Dear John > > At the outset I would like to sincerely thank you and the other members who > have weighed in on my problem. I must admit that I am confused because of my > lack of technical understanding of the matters you guys have been discussing. > Firstly what does IICU mean? Is "Register 2 a technical term of art? > Secondly I illustrated the problem with transaction reports because they were > the easiest things I could attach. I am not so good at screenshots, links and > the like. Windows as an operating system has expanded so much that I really > have not been able to keep up with it. > > I think that I have attached a screenshot of the register which I have been > dealing with. What I really want, which is what you suggested, is our > checking account. I don't want to change the view, I want to open our > checking account in the standard Account Register view we have always had in > the past so we can add our new data. I just can't figure out how to do that. > I hope that you can forgive me. > > Kindest regards, > > Jay Bouxsein > > PS If you would like to speak with me to make life easier at your end, let > me know off list and I will be happy to provide you with my telephone number. > I live in the Chicago Metro area and am thus in the central daylight time > zone. > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 11:34 AM John Ralls wrote: > > > > On Apr 21, 2021, at 3:51 PM, Jay Bouxsein wrote: > > > > I have been using GNUCASH for several years to basically track income and > > expenses for rental properties my wife and I own. I do not use it for any > > other purposes, I enter all of our expenses and income and then produce a P > > $ L report and send that to our accountant who keeps our historical books > > and prepares our tax returns. Obviously I could use a spreadsheet as my > > accountant suggested, but I really like your aids in completing the entry > > process, the plus and minus feature, and typing just the first few > > characters and so forth. > > > > In the past, we have done all of the data entry in March of the next > > year and it goes fast because we do not have a lot of units (less than 10 ) > > and limited suppliers (less than 30). My procedure is to call up the > > program and it opens to a register automatically, displaying all of our > > transactions from the previous year and all I need to do is update the date > > of the first transaction which by default is the current date. For > > example, the date displayed was April 21, 2021 and our first transaction > > was for January 2, 2020. All was going well until we got to March of 2020 > > when I could not find an expense account and tried to add a new expense > > account and all hell broke loose. I could not get back to the account > > register data entry screen we always used. Eventually I figured out that > > the account that I thought was missing actually was not and what I had done > > was to create a nearly duplicate account so I deleted the account that I > > had just created and then I was able to get a screen that looked just like > > the one we always had, but we noticed some differences. > > > > On our old register screen we used to have a column for deposits to our > > checking account and checks written out of that account. Now our screen > > shows "Expense" in the column which used to have "Deposit" and "rebate" has > > been substituted for the check amount. That does not seem right to me. I > > am 72 years old and actually was pretty good with the software which was > > available back in the 70's, 80's & 90's but not so much any more. I have a > > feeling that my problem should be a simple one to fix, but my weakness in > > dealing with accounting software is holding me back. I should add that I > > do have a hard copy of a "transction report, Income statement and P which > > I have attached to this email in the hope it will give you enough > > information to understand my missive. > > > > I thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. > > > > IIUC
Re: [GNC] Command Line Args
This is it, not sure what else you are looking for ??? This is pretty new
(gnucash-cli) and as far as I understand it limited so far to just these
functions ?
Cheers David H.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash-cli" --help
C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash-cli [options] [datafile] -
GnuCash, accounting for personal and small business finance:
Common Options:
-h [ --help ] Show this help message
-v [ --version ]Show GnuCash version
--debug Enable debugging mode: provide deep detail in the
logs.
This is equivalent to: --log "=info" --log
"qof=info"
--log "gnc=info"
--extra Enable extra/development/debugging features.
--log arg Log level overrides, of the form
"modulename={debug,info,warn,crit,error}"
Examples: "--log qof=debug" or "--log
gnc.backend.file.sx=info"
This can be invoked multiple times.
--logto arg File to log into; defaults to
"/tmp/gnucash.trace";
can be "stderr" or "stdout".
--gsettings-prefix arg Set the prefix for gsettings schemas for gsettings
queries. This can be useful to have a different
settings tree while debugging.
Price Quotes Retrieval Options:
-Q [ --quotes ] arg Execute price quote related commands. Currently
only
one command is supported.
get: Fetch current quotes for all foreign
currencies and stocks in the given GnuCash
datafile.
