Re: [GNC] Setting up online banking finishes without success or error...

2022-07-19 Thread David Reiser via gnucash-user
> On Jul 19, 2022, at 10:57 PM, Jeffrey Bush wrote: > > I am setting up OFX-DirectConnect backend in GnuCash and I enter all of the > information for the user and when I get to the end it asks you to request > the account list. I do that and the resulting output says: > > 22:34:28 Sending

Re: [GNC] Revising an old Gnucash file

2022-07-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Tom, forgive me if I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to accomplish. (based on the initial direction of some of the replies, perhaps I am not grasping the original question properly.) But what do you mean by "ignore accounts"? If you have any data in GnuCash, it *is* double entry.

[GNC] Setting up online banking finishes without success or error...

2022-07-19 Thread Jeffrey Bush
I am setting up OFX-DirectConnect backend in GnuCash and I enter all of the information for the user and when I get to the end it asks you to request the account list. I do that and the resulting output says: 22:34:28 Sending request... 22:34:28 Using GnuTLS default ciphers. 22:34:28 TLS:

Re: [GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing

2022-07-19 Thread Geoff
[Apologies to David T for diverting this thread.] FYI my main data file is 36MB on disc (XML format) and GnuCash has 85MB of RAM allocated when I open it. It typically takes about 15 seconds to start up and open, and about 3 seconds to save to disc (SATA SSD). Windows 10, 8GB RAM, Intel

Re: [GNC] Revising an old Gnucash file

2022-07-19 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Tom, I only have personal accounts and have several download options at most of them. Your idea of keeping a copy 0 safe and editing copy 1 seems reasonable but with 15 years of data do you have an effective way to get rid of unwanted transactions? How many years do you want to reformat and

Re: [GNC] Revising an old Gnucash file

2022-07-19 Thread Terence Love
Being able to transfer bank transaction data is a godsend. I've found QIF file format more reliable to transfer transaction data from financial institutions - except for from PayPal. The Gnucash process isn't super obvious but works well. The auto recognition of same transactions is excellent. An

Re: [GNC] Revising an old Gnucash file

2022-07-19 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 16:57 wrote: > Tom, > > You can make accounts hidden. Edit the account in the Account tab and > select the > hidden button in the dialogue. You can always then use the right click in > the > Accounts tab, select Find Account and unhide them in future. If you delete > an >

Re: [GNC] Revising an old Gnucash file

2022-07-19 Thread davidcousens49
Tom, You can make accounts hidden. Edit the account in the Account tab and select the hidden button in the dialogue. You can always then use the right click in the Accounts tab, select Find Account and unhide them in future. If you delete an account you can choose another account for any splits

Re: [GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing

2022-07-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I wasn't trying to cause you work, just offering ideas on tracking down the cause. Eliminating variables is part of that process. Lots of tabs and especially reports open = variables. I'm going to hazard there is a report that feeds off one of those registers (likely the one you are

Re: [GNC] Revising an old Gnucash file

2022-07-19 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 15:52 Phyllis Bruce wrote: > > Tom, best wishes! I had to abandon Microsoft Money after 30 years. I > suggest you do as I did, even though you've been using GC. Thanks, Po. I'm too lazy to start over again, but I'm sure your method is probably the best (and maybe less

Re: [GNC] Revising an old Gnucash file

2022-07-19 Thread David Carlson
Yes, when OFX or QFX works it is a lot easier. Alas, some financial institutions do not offer either of those formats and there are a small number of institutions that do not follow the format rigorously enough to be useful without some or a lot of pre or post processing during the import. Also,

Re: [GNC] Revising an old Gnucash file

2022-07-19 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 15:51 David Carlson wrote: > I would develop a plan that would probably include some limited steps of > improvement with backups between steps. Now that there is a way to export > and import transactions via CSV between files if there is enough > commonality to make it

Re: [GNC] Revising an old Gnucash file

2022-07-19 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Tom, best wishes! I had to abandon Microsoft Money after 30 years. I suggest you do as I did, even though you've been using GC. Create a new file and start with 2022. Keep your old file for historical data. Import data from banks and savings accounts and create your account structure as you

Re: [GNC] Revising an old Gnucash file

2022-07-19 Thread David Carlson
I would develop a plan that would probably include some limited steps of improvement with backups between steps. Now that there is a way to export and import transactions via CSV between files if there is enough commonality to make it worthwhile for a few dozen transactions or so, at least, that

