Re: [GNC] End of year

2024-01-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Michael, if I recall correctly, the OP was bifurcating their checking account *every year*. That is: Checking -2022 -2023 -2024 -etc. As a result (the same would happen with a new file), they were losing the benefits of auto-complete. The only workaround for that is simply don't

Re: [GNC] End of year

2024-01-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You can't. I thought we described that already. If you start a new file/account each year, you will lose all auto-complete from the previous year's entries. The auto-complete list is generated on the fly from the other transactions in the register you have open at that time. If that

Re: [GNC] How do you record the rounding of your netpay?

2024-01-29 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Yep, this is the 'principle of materiality' in accounting. The precision as to what is considered 'material' or not varies by entity, thus, some corporations don't even blink until a number gets into the $10k or even higher range. My personal rule is that if the amount is worth less than how

Re: [GNC] Receipt scanners and software

2024-01-26 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If by 'receipt scanners and software' you mean something that can OCR an image of a receipt and magically turn it into a transaction, then the answer is, "None." There is such software out there to allegedly perform such magic (I've never seen it in action) but if it can output either a CSV or

Re: [GNC] No suitable backend was found

2024-01-25 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That message is usually indicating you have the file saved in a database format rather than the default XML, and you don't have the proper database drivers installed. If you recently tried to save your file in one of those formats, this could be the cause. If not, then someone else might have

Re: [GNC] Unable To Get Reports

2024-01-25 Thread Adrien Monteleone
There are known issues with reports on Windows with version 5.5. To get reports working again, roll back to v5.4. However, that version on Windows leaves an extra running process when you quit GnuCash. You can either just safely quit that process if it bothers you, or leave it be. (not sure

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

2024-01-21 Thread Adrien Monteleone
And on MacOS, you have to use the full path into the app package, so assuming you installed in the system Applications directory: /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash --nofile would be the full command. Regards, Adrien On 1/21/24 10:17 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: On Linux, on the

Re: [GNC] QIF import ignore account

2024-01-21 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Michael, that is generally true and I'll hazard specifically true with respect to XML files. But MS does have some things they refuse to let you open with browsers other than Edge. It is a source of contention in the tech world and there are plenty of blogs and articles about it. As far as I

Re: [GNC] QIF import ignore account

2024-01-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Yes, but why would a browser be involved at all? Perhaps that line in the tracefile was not pertinent to the particular issue at hand, and/or something else is amiss. Regards, Adrien On 1/20/24 5:38 PM, Geoff wrote: Beats me - apart from being the default Windows browser???

Re: [GNC] QIF import ignore account

2024-01-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
There are various apps and services to convert QIF to CSV. Perhaps try one and see if that produces a better result. Regards, Adrien On 1/20/24 5:36 PM, Fred Tydeman wrote: I am getting the QIF file from Quicken for DOS v8.7 of 1996. It can only export as QIF.

Re: [GNC] QIF import ignore account

2024-01-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Why is Edge involved at all? Regards, Adrien On 1/20/24 5:02 PM, Geoff wrote: When I try importing that file into GnuCash 5.5 it crashes silently, and the trace file contains just one line: * 09:56:13  WARN Failed to open application manifest `C:\Program

Re: [GNC] QIF import ignore account

2024-01-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The Wiki has information on tracefiles. (and crash dumps) Start with the tracefile. Also, running from command line can offer some feedback. Regards, Adrien On 1/20/24 4:33 PM, Fred Tydeman wrote: If there is some trace or dump file that I should be looking for, I do not know what/where it

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

2024-01-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Along with the idea of exporting your present book via CSV, when you get back the file from the accountant, export that book as CSV too. Then do a diff on the CSV files. Those should be less messy to read than the XML. You could then take the diff results as a CSV and import them. Regards,

Re: [GNC] Ssh Xforwarding works for app but not for help

2024-01-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If I'm not mistaken, those entries now simply attempt to open a web browser. If your container doesn't have one, then I would expect nothing to happen. Regards, Adrien On 1/19/24 12:41 PM, G McAlister wrote: I'm using Opensuse Leap 15.5 in a Proxmox lxc container to run the gnucash app. I