--namespace arg Regular expression determining which namespace
commodities will be retrieved for
Report Generation Options:
-R [ --report ] arg Execute report related commands. The following
commands are supported.
list: Lists available reports.
show: Describe the options modified in the named
report. A datafile may be specified to
describe some saved options.
run: Run the named report in the given GnuCash
datafile.
--name arg Name of the report to run
--export-type arg Specify export type
--output-file arg Output file for report
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 at 08:33, Glenn Fowler wrote:
> Thank you, in that case is there documentation on the command line
> switches?
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:06 PM John Ralls wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 22, 2021, at 2:30 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > >
> > > That is very VERY odd. It works for me. I wonder if this is a Windows
> > bug?
> >
> > Not odd at all, and not a bug in the sense that Microsoft did it on
> > purpose [1]. Windows executables have a couple of bytes in their
> preambles
> > that say what type they are. Console apps have stdin, stdout, and stderr
> > and so they require a shell window of some sort (CMD and Powershell being
> > the most common) and will open one for you if you launch them from
> Windows
> > File Explorer. The others redirect the basic FDs to NULL and so they
> don't
> > need a shell window. gnucash is a Windows program (no basic FDs) and
> > gnucash-cli is a Console program (has basic FDs).
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> >
> > [1]
> >
> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie11-iewindows_10/what-is-difference-between-console-application/f8bd3d4f-7c2c-4c86-a64b-41a046a38be4
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Re: [GNC] Automatically scan & OCR receipts & invoices, automatic data entry into GnuCash, and attach it to the transaction
No - probably this ,,, https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Python_Bindings Cheers David H. On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 05:24, Glenn Fowler wrote: > Hi Pankaj, > > Are you referring to this? > > https://code.gnucash.org/docs/MAINT/gnucashextension.html > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 3:15 AM Pankaj Jangid > wrote: > > > Glenn Fowler writes: > > > > > I am a new user to GnuCash for a couple of weeks in which I have been > > > working to get set up to go-live in production next month. One > > requirement > > > I needed was to have a receipt and invoice scan, OCR, and automatic > > > attachment and syncing with GnuCash. > > > > I think this could be solved by using the extensions mechanism. GnuCash > > supports Python. And that opens the door for thousands of PIP packages. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Pankaj Jangid > > > > > > ___ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > - > > 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 > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > - > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Command Line Args
Thank you, in that case is there documentation on the command line switches? On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:06 PM John Ralls wrote: > > > > On Apr 22, 2021, at 2:30 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > > That is very VERY odd. It works for me. I wonder if this is a Windows > bug? > > Not odd at all, and not a bug in the sense that Microsoft did it on > purpose [1]. Windows executables have a couple of bytes in their preambles > that say what type they are. Console apps have stdin, stdout, and stderr > and so they require a shell window of some sort (CMD and Powershell being > the most common) and will open one for you if you launch them from Windows > File Explorer. The others redirect the basic FDs to NULL and so they don't > need a shell window. gnucash is a Windows program (no basic FDs) and > gnucash-cli is a Console program (has basic FDs). > > Regards, > John Ralls > > [1] > https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie11-iewindows_10/what-is-difference-between-console-application/f8bd3d4f-7c2c-4c86-a64b-41a046a38be4 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Command Line Args
> On Apr 22, 2021, at 2:30 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: > > That is very VERY odd. It works for me. I wonder if this is a Windows bug? Not odd at all, and not a bug in the sense that Microsoft did it on purpose [1]. Windows executables have a couple of bytes in their preambles that say what type they are. Console apps have stdin, stdout, and stderr and so they require a shell window of some sort (CMD and Powershell being the most common) and will open one for you if you launch them from Windows File Explorer. The others redirect the basic FDs to NULL and so they don't need a shell window. gnucash is a Windows program (no basic FDs) and gnucash-cli is a Console program (has basic FDs). Regards, John Ralls [1] https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie11-iewindows_10/what-is-difference-between-console-application/f8bd3d4f-7c2c-4c86-a64b-41a046a38be4 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] difficulties I am having
Yes, must be a Windows version bug. Do you want me to open a bug ticket?
On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 5:30 PM Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, April 22, 2021 4:29 pm, Glenn Fowler wrote:
> > Thank you for the reply Derek but I had already tried that and at least
> on
> > v4.5 it returns nothing. However, gnucash-cli returns the expected
> > switches
> > (see screenshot)
>
> That is very VERY odd. It works for me. I wonder if this is a Windows
> bug?
