Re: [GNC] some of my reconciliations in 3.9 are completely bonkers

2020-03-31 Thread Christopher Lam
This is due to https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797640 This change modifies the reconciliation starting balance calculator from Account->reconciled_balance to account->reconciled_balance on statement date. The reasoning for this change is with the observation: (A) if reconciliation is

Re: [GNC] How to export the security list for importing to other Gnucash files

2020-03-31 Thread David Cousens
AFAIK there is currently no way to export the security database from GnuCash. The data is contained in the main GnuCash XML datafile between tags as follows: ASX COL Coles Group 1 . Presumably the main data file can be edited with a general text editor and the relevant entries

[GNC] How to export the security list for importing to other Gnucash files

2020-03-31 Thread davygc
New user here. After I define new securities using \Tools\Security Editor and enter all the necessary information for online quote, is there a way to backup all these entries to a file so that I can reuse these securities for another set of Gnucash Files. Thanks. -- Sent from:

[GNC] some of my reconciliations in 3.9 are completely bonkers

2020-03-31 Thread David Reiser via gnucash-user
My checking account reconciled fine. Then I went to two savings accounts and got completely off-the-wall results. When I first clicked the reconcile button, the dialog that comes up has the correct starting balance and the correct proposed to-be-reconciled balance. When I click OK to get to the

Re: [GNC] Printed Reports Being Cutoff

2020-03-31 Thread Roderick Anderson
On 3/31/20 6:56 PM, Keith Fetterman wrote: Hi David, Thanks for the feedback. I tested exporting as PDF. It has the same problem. It cut’s off account names in the same place as the printed report. Your suggestion gave me an idea. I discovered that when I export the file as an html

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.9 still has problems with Budget ?

2020-03-31 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Negative from the perspective of the source account, not from the perspective of the liability. The same is true of expenses. In the budget module, your amounts should all be positive for savings(assets), income, expenses and payments on liabilities. 1. Budget your income 2. Budget the

Re: [GNC] Printed Reports Being Cutoff

2020-03-31 Thread Keith Fetterman
Hi David, Thanks for the feedback. I tested exporting as PDF. It has the same problem. It cut’s off account names in the same place as the printed report. Your suggestion gave me an idea. I discovered that when I export the file as an html file and print it, it does not cut off the account

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.9 still has problems with Budget ?

2020-03-31 Thread Long
Jim, When you made a payment to liability, the amount are negative. Regards -- 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

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.9 still has problems with Budget ?

2020-03-31 Thread Jim Passmore
Long, Just started to look at 3.9 myself. There have been some updates to the budgeting module and it looks like you should now enter outflows to credit cards and similar accounts as positive. In that case, I think your remaining amount will be zero. Putting in a negative "outflow" to liability

Re: [GNC] Backdated manual price entries

2020-03-31 Thread Chris Good
Message: 5 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:01:25 -0500 From: David Carlson To: James Edmunds Cc: "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" Subject: Re: [GNC] Backdated manual price entries Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Jimmy, Are you using the Price Database editor? That doesn't

Re: [GNC] Printed Reports Being Cutoff

2020-03-31 Thread David Carlson
That is a well-known problem that cannot be fixed easily within the GnuCash program. Many of us use some combination of exporting as PDF or printing to PDF and then opening in a better quality PDF viewer and printing from there. David Carlson On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 4:53 PM Keith Fetterman

[GNC] Printed Reports Being Cutoff

2020-03-31 Thread Keith Fetterman
When I print an income statement that spans multiple pages, the accounts are getting cut off at the bottom and top of the printed pages. I experimented with changing the scale Page Setup tab on the print dialog, but it doesn’t help. Anyone have ideas on how to prevent the lines from being

Re: [GNC] Backdated manual price entries

2020-03-31 Thread David Carlson
Jimmy, Are you using the Price Database editor? That doesn't even know whether you own shares. On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 9:13 AM James Edmunds wrote: > I use F:Q 1.49 and GNC 2.6.12 running on Ubuntu 16.04 . I upgraded from > Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 in August 2019 , During the upgrade I removed

Re: [GNC] Find in General Journal

2020-03-31 Thread Bruce Irving via gnucash-user
Thank you, David.  I learn by trial and error and I hadn't tried that trick. Bruce Preach the Gospel wherever you go. If necessary, use words. On Monday, March 30, 2020, 3:24:49 PM MDT, David H wrote: Don't know about your General Ledger issue but I just left click and drag tabs

[GNC] Backdated manual price entries

2020-03-31 Thread James Edmunds
I use F:Q 1.49 and GNC 2.6.12 running on Ubuntu 16.04 . I upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 in August 2019 , During the upgrade I removed the existing GNC 2.6.12 ( from Ubuntu 14.04 ) using the Ubuntu Software Centre and installed GNC 2.6.12 ( from Ubuntu 16.04 ) using the Ubuntu Software