Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I agree, the behavior should not be changed, but perhaps the UI could be improved if people aren't realizing what is going on. Of course, there is a responsibility for the user to learn the software, how it works, and pay attention to things. (such as noticing last run and next occurrence

Re: [GNC] Can't find the file sometimes

2022-04-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That would tell me you moved the file using Finder. You can say 'yes' to remove it from the list if you like. When you choose File > Open and find its new location, GnuCash will add it back to the list with the new path. If you move data files, GnuCash will give you this message. If you want

Re: [GNC] Can't find the file sometimes

2022-04-12 Thread davidcousens49
Heide, The recommended procedure when updating GnuCash from an old version to a newer version is to first update to the last minor version of the major series number , e.g. for 2.6 this is I think either 2.6.19 or 2.6.21 before up grading to the 3.x series. If you are up grading to version 4.xyou

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation discrepancies

2022-04-12 Thread davidcousens49
Rich, One possible cause for this is a transaction (or more) accidentally entered since the time you were last getting correct reconciliations at a date sometime in the past. This has occurred for me sometimes when I have mistyped a date entry, particularly the year, on entry. e.g date went in as

Re: [GNC] Auto-save failure

2022-04-12 Thread Tommy Trussell
On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 11:56 AM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > In Preferences > General there are some Auto-Save options. > > If those are set correctly, then something else is amiss. > > Unfortunately, if you've already re-started GnuCash, the Tracefile was >

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread David Carlson
When you open the scheduled transaction in the transaction editor, you get hit in the face with the listing of the last occurred date under the Occurrences section. I think that pretty obviously suggests that the next occurrence will follow the defined sequence from that date unless it is edited.

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread Stan Brown
On 2022-04-12 11:59, Glenn Fowler wrote: > However, I do agree with the OP in that you would think the expected > behavior would be to pause when disabled, and then when reenabled to not go > back to prior to that point. I wouldn't think that. If I re-enable a scheduled transaction, keeping the

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread Glenn Fowler
I'm sure most users, accountants, and bookkeepers would agree scheduled transactions are *future* transactions. I think that's the issue... developers think as developers instead of thinking as users or accountants. I remember doing beta for an app years ago and my wife found a major bug that

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 4/12/22 11:59, Glenn Fowler wrote: Thanks Gyle, that saves some steps. However, I do agree with the OP in that you would think the expected behavior would be to pause when disabled, and then when reenabled to not go back to prior to that point. How far back?  How far in the future?  That's

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/12/2022 3:07 PM, Dale Alspach wrote: Unless one lives in a science fiction world with time travel available one does not normally *schedule* something to occur in the past. :) If this is kept as a feature then perhaps the name should be changed to "automatic transaction creation tool".

[GNC] Can't find the file sometimes

2022-04-12 Thread Heide Wang
I just updated from my Gnucash 2.6 to 4.9. Where can I find the update instruction for 4.9? I know the basic is same as the old 2.6. I kept two set of account on Gnucash, sometime I can go to the file to switch account, but sometime when I switch, it said " the file xx.Guncash file could

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread Dale Alspach
Unless one lives in a science fiction world with time travel available one does not normally *schedule* something to occur in the past. :) If this is kept as a feature then perhaps the name should be changed to "automatic transaction creation tool". Dale On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 11:32 AM Michael

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread Glenn Fowler
Thanks Gyle, that saves some steps. However, I do agree with the OP in that you would think the expected behavior would be to pause when disabled, and then when reenabled to not go back to prior to that point. On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 1:34 PM Gyle McCollam wrote: > > > You don't have to delete

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread Gyle McCollam
You don't have to delete and create a new one, just change the start date in the one you have. Sent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Glenn Fowler Date: 4/12/22 1:03 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Dale Alspach Cc: GnuCash-User Subject: Re: [GNC] Scheduled

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation discrepancies

2022-04-12 Thread Derek Atkins
On Tue, April 12, 2022 12:58 pm, R. Victor Klassen wrote: >> On Apr 12, 2022, at 10:20 AM, David T. wrote: >> >> Reconciled entries *are* marked read only. If you aren't getting a >> notice on editing, it's because you told gnucash not to notify you any >> more. That can be reset somewhere in