Re: [GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing

2022-07-19 Thread David Carlson
My data file is so big that it seems to tie up 1.5 gigs of Ram or more when open, so most of my computers cannot run a web browser simultaneously with GnuCash without using swap space and grinding down to a crawl. Even on my highest performance machines it takes several seconds to save but I

[GNC] Revising an old Gnucash file

2022-07-19 Thread Tom Browder
I have my original Gnucase file which has been continually used (for about 15 years) mainly as a simple check book app to replace Quicken. I am motivated now to (1) improve the account structure and (2) start moving toward a properly used double-entry system so I can use the full power of

Re: [GNC] New User Oh boy I need an accountant

2022-07-19 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Second thoughts. I decided to go with QFX files and they are much easier to deal with. Thanks again for your help. On Jul 19, 2022, at 5:11 AM, Phyllis Bruce wrote:  Thank you all for your quick responses. Viewing the splits in the bank ledger is very helpful too. I'm going to start over

Re: [GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing

2022-07-19 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Adrien, Thanks for the suggestions. It would seem to me that Finish/Ctrl-S is pretty reduced. I currently have about 12 tabs open. 10 registers, the CoA, and one report (granted, it's a multicolumn report). Saving after every edit is a remarkably annoying idea, especially given how long

Re: [GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing

2022-07-19 Thread David Carlson
I didn't notice that spellchecker changed "wrt" to with, so insert the words "respect to". On Tue, Jul 19, 2022, 9:58 AM David Carlson wrote: > I do not use ctrl-s. Where does that shortcut fall with the bug in > release 4.10? > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2022, 8:16 AM Glenn Fowler wrote: > >> I'm not

Re: [GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing

2022-07-19 Thread Glenn Fowler
The bug was if you closed the window with X or made selections on the popup window for auto-save. If you manually saved or let auto-save run, it worked as expected. On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 10:58 AM David Carlson wrote: > I do not use ctrl-s. Where does that shortcut fall with the bug in >

Re: [GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing

2022-07-19 Thread David Carlson
I do not use ctrl-s. Where does that shortcut fall with the bug in release 4.10? On Tue, Jul 19, 2022, 8:16 AM Glenn Fowler wrote: > I'm not sure if it applies to this issue but there were issues fixed in > 4.11 for crashes on Windows when closing without saving first. > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2022

Re: [GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing

2022-07-19 Thread Glenn Fowler
I'm not sure if it applies to this issue but there were issues fixed in 4.11 for crashes on Windows when closing without saving first. On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 8:57 AM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > First, I'd reduce the steps before trying to save as a way of

Re: [GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing

2022-07-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
First, I'd reduce the steps before trying to save as a way of narrowing down the trigger of the crash. If you normally have many tabs open, particularly reports, perhaps consider closing everything but the CoA, and then keep only the register you need at one time. Since it is so easy to do,

[GNC] GC4.10 on Win10 Crashing

2022-07-19 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, I'm running GC4.10 on Win10, and I've been running into numerous crashes in the last few days while trying to catch up on my finances. Ironically, many of these crashes happen when I attempt to save my file. My usual workflow when catching up is to open the pdf bank statement and

Re: [GNC] New User Oh boy I need an accountant

2022-07-19 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Thank you. I will take your advice and try again to make sense of the help manual On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 8:10 PM flywire wrote: > Firstly, an accountant won't know how to use GnuCash unless they are a > user. > > Have you done the GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide as an introduction > for

Re: [GNC] New User Oh boy I need an accountant

2022-07-19 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Thank you all for your quick responses. Viewing the splits in the bank ledger is very helpful too. I'm going to start over at the CSV level. It will go quickly now. I also see I had a transfer to cash that I entered improperly. FYI, I've used Microsoft Money for 30 years so I have some

Re: [GNC] New User Oh boy I need an accountant

2022-07-19 Thread Fred Bone
On 18 July 2022 at 17:32, Phyllis Bruce said: > I am getting too many unanticipated results. Watched many YouTube videos > since I cannot make sense of the Help manual. I have added accounts where > they appear to belong, added my opening balances, and imported a couple > CSV files from a bank