>
> -derek
>
> gnucash --help
> gnucash [options] [datafile] - GnuCash, accounting for personal and small
> business finance:
>
> Common Options:
> -h [ --help ] Show this help message
> -v [ --version ]Show GnuCash version
> --debug Enable debugging mode: provide deep detail in the
> logs.
> This is equivalent to: --log "=info" --log
> "qof=info"
> --log "gnc=info"
> --extra Enable extra/development/debugging features.
> --log arg Log level overrides, of the form
> "modulename={debug,info,warn,crit,error}"
> Examples: "--log qof=debug" or "--log
> gnc.backend.file.sx=info"
> This can be invoked multiple times.
> --logto arg File to log into; defaults to
> "/tmp/gnucash.trace";
> can be "stderr" or "stdout".
> --gsettings-prefix arg Set the prefix for gsettings schemas for
> gsettings
> queries. This can be useful to have a different
> settings tree while debugging.
>
> Application Options:
> --nofileDo not load the last file opened
> --help-gtk Show help for gtk options
>
> Deprecated Options:
> --add-price-quotes Add price quotes to given GnuCash datafile.
> Note this option has been deprecated and will be
> removed in GnuCash 5.0.
> Please use 'gnucash-cli --quotes get '
> instead.
> --namespace arg Regular expression determining which namespace
> commodities will be retrieved.
> Note this option has been deprecated and will be
> removed in GnuCash 5.0.
> Please use 'gnucash-cli --quotes get --namespace
>' instead.
>
>
>
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 1:44 PM Derek Atkins wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Thu, April 22, 2021 1:26 pm, Glenn Fowler wrote:
> >> > Hi John,
> >> >
> >> > Can you please provide a link on the available command line switches
> >> and
> >> > syntax? I have searched everywhere and came up short.
> >>
> >> gnucash --help
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >> -derek
> >>
> >> --
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> >>
> >>
> >
>
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[GNC] Cleaning out unneeded 'pre-pays' when paying vendors
Over the years I've sometimes processed a vendor invoice forgetting to print it. So I unpost the invoice, repost it, then repay it, this time actually printing the check. I then delete the extranious payment from checking. During the payment process I'm offered a dialog box asking which of the vendor invoices shown I want to pay. There should be only the one I just entered. When I look at current liabilities I don't see these 'pre-paid' invoices. How do I clean out this cruft? TIA, Rich ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] difficulties I am having
Hi,
On Thu, April 22, 2021 4:29 pm, Glenn Fowler wrote:
> Thank you for the reply Derek but I had already tried that and at least on
> v4.5 it returns nothing. However, gnucash-cli returns the expected
> switches
> (see screenshot)
That is very VERY odd. It works for me. I wonder if this is a Windows bug?
-derek
gnucash --help
gnucash [options] [datafile] - GnuCash, accounting for personal and small
business finance:
Common Options:
-h [ --help ] Show this help message
-v [ --version ]Show GnuCash version
--debug Enable debugging mode: provide deep detail in the
logs.
This is equivalent to: --log "=info" --log
"qof=info"
--log "gnc=info"
--extra Enable extra/development/debugging features.
--log arg Log level overrides, of the form
"modulename={debug,info,warn,crit,error}"
Examples: "--log qof=debug" or "--log
gnc.backend.file.sx=info"
This can be invoked multiple times.
--logto arg File to log into; defaults to "/tmp/gnucash.trace";
can be "stderr" or "stdout".
--gsettings-prefix arg Set the prefix for gsettings schemas for gsettings
queries. This can be useful to have a different
settings tree while debugging.
Application Options:
--nofileDo not load the last file opened
--help-gtk Show help for gtk options
Deprecated Options:
--add-price-quotes Add price quotes to given GnuCash datafile.
Note this option has been deprecated and will be
removed in GnuCash 5.0.
Please use 'gnucash-cli --quotes get '
instead.
--namespace arg Regular expression determining which namespace
commodities will be retrieved.
Note this option has been deprecated and will be
removed in GnuCash 5.0.
Please use 'gnucash-cli --quotes get --namespace
' instead.
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 1:44 PM Derek Atkins wrote:
>
>>
>> On Thu, April 22, 2021 1:26 pm, Glenn Fowler wrote:
>> > Hi John,
>> >
>> > Can you please provide a link on the available command line switches
>> and
>> > syntax? I have searched everywhere and came up short.
