Re: [GNC] Importing GIF: Unable to complete

2022-12-22 Thread David Carlson
Amar, Just sayin' If you imported your data into GnuCash 4.12 a month ago, then you only need to open that data file and import a months' data into GnuCash 4.13, not the whole thing. On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 9:50 PM Amar Khalifeh wrote: > I think the QIF file is fine. > I was able to import it

Re: [GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-22 Thread Robert Heller
At Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:34:44 +1000 Daryl Hillgrove wrote: > > Can a simple backup function be added to gnucash? > > I am very concerned that if my computer fails I will lose all my data. I > want to store the backup data to external storage such as a memory stick. > This can be achieved by

Re: [GNC] Importing GIF: Unable to complete

2022-12-22 Thread Amar Khalifeh
I think the QIF file is fine. I was able to import it into Moneyspire and Acemoney just now I was able to import a similar file (exported from Moneydance) into GnuCash less than a month ago. On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 4:01 PM David H wrote: > Amar, > > Please use "Reply All" to keep the

Re: [GNC] Importing GIF: Unable to complete

2022-12-22 Thread Amar Khalifeh
Yes, but it's over a month old. I was able to import a QIF file from the same source, Moneydance. Now, I'm trying the same process again with a more recent version. On Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 4:57 PM David Carlson wrote: > Amar, > > do you have a data file from a previous version of GnuCash? > > On

Re: [GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-22 Thread Daryl Hillgrove
Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I will try these out and it would appear that my concerns will be solved. Much appreciated. Daryl Hillgrove. On Fri, 23 Dec 2022, 12:02 pm Stan Brown, wrote: > > On 2022-12-22 16:34, Daryl Hillgrove wrote: > > Can a simple backup function be added to

Re: [GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-22 Thread Stan Brown
On 2022-12-22 16:34, Daryl Hillgrove wrote: > Can a simple backup function be added to gnucash? > > I am very concerned that if my computer fails I will lose all my data. I > want to store the backup data to external storage such as a memory stick. You say "simple", but it would be complex to

Re: [GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-22 Thread Glenn Fowler
After you set your backup settings in Preferences -> General , I would go one step further and copy or sync the folder to a different storage device On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 7:41 PM Steve Butler wrote: > Backup is a system function. You need to plan that for all your data > beyond just GnuCash.

Re: [GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-22 Thread William Prescott
I agree. I have three backup systems for my computer: • I have an external disk attached to it and set up MacOS Time Machine to backup to that disk. • I pay a cloud company to backup my computer (Currently CrashPlan/Code42 but I have thought about switching to BackBlaze). • And I use

Re: [GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-22 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 at 00:34, Daryl Hillgrove wrote: > Can a simple backup function be added to gnucash? > > I am very concerned that if my computer fails I will lose all my data. I > want to store the backup data to external storage such as a memory stick. > > Thanks > > Daryl Hillgrove All

Re: [GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-22 Thread Ken Farley
This kind of thing is generally your responsibility. I can't think of a single bit of software I use for work - be it CAD, document writing, spreadsheet, or whatever - that does backup of my data for me. That task is on me, and rightly so. The time my computer suffered a complete crash, the

Re: [GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-22 Thread Steve Butler
Backup is a system function. You need to plan that for all your data beyond just GnuCash. You can do a simple Save As to put that data in another spot. But that leaves your spreadsheets unprotected. On Thu, Dec 22, 2022, 16:36 Daryl Hillgrove wrote: > Can a simple backup function be added to

[GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-22 Thread Daryl Hillgrove
Can a simple backup function be added to gnucash? I am very concerned that if my computer fails I will lose all my data. I want to store the backup data to external storage such as a memory stick. Thanks Daryl Hillgrove ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Do I need to set up multiple bank accounts for different currencies?

2022-12-22 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 22.12.22 um 22:38 schrieb Dr. David Kirkby: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Trading_Accounts has a link to a tutorial, but the link is broken. Thanks to Peters prompt answer https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2022-December/046472.html the links are fixed now. Regards Frank

Re: [GNC] Rounding discrepancy in payment processing

2022-12-22 Thread Alaa Zeineldine
Hello Murugan, On my live setup rounding happens for all currencies, including the default currency. That is the problem for which I started this thread in the beginning. In addition, this rounding leads to discrepancies in payment processing. Regards, Alaa From: Murugan Muruganandam

Re: [GNC] Importing GIF: Unable to complete

2022-12-22 Thread Liz Dodd
On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 08:01:44 +1000 David H wrote: > Amar, > > Please use "Reply All" to keep the conversation on the mailing list > so other users can chip in and help. Amar is not subscribed to the list. Any replies will wait for me to let them through. None waiting up to one minute ago.

