Re: [GNC] How to record in-kind transfers?

2021-02-05 Thread David Newman
On 2/5/21 7:56 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > >> On Feb 5, 2021, at 6:42 PM, David Newman wrote: >> >> Greetings. How to record in-kind transfers of stock shares between >> brokerages? >> >> I've read the "Concept of Lots" document on the wiki multiple times, >> especially the "lot transfer"

Re: [GNC] How to record in-kind transfers?

2021-02-05 Thread John Ralls
> On Feb 5, 2021, at 6:42 PM, David Newman wrote: > > Greetings. How to record in-kind transfers of stock shares between > brokerages? > > I've read the "Concept of Lots" document on the wiki multiple times, > especially the "lot transfer" section, but don't understand how this > applies to

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Jean Laroche
For what it's worth, I tried to repro the problem, but failed to. So it's probably a bit of a tricky bug :( J. On 2/5/21 6:45 PM, David Carlson wrote: Adrien, thanks for your comments. I am a prolific user of SX's, I average several per day. The transaction count would not appear in the SLR

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread David Carlson
Adrien, thanks for your comments. I am a prolific user of SX's, I average several per day. The transaction count would not appear in the SLR dialog unless it only counted the ones that had already happened when the dialog appeared. Since most transactions appear only after being approved for

[GNC] How to record in-kind transfers?

2021-02-05 Thread David Newman
Greetings. How to record in-kind transfers of stock shares between brokerages? I've read the "Concept of Lots" document on the wiki multiple times, especially the "lot transfer" section, but don't understand how this applies to in-kind transfers of stocks. Thanks. dn

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 2/5/21 7:39 PM, David Carlson wrote> I want to start with "... will tell me on start up that it has created x number of scheduled txns. I can see the change in value in the register but not the actual txn." Where does GnuCash display that number? I have never seen such a summary transaction

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread David Carlson
First I agree that there is some mysterious behavior with scheduled transactions but it is very hard to pin down the problem. I suspect that only a step by step detailed log of what the GnuCash Since Last Run wizard is doing would actually tell us what is wrong, but detailed descriptions may

Re: [GNC] Trouble getting stock quotes from TSX

2021-02-05 Thread Cam Ellison
On 2021-02-05 15:23, Geoff wrote: Hi Gord You are not doing anything wrong. The data sources / web pages used by Finance Quote are constantly changing, and unless someone rolls up their sleeves and puts in the work to fix it, we end up in this situation with a number of sources broken,

Re: [GNC] Trouble getting stock quotes from TSX

2021-02-05 Thread Geoff
Hi Gord You are not doing anything wrong. The data sources / web pages used by Finance Quote are constantly changing, and unless someone rolls up their sleeves and puts in the work to fix it, we end up in this situation with a number of sources broken, including TSX. Regards Geoff =

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Jack Slater
I'm referring to the specific settings found in Edit of that scheduled transaction. On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 5:00 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > On 2/5/21 4:15 PM, Jack Slater wrote: > > This is my original post (at bottom of this thread) > > > > Today is 2/4/21.

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Jack Slater
Correct. On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 4:55 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > I don't think you are. I think we're talking about two different things. > > I agree, once fired, the transaction should be visible in the affected > registers, presuming you don't have a

[GNC] Trouble getting stock quotes from TSX

2021-02-05 Thread gnu Gord
Is anyone using the stock quotes in GnuCash from the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange)? I can not get it to work. I have it working from Yahoo but not the TSX. I tried testing it using gnc-fq-dump and did not have any more luck. It seems to work if I use Yahoo but not the TSX. I don't know what I'm

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 2/5/21 4:15 PM, Jack Slater wrote: This is my original post (at bottom of this thread) Today is 2/4/21. Transaction scheduled for the 5th of every month. Looking at Scheduled Transactions, it reads Last Occurance 2/5/21. Transaction options are set to Create Automatically and Create 3 days

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I don't think you are. I think we're talking about two different things. I agree, once fired, the transaction should be visible in the affected registers, presuming you don't have a filtered view active that his hiding it. Regards, Adrien On 2/5/21 4:10 PM, Jack Slater wrote: Why would I