>>
>> gnucash --help
>>
>>
>> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> --
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>>de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com
>>Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>
>>
>
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Re: [GNC] difficulties I am having
Thank you for the reply Derek but I had already tried that and at least on v4.5 it returns nothing. However, gnucash-cli returns the expected switches (see screenshot) On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 1:44 PM Derek Atkins wrote: > > On Thu, April 22, 2021 1:26 pm, Glenn Fowler wrote: > > Hi John, > > > > Can you please provide a link on the available command line switches and > > syntax? I have searched everywhere and came up short. > > gnucash --help > > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -derek > > -- >Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 >de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com >Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Inserting the Beginning Balances of Accounts in Gnucash
On 4/22/2021 2:30 PM, Jose A. Lorido III wrote: Hi Derek, Thanks for your advice, however, I'm still not sure what to do with the balances I had on 12/31/2020 in my Equity Accounts (Additional-Paid-In-Capital, Opening Balances, and Retained Earnings accounts) and how to add them to the beginning balances as of 01/01/2021. Could you clarify? Kind Regards *Jose A. Lorido III* Managing Director Question 1: Are you creating a new set of books for the new year? (like would have been done in the old days of pen and ink on paper) Question 2: Are you trying to use the "opening balance wizard" or are you doing it the traditional way with an opening transaction(s)? Let's for the moment assume the answer to the first is yes and for the second (what some giving advice seem not to be spotting is that since because things like "Additional-Paid-In-Capital" and "Retained Earnings" mean this is possibly the books of a corporation) First -- you say you have the 12/31/2020 balance sheet, yes? That means that if all those amounts/accounts were entered in a single giant split on both sides transaction, that transaction would be in balance. It could be the first transaction of the new set of books, dated 12/31/2020, description something like "open 2021 books". So that is ONE way. But a split transaction that is split on both debit and credit side isn't the easiest thing to enter. But that would be an exact mirror of how done in the days of pen and ink on paper. OR -- let's say you want to use the tool. You enter all the asset and liability accounts each with their starting balance, and gncash uses starting equity for the other side of those (hidden) transactions. You will see that this doesn't match what's on your balance sheet for starting equity and that those other equity accounts are missing amounts. You then enter a split transaction just affecting the equity accounts, making the main equity amount match and the right amounts in each of those other equity accounts << that SHOULD be an in balance transaction >> Michael D Novack PS -- The FIRST action you should take after opening these new books is immediately run a Balance Sheet. Compare with the one you used to create this set of books. Should be an exact match. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Securities disposals: pooling (not FIFO/LIFO/average costing) for UK cgt purposes: average price and identity (GNUCash v.4.5)
[Summary of main question: can GNUCash v.4.5 operate with the UK capital gains tax rules on pooling requirements for determining price and identity of securities sold outright and/or on part disposals?] I'm not a GNUCash user and though I've installed v.4.5 to see if there is a ready and obvious answer I couldn't see it, so the purpose of this post is to ask if any UK user knows or has a link to a possible answer. As well as general internet searches I have *briefly* looked at the FAQ and the Concepts Guide section on investment sales regarding this question, including the Help file of the program. The only vaguely relevant post is an old one from 2013 which doesnt supply an answer: https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2013-November/051192.html 1). The main question concerns UK capital gains tax treatment of securities sales including part-disposals, both as to (i) price and (ii) identity of securities sold. These rules are somewhat convoluted compared with e.g. FIFO/LIFO/simple Average cost and are summarised at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shares-and-capital-gains-tax-hs284-self-assessment-helpsheet/hs284-shares-and-capital-gains-tax-2021 - the main points as I understand them being: "From 6 April 2008 all shares of the same class, in the same company, are together called a "Section 104 holding". You add together the costs of the shares in this holding: each share in the holding is treated as if acquired at the same average cost. How to identify the shares disposed of First: Shares acquired on the same day as the disposal (the "same day" rule). Second: Shares acquired in the 30 days following the day of disposal (the "bed and breakfasting" rule) provided the person making the disposal was resident in the UK at the time of the acquisition. Third: Shares in the Section 104 holding." http://cgtcalculator.com/ handles this quite well in my experience but ideally if I were to use GNUCash for its portfolio manager capabilities I'd want to know before starting if its optional settings can be made to reflect those requirements and if not, if it permits the user to input a script or similar that does so; and if yes to that latter question, whether anyone has done that and can post either it or a link, since I have found none online. 