Re: [GNC] Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

2024-01-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Yes, this is an example where it isn't just the terminology of users, but rather that the UI uses the term 'split' for two different meanings. I too have memo transactions with only one split and no value. Regards, Adrien On 1/18/24 1:45 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: Don't forget,

Re: [GNC] Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

2024-01-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Perhaps. But does that translate well to the Basic View mode when there are 3 or more debits/credits? Regards, Adrien On 1/18/24 1:53 PM, Eric Chapman wrote: FWIW: How about "Simple transactions" (with one debit & one credit) and "Compound transactions" (those with more than one debit or

Re: [GNC] Terminology WAS: Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

2024-01-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That is how I currently understand it. When I use 'a split' I mean a single debit or credit. When I use 'split transaction' I mean a transaction that has 3 or more combined debits/credits. Regards, Adrien On 1/18/24 1:43 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: The Gnucash community has had

Re: [GNC] Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

2024-01-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Ah yes, another case of 'split' and I have lots of those! - For the record, Transaction Journal view shows each debit and credit and the Memos for each. Double-Line shows the Notes field and is independent of Transaction Journal view. Regards, Adrien On 1/18/24 1:28 PM, Patrick James

Re: [GNC] Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

2024-01-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Fair enough. We need a new term for one of these things. It is a repeated source of confusion & consternation. Regards, Adrien On 1/18/24 9:54 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: Except I would never refer to a transaction that affect JUST TWO accounts to have any "splits". When I use the term

Re: [GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated template.

2024-01-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The OP referenced an adjustment for inflation, so it seems like simply upping various amounts. Hence my suggestion to leave the template with the current amounts, and add a variable multiplier which will be prompted by GnuCash. But that suggestion didn't take into account creating

Re: [GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated template.

2024-01-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Apologies for my confusion. Regards, Adrien On 1/18/24 3:09 AM, David H wrote: I don't think I suggested you thought otherwise but since you've quoted me in your reply you must think that I did. I was simply replying to Gyles comment along the lines of the following. Regards David H.

Re: [GNC] F::Q Interface to GNC for pricing update

2024-01-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Indeed yes, see the GnuCash Manual §8.6 Price Editor: https://lists.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-manual/tool-price.html Regards, Adrien On 1/17/24 5:32 PM, Kalpesh Patel wrote: Looking at the data structure returned by F::Q that is consumed by GNC, am I correct in understanding that GNC is

Re: [GNC] F::Q Interface to GNC for pricing update

2024-01-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm pretty sure the answer to that is yes, as I seem to recall this question in the distant past, but things may have changed since then. Regards, Adrien On 1/17/24 5:32 PM, Kalpesh Patel wrote: Looking at the data structure returned by F::Q that is consumed by GNC, am I correct in

Re: [GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated template.

2024-01-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
David, Are these still just scheduled or are they created and in the registers, but simply dated in the future? If they are still scheduled but not created, then changing the template will alter them when they do fire. If they are already created, there is no solution but individual manual

Re: [GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated template.

2024-01-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You can't. They are already created. The solution is don't create them in advance. Otherwise, you are left with the tedium of manually editing each one individually. I doubt the result of an SX has any link or record at all that it was created that way, much less has any tie to the template

Re: [GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated template.

2024-01-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I understood the OP referenced already created future transactions. No matter what, those have to be manually and individually edited because they were already created. I can't imagine an auto-updating template being implemented. The solution would be to use a variable, and then not have

Re: [GNC] Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

2024-01-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
A little more detail to what Michael is asking for: While viewing the Checking account register, click on View > Transaction Journal. That will show all splits in all transactions. What you should see for each payment is a debit (left column amount) to the respective credit card account, and

Re: [GNC] Enhancement: Future sched txn update if updated template.