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I agree as well. I was replying specifically to Christina's post. Perhaps I misread it. You won't automatically see the transactions for review unless you have it set up to both notify you and then click that checkbox. But certainly even without notification or review, the transactions

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Jack Slater
Yep I sure get that and I'm all in to make it as good as it can be. Suffice to say, the small functionality that I use for home finance is really terrific and I s appreciate folks that contribute to the coding. On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 4:20 PM Michael or Penny Novack <

Re: [GNC] 4.4 slow

2021-02-05 Thread David H
Running GnuCash 4.4 on Big Sur 11.2, seems about the same except the save time has blown out by about a factor of 10 (i.e. from a few seconds to about 30-40 seconds), whereas Ubuntu and Win 10 are as speedy as ever. I put it down to something in Big Sur - I have issues with my Logitech mouse as

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 2/5/2021 4:54 PM, Jack Slater wrote: Interesting. Sure seems like a bug to me. But that's why good to post HERE (in the users' help list). The FIRST step is to confirm that there are other users who have scheduled transactions and whether they have seen this behavior. If not, if

Re: [GNC] installling online quotes in Windows 10

2021-02-05 Thread Geoff
Also this person was experiencing a problem with internet access from the command line - read the second last post in the thread for their solution. http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GNC-Finance-quote-troubleshooting-tc4721374.html#a4721479 Good luck! Geoff = On 6/02/2021 7:38 am,

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Jack Slater
This is my original post (at bottom of this thread) Today is 2/4/21. Transaction scheduled for the 5th of every month. Looking at Scheduled Transactions, it reads Last Occurance 2/5/21. Transaction options are set to Create Automatically and Create 3 days in advance. No transaction listed in

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Jack Slater
Agree. On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 4:08 PM Jean Laroche wrote: > But it's a bug that you have to go through these steps, right? (i.e., > that they don't show in the register unless you close GC then open it > again). > > On 2/5/21 2:04 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > Be sure for each transaction

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Jean Laroche
Can you describe how your scheduled trans is setup? x days in advance? enter automatically? On the nth of the month or specific date? Any info to help repro the problem. Jean On 2/5/21 2:08 PM, Jack Slater wrote: I doubt I can reproduce since I'm sure the dates and settings contribute to the

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Jack Slater
Why would I want to have to perform another task for a scheduled transaction? Seems redundant to me. Better to fix the problem it seems to me unless I'm totally missing something. On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 4:05 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Be sure for each

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Jack Slater
I doubt I can reproduce since I'm sure the dates and settings contribute to the error. I'm guessing that if I start GnuC now it will be there. I think the bug isi in the timing with the date and lead time. My specific actions/results are in my first email. On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 4:02 PM Jean

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Jean Laroche
But it's a bug that you have to go through these steps, right? (i.e., that they don't show in the register unless you close GC then open it again). On 2/5/21 2:04 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Be sure for each transaction you want to see, you have the 'Notify me when created' check box marked.

Re: [GNC] installling online quotes in Windows 10

2021-02-05 Thread Geoff
Hi David Have a read of this thread: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GNC-Configuring-Automatic-Retrieval-Quotes-error-tc4723859.html You may need to do the installs running as Administrator. Regards Geoff = On 6/02/2021 7:38 am, David Carlson wrote: I just tried to install online

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Be sure for each transaction you want to see, you have the 'Notify me when created' check box marked. Then when the Since Last Run dialog pops up on starting GnuCash (or manually run) there is a checkbox at the bottom of that window to "Review created transactions". Check it, then click the

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Jean Laroche
This is very strange, if you could do a simple repro, step by step, I could take a look at it. It definitely looks like a bug. Jean On 2/5/21 1:54 PM, Jack Slater wrote: Interesting. Sure seems like a bug to me. On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 3:38 PM Christina Martin wrote: FWIW for about the

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Jack Slater
Interesting. Sure seems like a bug to me. On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 3:38 PM Christina Martin wrote: > FWIW for about the last 18 months to 2 years, mine will tell me on start > up > that it has created x number of scheduled txns. I can see the change in > value in the register but not the actual

Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transaction Mystery?