2). as a subordinate question: can one input on investments (securities) purchases but also on sales, (a) broker commission and (b) governmental taxes (e.g. stamp duty/UK SDRT) as separate / discrete items from each other on top of the price for the securities themselves? The program help file refers to governmental fees as an expense but offhand as a preliminary I could not see if e.g. total purchase costs could be input separately as (A) costs of the securities (price per unit x total); and (B) broker fees/commission; and (C) government fees/stamp duty. http://cgtcalculator.com/ requires price etc data to be input, split this way, and I had assumed it was the norm, at least for UK (but what do I know...) Phew! Got there eventually! Thanks in advance for any replies. Regards, Robert Jones THIS E-MAIL AND ANY ATTACHED FILES ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND MAY BE LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail. All liability for viruses is excluded. r...@sdf.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://SDF.org ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Inserting the Beginning Balances of Accounts in Gnucash
Hi Derek, Thanks for your advice, however, I'm still not sure what to do with the balances I had on 12/31/2020 in my Equity Accounts (Additional-Paid-In-Capital, Opening Balances, and Retained Earnings accounts) and how to add them to the beginning balances as of 01/01/2021. Could you clarify? Kind Regards *Jose A. Lorido III* Managing Director *Infrastructure Engineering & Procurement Company LLC (IEPCO)* *Continental International Supply Company (CISCO)* *FHC Atares Group LLC* 100 Edgewater Drive, #345 Coral Gables, FL 33133 Tel: (305) 215-5076 E-Mails: ie...@aol.com, ciscosup...@aol.com, fhcata...@gmail.com [image: GIFlogoColorSmall.gif] On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 1:07 PM Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, April 22, 2021 12:55 pm, Jose A. Lorido III wrote: > > Thanks David for your advice.. > > > > I was able to place the Opening Balances on my ASSET and LIABILITY > > accounts, but I cannot seem to be able to add the Opening Balances to my > > EQUITY accounts (Additional-Paid-In-Capital, Opening Balances, and > > Retained > > Earnings accounts). > > > > Can you help on how to place the Beginning Balances on these EQUITY > > accounts? > > It rarely makes sense to do that. You'd just be transferring from one > equity account to another, which wouldn't actually change your equity. > > If you NEED to do it, you can manually create it... Or you can adjust > your Asset and Liability O-B txns to split into the required equity > buckets. But really, if you're just starting your accounting, you > wouldn't have any retained earnings. > > > > > Thanks, > > -derek > > > > > > > Kind Regards > > *Jose A. Lorido III* > > Managing Director > > > > *Infrastructure Engineering & Procurement Company LLC (IEPCO)* > > *Continental International Supply Company (CISCO)* > > *FHC Atares Group LLC* > > 100 Edgewater Drive, #345 > > Coral Gables, FL 33133 > > Tel: (305) 215-5076 > > E-Mails: ie...@aol.com, ciscosup...@aol.com, fhcata...@gmail.com > > [image: GIFlogoColorSmall.gif] > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 12:26 PM D. wrote: > > > >> From the Tutorial & Concepts Guide, section 5.1: > >> > >> You can enter this [the opening balance] in the account information > >> window > >> automatically as part of the New Account Hierarchy Setup assistant, or > >> you > >> can enter a manual transaction directly in the account. To enter the > >> transaction manually, enter a transfer from an Opening Balances account > >> (type equity) to the bank account. > >> > >> HTH, > >> David T. > >> > >> > >> Original Message > >> From: "Jose A. Lorido III" > >> Sent: Thu Apr 22 11:37:01 EDT 2021 > >> To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> Cc: GnuCash-User , "Jose A. Lorido III" > >> < > >> ciscosup...@aol.com>, "Jose A Lorido, III" > >> Subject: [GNC] Inserting the Beginning Balances of Accounts in Gnucash > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I would like to utilize Gnucash for 2021, and have the balances of all > >> my > >> accounts as of 12/31/2020. > >> > >> Can anyone advise on how to insert these beginning balances into their > >> corresponding accounts? > >> > >> Any help would be greatly appreciated... > >> > >> > >> Kind Regards > >> *Jose A. Lorido III* > >> Managing Director > >> > >> *Infrastructure Engineering & Procurement Company LLC (IEPCO)* > >> *Continental International Supply Company (CISCO)* > >> *FHC Atares Group LLC* > >> 100 Edgewater Drive, #345 > >> Coral Gables, FL 33133 > >> Tel: (305) 215-5076 > >> E-Mails: ie...@aol.com, ciscosup...@aol.com, fhcata...@gmail.com > >> [image: GIFlogoColorSmall.gif] > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >> - > >> 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 > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > - > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > -- >Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 >de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com >Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