2024-01-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You can use variables, thus if you alter your templates to use an inflation multiplier, you future proof the template. GnuCash will prompt you for that variable value each time the SX fires. Simply enter your new multiplier as desired. Regards, Adrien On 1/16/24 5:18 PM, David G. Pickett via

Re: [GNC] "Make PDF" button just prints

2024-01-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If Win7 is still supported by GnuCash as a target, then I can see keeping it, but Win10+ has had Print to PDF built-in by default. Would it be possible to change the button to 'print' to that device on any OS directly, bypassing Webkit for that purpose? Regards, Adrien On 1/16/24 2:06 PM,

Re: [GNC] "Make PDF" button just prints

2024-01-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I think that has something to do with the mess of Webkit versions between Mac, Win, & *nix. If I recall correctly, the button was left for a future fix, but set to bring up the printer dialog for now which can then use the system PDF 'printer'. Since all three operating systems now have this

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Chris, It has been a few years since I played with it, but I helped set up WINE for someone precisely for an ancient Epson Scanner. (and that was with an old version of WINE which has come a long way recently) You might be able to ditch that VM. Regards, Adrien On 1/16/24 3:41 AM, Chris

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You can likely skip a few links in that chain with FreeDOS in a VM or another open version of it. Regards, Adrien On 1/16/24 10:07 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: This is the only way I know to still run 16-bit DOS programs They will NOT run under recent Microsoft Windows (except maybe in DOS Box).

Re: [GNC] Deferred Income << the general case is "imputed income"

2024-01-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm thinking of a case where someone starts using GnuCash either at the point they start taking disbursements or after. I'm about to help a family member in that exact situation. While Deferred Income wasn't tracked along the way, I'll set up the account with the present total as an opening

Re: [GNC] Importing from one gnucash file to another

2024-01-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I've never used it myself, but I recall a discussion when the feature was added, I think for 4.x but it could have been earlier. Regards, Adrien On 1/16/24 5:16 AM, David H wrote: James, I may be mis-remembering but I seem to recall when importing txns some time ago there was a checkbox or

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I was referring to the process of turning a running Windows installation into a VM from within that running installation. I know VMWare has such a tool, and I think Virtualbox does as well. (other virtualization solutions might too, and still yet, there might be 3rd party tools to accomplish

Re: [GNC] Feature request: Import assistant, room for big improvements

2024-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
And I would call 'Amazon' the Description as Payee, and the Memo as the item/reason for a particular split. I use Notes for info pertaining to the entire transaction. Would a multi-line CSV per transaction allow for inserting Memos? Regards, Adrien On 1/15/24 10:17 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:

Re: [GNC] Deferred Income

2024-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm not familiar with the use case, but if you want income to 'go up' that is, show you received it, then it should be a credit. I'll hazard a guess that since you have a 'Taxable' account, which you are supposed to show receipt of income, then that one should be a credit. If the Deferred

Re: [GNC] How do you record the rounding of your netpay?

2024-01-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That sounds like an accrual situation. If they are consistently owing you, then use an asset account. If you are consistently owing them, use a liability account. You could name it 'Payroll Rounding Accrual' or something similar. If the rounding bounces back and forth between asset and

Re: [GNC] how to encode ATM withdrawals with fees

2024-01-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
It looks like you are missing the Fee JPY split. What you are showing in the splits is that PHP4282.49 = JPY1, but that's not what you listed in 'facts'. That shows PHP4282.29 = JPY10110. I'm guessing your Fee expenses account is in PHP. If so, you have a few choices: 1. Create a Fee

Re: [GNC] FAQ (WAS: End of Year?)

2024-01-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I agree. I think part of this is UI design choices. It isn't that GnuCash made wrong ones, but rather that folks might be more familiar with other design patterns. These might also be the folks that don't like to read manuals. They are never going away, though some may eventually relent and

Re: [GNC] register auto-complete

2024-01-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That is interesting. Is this only for Descriptions or for Memos & Notes too? *there is no preference. Bugs and kinks are being worked out though. This sounds like a bug, as I doubt that would be intended behavior. (it certainly isn't reasonable to expect, that I can see) Regards, Adrien On

Re: [GNC] End of Year?

2024-01-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Sorry, I would not like to see an FAQ pop up in this list on any periodic basis. What you are describing there is akin to a 'sticky' or 'pinned' post in a web forum. This is not a web forum. We have the Wiki, which has the FAQ section. We also have the Help Manual, and the Tutorial &

Re: [GNC] End of Year?