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread Glenn Fowler
I'm glad I saw this post as I have a disabled scheduled transaction that I was getting ready to renable myself. I guess the solution would be to delete the recurring and enter a new one. I would have also expected that enabling would start that day time otherwise what would a disable button

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
This sounds like a good case of not auto-creating them, but rather approving them each time. There are options for this. Regards, Adrien On 4/12/22 9:55 AM, Dale Alspach wrote: I had a scheduled transfer to savings that I disabled for a few months. When I re-enabled the scheduled transfer I

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation discrepancies

2022-04-12 Thread R. Victor Klassen
Well that would implicate data corruption Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2022, at 10:20 AM, David T. wrote: > > Reconciled entries *are* marked read only. If you aren't getting a notice on > editing, it's because you told gnucash not to notify you any more. That can > be reset somewhere

Re: [GNC] Auto-save failure

2022-04-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
In Preferences > General there are some Auto-Save options. If those are set correctly, then something else is amiss. Unfortunately, if you've already re-started GnuCash, the Tracefile was overwritten, so if there is info there to help, it is gone. I take note you're using the Flatpak. This

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation discrepancies

2022-04-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Do you by chance have sub-accounts at play, and are you including them in the reconcile? Sub-accounts *shouldn't* matter because 'if done correctly' they shouldn't affect the parent balance, and serve just as a segregation/classification tool. But the caveat is that transactions there might be

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/12/2022 10:55 AM, Dale Alspach wrote: I had a scheduled transfer to savings that I disabled for a few months. When I re-enabled the scheduled transfer I did not change the start date. I was very surprised to find that when it ran that it entered transactions for all of the months when it

[GNC] Scheduled transactions feature or bug?

2022-04-12 Thread Dale Alspach
I had a scheduled transfer to savings that I disabled for a few months. When I re-enabled the scheduled transfer I did not change the start date. I was very surprised to find that when it ran that it entered transactions for all of the months when it was disabled. Automatically altering the past

[GNC] Auto-save failure

2022-04-12 Thread Dale Alspach
I recently had an unpleasant surprise. I rarely restart my computer so gnucash is open for several weeks at a time. For over three weeks gnucash had not saved the main file. Fortunately playing the log file did a pretty good job of recovering. My question is what would suddenly stop the auto-save

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation discrepancies

2022-04-12 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Reconciled entries *are* marked read only. If you aren't getting a notice on editing, it's because you told gnucash not to notify you any more. That can be reset somewhere in the preferences. David On April 12, 2022 5:25:51 AM PDT, "R. Victor Klassen" wrote: >I run into such issues once in

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation discrepancies

2022-04-12 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 12 Apr 2022, Liz wrote: By looking at such a small number of transactions it is possible to find whatever the errors are. I too have been on Gnucash for a couple of decades, but still found 4 errors in one file this March, payments not entered as received, and digit transposition.

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation discrepancies

2022-04-12 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 12 Apr 2022, Alan A Holmes wrote: I had a problem with reconciling just over a year ago. It happened on 2 separate occasions. My workflow to reconcile on both occasions was :- ... It only happened the twice. I still follow the workflow in steps 1-5 now, but don't have the problem

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation discrepancies

2022-04-12 Thread R. Victor Klassen
I run into such issues once in every one or two blue moons. The starting balance is off. I’ve reconciled successfully the previous month, but something somehow (dis)appeared in the meantime. I assume it disappeared, although the symptoms could be generated by something appearing. I hope it’s

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation discrepancies

2022-04-12 Thread Liz
On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:36:41 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: > Every now and then one of my bank accounts doesn't reconcile because > what the bank shows differs from what GnuCash shows. The amounts are > significant. What puzzles me is that the previous month's balances > (bank and GC) match

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation discrepancies

2022-04-12 Thread Alan A Holmes
Hi Rich, I had a problem with reconciling just over a year ago. It happened on 2 separate occasions. My workflow to reconcile on both occasions was :- 1. Open the bank statement, and copy the closing balance. 2. Open the appropriate account in GnuCash. 3. Click the reconcile icon. 4. Enter the

Re: [GNC] Problem reinstalling

2022-04-12 Thread Alan A Holmes
Hi Shevach, All you’ve done is removed the Start Menu shortcut. If you open File Explorer and navigate to see if you have a folder called C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin and within that a file called gnucash.exe. If you have then the GnuCash software is installed in the normal default