Re: [GNC] difficulties I am having
On Thu, April 22, 2021 1:26 pm, Glenn Fowler wrote: > Hi John, > > Can you please provide a link on the available command line switches and > syntax? I have searched everywhere and came up short. gnucash --help > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -derek -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] difficulties I am having
Hi John, Can you please provide a link on the available command line switches and syntax? I have searched everywhere and came up short. On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 12:34 PM John Ralls wrote: > > > > On Apr 21, 2021, at 3:51 PM, Jay Bouxsein wrote: > > > > I have been using GNUCASH for several years to basically track income and > > expenses for rental properties my wife and I own. I do not use it for > any > > other purposes, I enter all of our expenses and income and then produce > a P > > $ L report and send that to our accountant who keeps our historical books > > and prepares our tax returns. Obviously I could use a spreadsheet as my > > accountant suggested, but I really like your aids in completing the entry > > process, the plus and minus feature, and typing just the first few > > characters and so forth. > > > > In the past, we have done all of the data entry in March of the next > > year and it goes fast because we do not have a lot of units (less than > 10 ) > > and limited suppliers (less than 30). My procedure is to call up the > > program and it opens to a register automatically, displaying all of our > > transactions from the previous year and all I need to do is update the > date > > of the first transaction which by default is the current date. For > > example, the date displayed was April 21, 2021 and our first transaction > > was for January 2, 2020. All was going well until we got to March of > 2020 > > when I could not find an expense account and tried to add a new expense > > account and all hell broke loose. I could not get back to the account > > register data entry screen we always used. Eventually I figured out that > > the account that I thought was missing actually was not and what I had > done > > was to create a nearly duplicate account so I deleted the account that I > > had just created and then I was able to get a screen that looked just > like > > the one we always had, but we noticed some differences. > > > > On our old register screen we used to have a column for deposits to our > > checking account and checks written out of that account. Now our screen > > shows "Expense" in the column which used to have "Deposit" and "rebate" > has > > been substituted for the check amount. That does not seem right to me. I > > am 72 years old and actually was pretty good with the software which was > > available back in the 70's, 80's & 90's but not so much any more. I > have a > > feeling that my problem should be a simple one to fix, but my weakness in > > dealing with accounting software is holding me back. I should add that I > > do have a hard copy of a "transction report, Income statement and P > which > > I have attached to this email in the hope it will give you enough > > information to understand my missive. > > > > I thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. > > > > IIUC the difference is in the column headings in a register view. If > that's the case you're looking at an Expense (not Bank, which is what a > checking account should be) account in Register2 view. That's hard to do: > You have to start GnuCash with the --extra command-line option and open > registers from the Extensions>Reg2>Open Account menu item. > > But you chose to illustrate the problem with transaction reports from 2018 > and 2019 instead of a screen shot so I wonder if you really mean something > else. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > - > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Inserting the Beginning Balances of Accounts in Gnucash
Hi, On Thu, April 22, 2021 12:55 pm, Jose A. Lorido III wrote: > Thanks David for your advice.. > > I was able to place the Opening Balances on my ASSET and LIABILITY > accounts, but I cannot seem to be able to add the Opening Balances to my > EQUITY accounts (Additional-Paid-In-Capital, Opening Balances, and > Retained > Earnings accounts). > > Can you help on how to place the Beginning Balances on these EQUITY > accounts? It rarely makes sense to do that. You'd just be transferring from one equity account to another, which wouldn't actually change your equity. If you NEED to do it, you can manually create it... Or you can adjust your Asset and Liability O-B txns to split into the required equity buckets. But really, if you're just starting your accounting, you wouldn't have any retained earnings. > > Thanks, -derek > > > Kind Regards > *Jose A. Lorido III* > Managing Director > > *Infrastructure Engineering & Procurement Company LLC (IEPCO)* > *Continental International Supply Company (CISCO)* > *FHC Atares Group LLC* > 100 Edgewater Drive, #345 > Coral Gables, FL 33133 > Tel: (305) 215-5076 > E-Mails: ie...