2021-02-05 Thread Christina Martin
FWIW for about the last 18 months to 2 years, mine will tell me on start up that it has created x number of scheduled txns. I can see the change in value in the register but not the actual txn. They didn't seem to actually display until something else happened and I could never figure out what

[GNC] installling online quotes in Windows 10

2021-02-05 Thread David Carlson
I just tried to install online quotes for GnuCash 4.4 in Win10 home. It failed to install Strawberry Perl because it did not have permission to install programs. So then I tried to run the installer with administrator privileges and it failed because it could not access the internet (?) though

Re: [GNC] 4.4 slow

2021-02-05 Thread R. Victor Klassen
It definitely does beachball long enough. Might be able to get a profile. It’s been in check and repair for a bit over 2 hrs now so I am guessing any further probing will be Monday. For what It’s worth it was in excess of 7 minutes of CPU time last time I started (from a crash). Minimal

Re: [GNC] 4.4 slow

2021-02-05 Thread John Ralls
Does it beachball long enough to get a process sample out of Activity Monitor? Better yet, do you know your way around Xcode well enough to get a time profile? Regards, John Ralls > On Feb 5, 2021, at 9:57 AM, R. Victor Klassen wrote: > > I should also say I’m using the SQLite back end. 90%

Re: [GNC] 4.4 slow

2021-02-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Is the file local (on the same drive as GnuCash)? Spinning HD or SSD? Regards, Adrien On 2/5/21 11:57 AM, R. Victor Klassen wrote: I should also say I’m using the SQLite back end. 90% or more of what I do passes though the business features. When I say entering an invoice line is slow I

Re: [GNC] 4.4 slow

2021-02-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Something definitely wrong there. Hopefully Check & Repair will resolve it, otherwise, you have a puzzle to solve. Regards, Adrien On 2/5/21 11:57 AM, R. Victor Klassen wrote: I should also say I’m using the SQLite back end. 90% or more of what I do passes though the business features. When

Re: [GNC] 4.4 slow

2021-02-05 Thread R. Victor Klassen
I should also say I’m using the SQLite back end. 90% or more of what I do passes though the business features. When I say entering an invoice line is slow I mean that when I hit tab to get past the last entry and start a new one I sometimes see the spinning lollipop. Trying check and repair

Re: [GNC] RUNNING BALANCES

2021-02-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I have noticed it, and that was exactly what I wanted, the balance of the *account* as of those transactions, that is, a 'balance forward' type situation at the beginning. To be clear, you want a running balance of the transactions, starting from zero, not the actual account balance as of

Re: [GNC] Receivable Aging Report no longer lets you select receivables account in gnucash 4.4

2021-02-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Phil, The report was completely re-written Summer '19 and made it into the Experimental menu in October. I think by early '20 it finally replaced the originals. (AR and AP) You should no longer need that option. (and it didn't work right anyway) If you have vendors or customers with

Re: [GNC] 4.4 slow

2021-02-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
And on that note, it is always recommended when stepping between major versions to run Actions > Check & Repair > Check & Repair All. (which should accomplish such data translations all in one go) I forgot to add that I'm using the SQLite backend. Not sure if that makes a difference.

Re: [GNC] 4.4 slow

2021-02-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Hard to say for sure. I'll add that I'm using 4.4 on 10.15.7 (Catalina) with very reasonable if not snappy performance. I certainly haven't noticed any lags. (I use it daily) Regards, Adrien On 2/5/21 10:01 AM, R. Victor Klassen wrote: So I finally decided to upgrade from 2.6.21, and

Re: [GNC] 4.4 slow

2021-02-05 Thread David Reiser via gnucash-user
My memory is a bit fuzzy, but version 4 made some significant changes to (I think) a number of key-value structures in the database. The first time you open version 4, it has to convert all the old values (if you have done lots of transaction importing, that’s a big contributor). If you quit

[GNC] 4.4 slow

2021-02-05 Thread R. Victor Klassen
So I finally decided to upgrade from 2.6.21, and downloaded 4.4 for Mac. I had read something about faster startup times. Well I am unconvinced about that part. But worse still, it regularly has long delays when entering lines in an invoice or posting it. I think I would have heard lots of