2024-01-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That would be the case at first glance, but see my reply up the chain concerning correcting entries and usual procedures when starting with fresh books each year. I'd hazard that with Pen & Paper, Reconciliation is *not* necessarily a function of the T-Accounts or General Journal. That is

Re: [GNC] Budget car payment

2024-01-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You can indeed save as CSV after opening in LibreOffice or Excel. Once it is opened, the spreadsheet app now controls what you do with it. Regards, Adrien On 1/13/24 5:27 PM, David Carlson wrote: I just tried opening a GnuCash report saved in Html format with Libre Office writer and found

Re: [GNC] End of Year?

2024-01-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
*ALL accounts are 'credit and debit' accounts. But perhaps you mean Checking & Credit Card accounts? (i.e., those held at a 3rd party financial institution, since you are referencing 'reconciliation'.) Reconciliation is usually done prior to a Trial Balance as part of the End of Year process

Re: [GNC] End of Year?

2024-01-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You could add A2b: Export your Chart of Accounts and write down the ending balances as needed. Start a new file, import your exported chart of accounts and set opening balances to the old ending balances. This method is more like Pen & Paper days in that each file only contains one period

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Not general templates, no. It only has scheduled transactions. There is a request for templates. Regards, Adrien On 1/12/24 11:56 PM, R Losey wrote: I'm sensing a learning opportunity here... GnuCash has templates? I never noticed that; I only use the templates in the Scheduled Transaction

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That's moving beyond Scheduled Transactions and into a more general case of Templates. I'm pretty sure I've already filed an RFE for that long ago. I see Scheduled Transactions as a special use case of Templates, though Scheduled was implemented first. The more general Template case is when

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
it would be an invitation to disaster. On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 10:25 AM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: Indeed, I should have tested it prior to commenting. Apologies for the noise. At the very least, being able to do math here with a result would be a good R

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Indeed, I should have tested it prior to commenting. Apologies for the noise. At the very least, being able to do math here with a result would be a good RFE. I would only expect formulas to remain as formulas if they contain variables which require a prompt for value. Regards, Adrien On

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I am not unsympathetic to that conundrum! Regards, Adrien On 1/12/24 12:23 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: if I have to remember to run the SLR in order to have them created, then I've just changed the work, not reduced it. ___ gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
David, see that bug report John linked. Something is amiss. Where, remains to be found. Regards, Adrien On 1/11/24 9:57 PM, David Cousens wrote: Jack, What do you mean by a rogue transaction? Is this by any chance a transaction which has one split to an IMbalance" account? If this is the

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Wow. Interesting. Thanks for the link. Regards, Adrien On 1/11/24 9:53 PM, john wrote: Have a look at https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799093 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
In 10+ years of GnuCash, I've never once seen a transaction appear that I didn't put there myself. - Someone else reported an error with an XML lib not long ago. It might be the same one. If I recall correctly, this would have been after the 5.5 release. As far as I remember, it generated

Re: [GNC] Maddening!!!!!!!!

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Unrelated to the topic, but this is at least the second recent time I see someone's reply eating random space characters between words. That is very odd, and of course, makes the reply difficult to read. (and that is very important when offering commands!) I can make heads and tails of it, but

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
What do you mean by "manually enter a SX?" Regards, Adrien On 1/11/24 4:19 PM, David Carlson wrote: I think that we need to see how SX's will work after the Since Last Run druid is fixed before proposing more improvements. If I understand correctly, there is an unresolved issue preventing

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That sounds like you have an SX to autocreate. Perhaps turn that off and it won't fire. Otherwise, perhaps turn off the preference to execute the Since Last Run dialog on startup. You can still run it manually to fire any pending SXs, but otherwise, not have it bother you if you just want to

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You don't have to do it in your head. While an extra step compared to normal registers, you can still do math on a split. When entering that balancing split, enter the amount as a sum formula. (split one amount + split two amount, etc.) GnuCash will give you the overall sum. Regards,

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I would guess that the code for calculating the balancing amount as the sum of the other splits is part of the code that forces the transaction to be balanced before committing. Since SXs don't have this rule, that code to sum the other splits never gets executed. Regards, Adrien On

