Re: [GNC] Will the file myStuff.gnucash work on Linux & Windows machines?

2020-10-11 Thread Stan Brown
On 2020-10-11 17:23, David H wrote: > I should perhaps add I'm assuming you save the file in the default xml > format :-) I'm also using Dropbox and FreeFileSync to sync the file on > whatever pc I happen to be in front off at the time > > On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 10:10, David H wrote: >> I

Re: [GNC] Issues with Balance Sheet report in 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread Christopher Lam
Always easier to post screenshots, with appropriately placed smudges. Also post screenshots of the report options. On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 at 23:15, mike823 wrote: > I definitely do not understand what you are trying to say. > > - Are talking about "Balance Sheet (eguile)" report or "Balance

[GNC] GNUCash 3.x and 4.x compatibility

2020-10-11 Thread Kevin Exton
Hi All, I normally use GNUCash 3.x on Debian 10 (Just whatever is currently in the stable repositories to make my life easy). Recently I have a need to also use GNUCash on a Windows machine. Are there compatibility issues between GNUCash 3.x and 4.x if I run them on the same data backed up in

Re: [GNC] Issues with Balance Sheet report in 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread Peter West
> - "CoA" is an acronim for what ? Chart of Accounts -- Peter West p...@pbw.id.au “‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.” ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] how to track home equity with mortgage loan Gnucash 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread pyz01
Sorry - forgot to copy the group From: py...@cox.net Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 6:30 PM To: 'Nathan Falco' Subject: RE: [GNC] how to track home equity with mortgage loan Gnucash 4.2 z- Increase or Decrease in Assets (main account) Property value increase or decrease (sub

Re: [GNC] Will the file myStuff.gnucash work on Linux & Windows machines?

2020-10-11 Thread David H
3 is the limit for the Dropbox free version... Cheers David H. On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 12:27, David Cousens wrote: > Fran > > You can use the Insync program form https://www.insynchq.com/ to > synchronize a Google Drive or MS One Drive on Linux machines. > > As well as FreeFileSync, Unison >

Re: [GNC] Will the file myStuff.gnucash work on Linux & Windows machines?

2020-10-11 Thread David H
1. Dropbox syncs between the cloud and the local pc's automagically for me so a copy of the updated file is always copied down to the local pc into the Dropbox folder when the pc is turned on. 2. I run FreeFileSync manually on demand to just sync the data file in my local Dropbox folder with my

Re: [GNC] Will the file myStuff.gnucash work on Linux & Windows machines?

2020-10-11 Thread David Cousens
Fran You can use the Insync program form https://www.insynchq.com/ to synchronize a Google Drive or MS One Drive on Linux machines. As well as FreeFileSync, Unison (https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/) also does file synchronizing between machines using ssh over a network. I requires

Re: [GNC] Issues with Balance Sheet report in 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 10/11/2020 7:13 PM, mike823 wrote: I definitely do not understand what you are trying to say. - Are talking about "Balance Sheet (eguile)" report or "Balance Sheet"? - You are using "nesting" term in context of report options but there is no such option. - "CoA" is an acronim for what ?

Re: [GNC] Will the file myStuff.gnucash work on Linux & Windows machines?

2020-10-11 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
David, you may have just solved one of our problems. Google Drive doesn't offer a sync feature for Linux, as far as I can find. 1 - I'm assuming you sync between your Dropbox account and yourlocal Linux or Windows PC... right? 2 - Does FreeFileSync auto sync to each computer or do you have to

Re: [GNC] Will the file myStuff.gnucash work on Linux & Windows machines?

2020-10-11 Thread David H
Fran, I should perhaps add I'm assuming you save the file in the default xml format :-) I'm also using Dropbox and FreeFileSync to sync the file on whatever pc I happen to be in front off at the time Cheers David H. On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 10:10, David H wrote: > I have been using the

Re: [GNC] Will the file myStuff.gnucash work on Linux & Windows machines?

2020-10-11 Thread David H
I have been using the same Gnucash file on Win 7, Win 10, Ubuntu Linux & MacOS Big Sur without issue so yes. Cheers David H On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 10:04 am, Fran_3 via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Given a GnuCash file myStuff.gnucash... > Can that file be shared and worked

[GNC] Will the file myStuff.gnucash work on Linux & Windows machines?

2020-10-11 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
Given a GnuCash file myStuff.gnucash... Can that file be shared and worked on on both a Windows 10 machine and a Linux Mint 20.0 Cinnamon machine? Or does GnuCash save the two files differently for Windows 10 and Linux Mint? (In our case the .gnucash file lives in the cloud so either computer can

Re: [GNC] Issues with Balance Sheet report in 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread mike823
I definitely do not understand what you are trying to say. - Are talking about "Balance Sheet (eguile)" report or "Balance Sheet"? - You are using "nesting" term in context of report options but there is no such option. - "CoA" is an acronim for what ? The issues I have mentioned are

Re: [GNC] Issues with Balance Sheet report in 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread mike823
"Include accounts with zero balances" & "Omit zero balance figures" both unchecked. It does not make any difference if I change them / any combination checked - unchecked. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html

Re: [GNC] how to track home equity with mortgage loan Gnucash 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread David Cousens
Nathan First thing is withdrawals from your bank account in your books are credits not debits. They will appear on the bank statement as debits but that is because in the banks books your account is a liability. The equity in the home is given by the difference between the balances of the

Re: [GNC] how to track home equity with mortgage loan Gnucash 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread pyz01
Nathan -- I think you might be overthinking it a little. Here is a neat trick that may help -- Here is what I did: My Home - Property (Equity) main account -- no entries Property value (subaccount) --- only periodic entries when I want to evaluate value of the property (adjust up or

Re: [GNC] Issues with Balance Sheet report in 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread David H
As Michael said check ALL report options particularly the ones on the Display tab - you may have set it to not include accounts with zero total balances or similar ? Cheers David H. On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 03:23, Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 10/11/2020 11:14

[GNC] how to track home equity with mortgage loan Gnucash 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread Nathan Falco
Hello, I am a "knee deep" Gnucash user meaning I have a fair grasp of the basic accounting principles and functions of the program. I successfully added my house as a fixed asset, and added my mortgage as a liability. I have also set up my mortgage payments as a scheduled transaction between

Re: [GNC] Issues with Balance Sheet report in 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 10/11/2020 11:14 AM, mike823 wrote: I also looked into the "Balance Sheet (eguile)" report as well and while this one does indenting properly and shows all subaccount levels, it does not allow account selection. I think you misunderstood me. a) Start the Balance Sheet report (select it)

Re: [GNC] Issues with Balance Sheet report in 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread mike823
I also looked into the "Balance Sheet (eguile)" report as well and while this one does indenting properly and shows all subaccount levels, it does not allow account selection. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html

Re: [GNC] Issues with Balance Sheet report in 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread mike823
If you are referring to "Levels of Subaccounts" setting from Accounts options tab, it is set to 6. The balances I am trying to report are usually one or two levels lower. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html

Re: [GNC] Issues with Balance Sheet report in 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
First question (before we look deeper) To what level of nesting have you set for this report? We want to make sure you have set that high enough so that the levels of nesting you expect would be shown. I believe the default nesting level is three. So ... confirm for us that you have used

[GNC] Issues with Balance Sheet report in 4.2

2020-10-11 Thread mike823
Hi everyone, I have noticed a couple of bugs in Balance Sheet report in GnuCash 4.2: 1. some subaccounts seem to be missing randomly. Let's say that for an subaccount of level 5, I would expect to see all accounts of higher level above, like this: account-of-level-0 account-of-level-1