Re: [GNC] Importing GIF: Unable to complete

2022-12-22 Thread David Carlson
Amar, do you have a data file from a previous version of GnuCash? On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 4:05 PM John Ralls wrote: > Please remember to copy the list on all replies. > > Looks like you had a ton of errors so it didn't load the file. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Dec 22, 2022, at 1:48

Re: [GNC] Importing GIF: Unable to complete

2022-12-22 Thread John Ralls
Please remember to copy the list on all replies. Looks like you had a ton of errors so it didn't load the file. Regards, John Ralls > On Dec 22, 2022, at 1:48 PM, Amar Khalifeh wrote: > > The file selection was done in the previous step, and I got the impression > that it was actually

Re: [GNC] Importing GIF: Unable to complete

2022-12-22 Thread David H
Amar, Please use "Reply All" to keep the conversation on the mailing list so other users can chip in and help. I rarely use any importers and are just offering suggestions that may or may not help :-) See John Ralls's reply which is probably more germane than mine. To me it looks like your

Re: [GNC] Do I need to set up multiple bank accounts for different currencies?

2022-12-22 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 18:43, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > I don't think you'd have separate accounts. But you might want to turn > on the Trading Accounts feature that can handle adjusting splits for > multi-currency transactions. (such as getting paid in USD, but

Re: [GNC] Do I need to set up multiple bank accounts for different currencies?

2022-12-22 Thread David Cousens
Dave This is the crucial step >"It's the one bank account - I don't have different account numbers for > different currencies, and can't hold balances in anything other than GBP." In this case there generally is no need to have an account in another currency. If you can record all you need by

Re: [GNC] Importing GIF: Unable to complete

2022-12-22 Thread John Ralls
> On Dec 22, 2022, at 8:41 AM, Amar Khalifeh wrote: > > I just downloaded version 4.13 and am trying to import my QIF history. I go > through the import process and it seems to be working fine, but when I get > to the step where it asks if I want to load another file or continue (with >

Re: [GNC] Importing GIF: Unable to complete

2022-12-22 Thread David H
What OS ? How large is your QIF history file - perhaps it's still working on it and you need to give it more time ? Have you clicked on another Window and taken the focus away from you dialog ? Cheers David H. On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 at 06:50, Amar Khalifeh wrote: > I just downloaded version 4.13

Re: [GNC] Gnucash on macOS Ventura

2022-12-22 Thread David H
Richard, Working fine here with the update to 4.13 on Ventura 13.1 Cheers David H. On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 07:16, R Losey wrote: > Which version of Ventura do you have? 13.0, 13.01, or 13.1 > > > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 1:43 AM Christian Lynbech > wrote: > > > Just FYI: the new 4.13

[GNC] Importing GIF: Unable to complete

2022-12-22 Thread Amar Khalifeh
I just downloaded version 4.13 and am trying to import my QIF history. I go through the import process and it seems to be working fine, but when I get to the step where it asks if I want to load another file or continue (with "Next"), I find "Next" grayed out and none of the clickable buttons

Re: [GNC] Do I need to set up multiple bank accounts for different currencies?

2022-12-22 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I don't think you'd have separate accounts. But you might want to turn on the Trading Accounts feature that can handle adjusting splits for multi-currency transactions. (such as getting paid in USD, but the bank shows receipt in GBP) I dare hazard a guess that if your account is denominated

Re: [GNC] Is it safe to use Greek, Chinese etc characters

2022-12-22 Thread Maf. King
On Thursday, 22 December 2022 15:09:36 GMT Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > Okay, I will leave the Greek characters when I see them. It looks a bit > nicer if I send a customer an invoice with the Greek omega symbol, rather > than write ohm. (The electrical resistance of something is expressed in >

Re: [GNC] Do I need to set up multiple bank accounts for different currencies?

2022-12-22 Thread William Prescott
I am neither an accountant nor particularly expert at GnuCash, though I've used it for a dozen years or so. But if I understand what you are saying it sounds crazy to me. I have several bank accounts in USD and several in MXN. I have one account in Gnucash for each bank account and the

Re: [GNC] Do I need to set up multiple bank accounts for different currencies?

2022-12-22 Thread Stan Brown
The Tutorial and Concepts Guide has a longish chapter on multiple currencies. Was that not of help to you? Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-12-22 07:56, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > My Bank is a UK bank, but I sometimes buy things in $HKD, and fairly > regularly receive

[GNC] Do I need to set up multiple bank accounts for different currencies?

2022-12-22 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
My Bank is a UK bank, but I sometimes buy things in $HKD, and fairly regularly receive payments in USD and EUR in addition to the obvious GBP. Should I set up accounts like this? (American's call them checking accounts, but we don't here). Assets: Current Assets: Bank Account (GBP) Assets:

Re: [GNC] Is it safe to use Greek, Chinese etc characters

2022-12-22 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 22 Dec 2022 at 02:09, john wrote: > Yes, it's completely safe on Linux and macOS and mostly safe on MSWindows. > Just make sure that the characters are encoded in UTF-8. Web pages > generally are, but other Windows applications use UTF-16 and pasting into > GnuCash will not produce the

Re: [GNC] How can I refund this payment through PayPal, using business feature?

2022-12-22 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 21 Dec 2022 at 23:42, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Just un-post, edit and re-post. Still work, but no need to start over. > Since the accounts were not set up optimally, I'd rather just delete them, and start again. There are less than a dozen entered. >

Re: [GNC] Rounding discrepancy in payment processing

2022-12-22 Thread Murugan Muruganandam
hi Alaa this is the behaviour i also observerd, so the rounding is controlled by the currency of the customer. so probably you can try a new customer in your existing install and check Saludos Cordiales Murugan From: Alaa Zeineldine Sent: Wednesday,