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If their drives with OS installations are intact, perhaps converting them to VM images might suffice for now. As for Windows software, have you given the latest Wine a spin with it? It may not work 100% out of the box, but you might get close enough with some fiddling. Regards, Adrien On

Re: [GNC] Idiot 101 question

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That's a bummer. Now imagine you're dealing with Google and since you changed ISPs and your IP address is different, they don't think it is 'you' any more, despite knowing relevant passwords and having 2FA set up! (and not having anyone to contact about it) Regards, Adrien On 1/11/24 1:53

Re: [GNC] Gnucash crashing when creating expense reports

2024-01-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Please remember to copy the list on all replies. That way others can benefit from the discussion. Glad to hear 5.4 is working fine for you. Regards, Adrien On 1/11/24 5:40 AM, Maria Inmaculada de la Torre wrote: Thanks, I have installed the previous version and the reports seem to be

Re: [GNC] Intermittent Crash when using recent File dropdown list. Filed as bug # 799215

2024-01-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Have you tried opening the (other) desired book directly via command line? It may be the book you are attempting to switch to has an issue, and not saving the current one. Also, since it is prompting you to save, that tells me something was edited without a save. Perhaps manually save, then

Re: [GNC] Gnucash crashing when creating expense reports

2024-01-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If this is on Windows, it is a known bug that is being worked on. (the bug isn't in GnuCash, but software that GnuCash uses to display reports) Other reports may fail and crash as well. For now, the recommendation is to revert back to 5.4 Regards, Adrien On 1/10/24 4:29 PM, Maria Inmaculada

Re: [GNC] Budget car payment

2024-01-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Signs in Budgets need more testing. (I had plans to do so long ago, perhaps I might get to it now as I'm way behind in my own budgeting!) You might have to play around a bit to see if it is possible to come up with a sane entry method that produces a sane bottom line result. Or you may have

Re: [GNC] new accounts are omitted from reports

2024-01-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm pretty sure this is already filed as a bug or RFE. GnuCash doesn't auto-add new accounts when you have generic top-level accounts selected for a report when using saved configurations. You have to edit the account selection to include the new accounts then update your saved

Re: [GNC] 2 questions

2024-01-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I recall that file fiasco. I'm glad you finally got it sorted! Any time you are starting over completely, you will not get auto-fill suggestions until you have transactions that match in the register already. Note, this is true between accounts even without starting over. If you use one

Re: [GNC] Size of description column not shrinkable?

2024-01-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
It is shrinkable, but not by itself. It fills the remaining space not taken up by the other columns. So if you want to shrink it, make other columns wider. Alternatively, make the window narrower, and then drag the right-handle of the Description column to the left and let it go. It will

Re: [GNC] Starting a new year

2024-01-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Gyle explained how to start fresh with a new file. Some folks also just archive a copy and keep going in the original file. Others just 'close the books' and keep going in the original file. Still others (I'm in this camp) just keep going in the original file. Another consideration is to run

Re: [GNC] Upgrading or starting fresh?

2024-01-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 1/9/24 12:31 PM, Dianna Broughton wrote: I previously asked about upgrading from 2.x to the current stable version, and may still do that. No matter what, I'd upgrade to the last of the 2.x series which would be 2.6.21. However, before I do, I have a couple questions. 1. Would it

Re: [GNC] 2 questions

2024-01-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 1/9/24 5:38 AM, Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote:> 1.How to get the suggestions when creating an entry (e.g.. ) name of the client when entering a few characters? It sounds like you are looking for the pop-up auto-fill suggestion list. That is populated by the other transactions in the

Re: [GNC] Moving from Quicken

2024-01-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That is a question best answered to your satisfaction and understanding by using the software. Download the Manual and the Tutorial & Concepts guide, launch GnuCash and start playing around a bit. (enter manually at first and hold off on downloads and imports until you get familiar with the

Re: [GNC] When closing books, equity statement report is incorrect

2024-01-04 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I agree. Regards, Adrien On 1/4/24 9:18 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: Users should keep in mind that when we say things like "you don't have to close the books; gnucash can produce the necessary reports without doing that" we are talking about PERSONAL books and sole proprietorships.