@aol.com, ciscosup...@aol.com, fhcata...@gmail.com > [image: GIFlogoColorSmall.gif] > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 12:26 PM D. wrote: > >> From the Tutorial & Concepts Guide, section 5.1: >> >> You can enter this [the opening balance] in the account information >> window >> automatically as part of the New Account Hierarchy Setup assistant, or >> you >> can enter a manual transaction directly in the account. To enter the >> transaction manually, enter a transfer from an Opening Balances account >> (type equity) to the bank account. >> >> HTH, >> David T. >> >> >> Original Message >> From: "Jose A. Lorido III" >> Sent: Thu Apr 22 11:37:01 EDT 2021 >> To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> Cc: GnuCash-User , "Jose A. Lorido III" >> < >> ciscosup...@aol.com>, "Jose A Lorido, III" >> Subject: [GNC] Inserting the Beginning Balances of Accounts in Gnucash >> >> Hello, >> >> I would like to utilize Gnucash for 2021, and have the balances of all >> my >> accounts as of 12/31/2020. >> >> Can anyone advise on how to insert these beginning balances into their >> corresponding accounts? >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated... >> >> >> Kind Regards >> *Jose A. Lorido III* >> Managing Director >> >> *Infrastructure Engineering & Procurement Company LLC (IEPCO)* >> *Continental International Supply Company (CISCO)* >> *FHC Atares Group LLC* >> 100 Edgewater Drive, #345 >> Coral Gables, FL 33133 >> Tel: (305) 215-5076 >> E-Mails: ie...@aol.com, ciscosup...@aol.com, fhcata...@gmail.com >> [image: GIFlogoColorSmall.gif] >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> - >> 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 > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Inserting the Beginning Balances of Accounts in Gnucash
Thanks David for your advice.. I was able to place the Opening Balances on my ASSET and LIABILITY accounts, but I cannot seem to be able to add the Opening Balances to my EQUITY accounts (Additional-Paid-In-Capital, Opening Balances, and Retained Earnings accounts). Can you help on how to place the Beginning Balances on these EQUITY accounts? Thanks, Kind Regards *Jose A. Lorido III* Managing Director *Infrastructure Engineering & Procurement Company LLC (IEPCO)* *Continental International Supply Company (CISCO)* *FHC Atares Group LLC* 100 Edgewater Drive, #345 Coral Gables, FL 33133 Tel: (305) 215-5076 E-Mails: ie...@aol.com, ciscosup...@aol.com, fhcata...@gmail.com [image: GIFlogoColorSmall.gif] On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 12:26 PM D. wrote: > From the Tutorial & Concepts Guide, section 5.1: > > You can enter this [the opening balance] in the account information window > automatically as part of the New Account Hierarchy Setup assistant, or you > can enter a manual transaction directly in the account. To enter the > transaction manually, enter a transfer from an Opening Balances account > (type equity) to the bank account. > > HTH, > David T. > > > Original Message > From: "Jose A. Lorido III" > Sent: Thu Apr 22 11:37:01 EDT 2021 > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Cc: GnuCash-User , "Jose A. Lorido III" < > ciscosup...@aol.com>, "Jose A Lorido, III" > Subject: [GNC] Inserting the Beginning Balances of Accounts in Gnucash > > Hello, > > I would like to utilize Gnucash for 2021, and have the balances of all my > accounts as of 12/31/2020. > > Can anyone advise on how to insert these beginning balances into their > corresponding accounts? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated... > > > Kind Regards > *Jose A. Lorido III* > Managing Director > > *Infrastructure Engineering & Procurement Company LLC (IEPCO)* > *Continental International Supply Company (CISCO)* > *FHC Atares Group LLC* > 100 Edgewater Drive, #345 > Coral Gables, FL 33133 > Tel: (305) 215-5076 > E-Mails: ie...@aol.com, ciscosup...@aol.com, fhcata...@gmail.com > [image: GIFlogoColorSmall.gif] > > > > > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > - > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] difficulties I am having
> On Apr 21, 2021, at 3:51 PM, Jay Bouxsein wrote: > > I have been using GNUCASH for several years to basically track income and > expenses for rental properties my wife and I own. I do not use it for any > other purposes, I enter all of our expenses and income and then produce a P > $ L report and send that to our accountant who keeps our historical books > and prepares our tax returns. Obviously I could use a spreadsheet as my > accountant suggested, but I really like your aids in completing the entry > process, the plus and minus feature, and typing just the first few > characters and so forth. > > In the past, we have done all of the data entry in March of the next > year and it goes fast because we do not have a lot of units (less than 10 ) > and limited suppliers (less than 30). My procedure is to call up the > program and it opens to a register