Re: [GNC] When closing books, equity statement report is incorrect

2024-01-04 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 1/3/24 12:19 PM, Quinn Wood wrote: You already give advice on how to keep books on the wiki. There is an entire page telling people you don't need to close your books in GnuCash that proceeds to give people workarounds for how to do some of the things closing your books accomplishes. Adding

Re: [GNC] When closing books, equity statement report is incorrect

2024-01-04 Thread Adrien Monteleone
GnuCash is not getting in your way here. You are free to do what you would do if you were keeping books using Pen & Ink. That process would require the same accounts. What GnuCash is not doing here, that you are asking for, is providing a report so you don't have to mimic the formal methods

Re: [GNC] When closing books, equity statement report is incorrect

2024-01-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Isn't that how it would be done using Pen & Ink anyway? GnuCash has some features to make a few routine tasks easier, but it should not get in your way from doing something via normal processes. Regards, Adrien On 1/2/24 11:49 AM, Quinn Wood wrote: I've identified a solution for this issue

Re: [GNC] Manage Document Link

2024-01-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You can set a document link as an individual file, or as a location. I don't think though you can use a relative path. If you move the files, GnuCash will lose the link. Regards, Adrien On 1/3/24 8:10 AM, Tom Balazs wrote: I want to attach an image of a bill to a transaction. I click Manage

Re: [GNC] Discount / Coupon question - How to apply?

2024-01-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Thanks for reporting back, but for posterity, which method worked? (assigning as payment, or using an intermediary account) Regards, Adrien On 1/2/24 11:31 AM, Alan Johnson via gnucash-user wrote: Thanks, that worked. On Sun, 2023-12-31 at 14:36 -0600, Adrien Monteleone wrote

Re: [GNC] Ver 5.5 for Windows import issue

2023-12-31 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Gyle, Your messages are not appearing twice for me. You may want to log in to your GnuCash Mailman account and adjust the preference for mailing yourself a copy of your own messages. Alternatively, turn off saving a copy of sent messages in your e-mail client, but you may not want that for

Re: [GNC] Discount / Coupon question - How to apply?

2023-12-31 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Is this screenshot taken while viewing the AR account? That error message usually means you don't have a split in the transaction that is AR/AP. Can you turn on View > Transaction Journal and send another screenshot? Be sure to commit the transaction first, then try right-clicking to assign

Re: [GNC] Discount / Coupon question - How to apply?

2023-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Alan, Create a manual transaction between the desired expense account and Accounts Receivable. (Debit the Expense, Credit AR) Then right click the transaction after committing it, and choose 'Assign as Payment'. In the Process Payment window, select the invoice you want to apply this to

Re: [GNC] GUID Register Codes

2023-12-29 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That's how I would do it with the XML backend too. If you are crafty with scripts, you can likely create a table/file, mapping the account names to GUIDs for future reference. or, Switch to one of the SQL backends and write a query, or just examine the "accounts" table directly. Of course,

Re: [GNC] VENDOR REPORT

2023-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The LCK (lock) file is created when GnuCash opens to prevent, via warning, someone else (or you) attempting to open the file twice at the same time. (GnuCash does not support simultaneous file access) When GnuCash shuts down normally, the lock file is deleted. When GnuCash crashes, the lock

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
3rd party as far as I am aware. Regards, Adrien On 12/28/23 6:12 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: Are the portable apps produced by the GnuCash team or by same third party? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm fairly certain you can create a VM of a running instance of Win10 though I can't speak to how that works for licensing. MS does allow some testing VMs, so perhaps investigate that first and how to set it up to their liking. Another option might be a container like Docker, though I'm not

Re: [GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

2023-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'd offer as a comparison other projects and commercial products where the developers aren't nearly as 'Johnny on the Spot' or as helpful and responsive, or even accessible, but then, that wouldn't be any comparison at all. This dev team is hands down awesome and why I continue to use GnuCash

Re: [GNC] How is "auto asset transfer" used in an asset account?

2023-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Good to know, thanks Stan! Regards, Adrien On 12/28/23 6:31 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: Some of them, yes. The plus sign and the quote marks no longer work as advertised, for instance. But "site:" still works, at least for now. I use it all the time.

Re: [GNC] Strange bug in Reports after upgrading to 5.4

2023-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
This sounds like a time zone issue. Long after 2.6.12, at least one bug was discovered where some transactions ended up with an 'internal' date different than the displayed date due to certain code with respect to time zone interpretation. You might have more transactions off than just those

Re: [GNC] gnucash crashes on vendor or customer searches

2023-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/28/23 2:27 PM, Eric Hammond wrote: I would very much appreciate if you would show somehow how much of this email you would like included in my replies? Eric, Does my quotation amount illustrate the answer? (you can cut out all the fluff & boilerplate, just the part you are replying to

Re: [GNC] How is "auto asset transfer" used in an asset account?

2023-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Andrew, I could be mistaken, but I think Google dropped support for such advanced searches a few years ago. DuckDuckGo still supports it as far as I can tell. - As to your issue, I could also be mistaken or confused with another feature, but I think auto-interest (not "auto-asset"—that

Re: [GNC] Accounts Payable Description Visibility in Transaction/Ledger

2023-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Yes, you can do this per bill when you post, or set a global default preference under Preferences > Business > General. Uncheck the option to "Accumulate Splits". This will show each line item on a bill/invoice in the respective transaction in the AP/AR register. When you post, you can also

Re: [GNC] Hidden accounts selection is erased when modifying a saved report

2023-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
In that case, I'd call it a bug. The option is saved in a configuration and yet is being reset. Regards, Adrien On 12/20/23 3:01 PM, Gal Bar Mashiah wrote: I mean that I create a saved report configuration. And it actually saves my options fine. And when I open it from the saved

Re: [GNC] Balance column Lost

2023-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Each account is referenced by GnuCash, not by its label, but by its GUID. There are ways to find that number for a particular account in case you need to specifically target something in the .gcm file, but in this case it wasn't necessary. Regards, Adrien On 12/19/23 12:21 PM, Stephen

Re: [GNC] Hidden accounts selection is erased when modifying a saved report

2023-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
What do you mean by 'created and saved'? Saving a report does not save its options as new defaults, just the rendering of the report with those options. A Saved Report Configuration is what you are looking for. If *that* is not really saving your options, then you found a bug. Note, to run

Re: [GNC] Is there a way to view a list of unpaid invoices for a customer?

2023-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Thanks for the tip on editing the report directly. I prefer something other than 'none' so this will help greatly. Regards, Adrien On 12/19/23 4:37 PM, Glenn Fowler wrote: If anyone wants this to persist, of course you can save a custom report or leave tabs open all the time. What I did was

Re: [GNC] Is there a way to view a list of unpaid invoices for a customer?

2023-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
With the Customer Report open, click the Options button. On the Display Columns tab, set Transaction Links to Simple or Detailed as desired. That will show which invoices are paid by which payments and which payments apply to which invoices. It isn't a list of *only* those unpaid, but it

Re: [GNC] Accounting Period Change issue

2023-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Instead of going the desert route, ever tried Cumin and Cayenne on them? That's great for sweet potato chips too. Regards, Adrien On 12/19/23 9:35 AM, Kalpesh Patel wrote: Honey Butter Cinnamon Sweet Potato Fries, please … two of them. ___

Re: [GNC] Upgrading from 2.x

2023-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
First, what operating system and version are you using? Windows, MacOS, Linux? Newer versions of GnuCash will only work on newer versions of your operating system. From the main website: "Version 2.6.21 is the last version for Windows XP/Vista and MacOS X 10.8 and earlier, and so the last

Re: [GNC] Gnucash 5.5 Windows - included Net Worth Linechart report now crashes the UI

2023-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
This is the second thread about reports crashing on Windows. I'm not sure if that is relevant, but like the other thread, I just tested the Net Worth Linechart with a simple file using the flatpak in a Linux VM and it does not crash. It produces the Linechart as expected. So this is either

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.5 Released

2023-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I just tested the flatpak in a Linux Mint Vanessa VM and it works fine with no crash. I am getting some console messages when it runs reports that seem to indicate some issues, but the report(s) otherwise show up just fine. Those could just be specific to flatpak. Your crash is either

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