automatically, displaying all of our > transactions from the previous year and all I need to do is update the date > of the first transaction which by default is the current date. For > example, the date displayed was April 21, 2021 and our first transaction > was for January 2, 2020. All was going well until we got to March of 2020 > when I could not find an expense account and tried to add a new expense > account and all hell broke loose. I could not get back to the account > register data entry screen we always used. Eventually I figured out that > the account that I thought was missing actually was not and what I had done > was to create a nearly duplicate account so I deleted the account that I > had just created and then I was able to get a screen that looked just like > the one we always had, but we noticed some differences. > > On our old register screen we used to have a column for deposits to our > checking account and checks written out of that account. Now our screen > shows "Expense" in the column which used to have "Deposit" and "rebate" has > been substituted for the check amount. That does not seem right to me. I > am 72 years old and actually was pretty good with the software which was > available back in the 70's, 80's & 90's but not so much any more. I have a > feeling that my problem should be a simple one to fix, but my weakness in > dealing with accounting software is holding me back. I should add that I > do have a hard copy of a "transction report, Income statement and P which > I have attached to this email in the hope it will give you enough > information to understand my missive. > > I thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. > IIUC the difference is in the column headings in a register view. If that's the case you're looking at an Expense (not Bank, which is what a checking account should be) account in Register2 view. That's hard to do: You have to start GnuCash with the --extra command-line option and open registers from the Extensions>Reg2>Open Account menu item. But you chose to illustrate the problem with transaction reports from 2018 and 2019 instead of a screen shot so I wonder if you really mean something else. Regards, John Ralls ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Inserting the Beginning Balances of Accounts in Gnucash
From the Tutorial & Concepts Guide, section 5.1: You can enter this [the opening balance] in the account information window automatically as part of the New Account Hierarchy Setup assistant, or you can enter a manual transaction directly in the account. To enter the transaction manually, enter a transfer from an Opening Balances account (type equity) to the bank account. HTH, David T. Original Message From: "Jose A. Lorido III" Sent: Thu Apr 22 11:37:01 EDT 2021 To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Cc: GnuCash-User , "Jose A. Lorido III" , "Jose A Lorido, III" Subject: [GNC] Inserting the Beginning Balances of Accounts in Gnucash Hello, I would like to utilize Gnucash for 2021, and have the balances of all my accounts as of 12/31/2020. Can anyone advise on how to insert these beginning balances into their corresponding accounts? Any help would be greatly appreciated... Kind Regards *Jose A. Lorido III* Managing Director *Infrastructure Engineering & Procurement Company LLC (IEPCO)* *Continental International Supply Company (CISCO)* *FHC Atares Group LLC* 100 Edgewater Drive, #345 Coral Gables, FL 33133 Tel: (305) 215-5076 E-Mails: ie...@aol.com, ciscosup...@aol.com, fhcata...@gmail.com [image: GIFlogoColorSmall.gif] ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Inserting the Beginning Balances of Accounts in Gnucash
Hello, I would like to utilize Gnucash for 2021, and have the balances of all my accounts as of 12/31/2020. Can anyone advise on how to insert these beginning balances into their corresponding accounts? Any help would be greatly appreciated... Kind Regards *Jose A. Lorido III* Managing Director *Infrastructure Engineering & Procurement Company LLC (IEPCO)* *Continental International Supply Company (CISCO)* *FHC Atares Group LLC* 100 Edgewater Drive, #345 Coral Gables, FL 33133 Tel: (305) 215-5076 E-Mails: ie...@aol.com, ciscosup...@aol.com, fhcata...@gmail.com [image: GIFlogoColorSmall.gif] ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] [MAINT] Unplanned network outage
Good morning GnuCashers, Just wanted to report on a (relatively short) unplanned network outage overnight. Around 12:30am US/ET my network went away. It came back around 1:15am. This was my upstream ISP doing some maintenance work. This is the same kind of maintenance that took me completely offline for hours in the past. The GOOD news is that my systems scripts handled the changes just fine and didn't get wedged! As a result of this outage I know the flatpak nightly build failed. I suspect the windows nightly build failed as well. I have not manually restarted them; new builds will happen tonight. Thanks, and have a great Thursday. Happy Earth Day! -derek -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Duplicate Trading Account Created in V4.5
Noticed the same behavior. No symbols or abbreviation were changed, the only change was upgrading to 4.5 -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
