Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-16 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 9/15/2019 7:03 PM, David Carlson wrote: I think other GnuCash users often resort to spreadsheets or other software when the GnuCash reports don't meet their needs. David Carlson OR additional sets of books (virtual books, etc. ) Using this sort of entity as an example, suppose a

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-16 Thread Daniel Wieberdink
Ok thanks. I'll take a look at it. On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 5:16 PM David Cousens wrote: > Daniel > > The updated documentation on import matching is available > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k0vy82he9g46wdc/AADfnttumgC71eZfJWGHfRuDa?dl=0 > here. If you point your browser at the file help.html it

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-16 Thread Daniel Wieberdink
David, Thanks so much for all the detailed information and help. I did read "The Basics" and some of the other Help Documentation. But then I got impatient and wanted to try something. Another problem, I suppose, is that I have no accounting background whatsoever. You're right I should have

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread David Cousens
Daniel The updated documentation on import matching is available https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k0vy82he9g46wdc/AADfnttumgC71eZfJWGHfRuDa?dl=0 here. If you point your browser at the file help.html it will open an updated version of the help manual. The chapter on Transactions has the importer

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread David Cousens
Daniel, Have you read the first few chapters of the guide which will help with understanding how GnuCash works. The section headed "The Basics" (https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/index.html)> is an introduction to the conceptual basis. Unllike many programs GnuCash's operation is

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Daniel Wieberdink
Thanks Derek. Very helpful. On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 12:23 PM Derek Atkins wrote: > Use File - > Export Accounts. > It will create a new data file with just your account tree without any > transactions. > Then File - > Open the new file. > > The issue you are seeing is that when you delete the

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 9/15/19 2:19 PM, Daniel Wieberdink wrote: > Thanks Mike. It's just that the expense of the Aplos subscription is a > significant burden for our small church at the moment. > I'm also not a fan of the cloud-centric approach. I much prefer having > everything contained in one local file as

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Daniel Wieberdink
Thanks David. Can I ask which alternative church-centric accounting packages you found? I might be OK with different features if it saved us a significant amount of money. Thanks again. On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 12:23 PM Derek Atkins wrote: > Use File - > Export Accounts. > It will create a new

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Daniel Wieberdink
Thanks Mike. It's just that the expense of the Aplos subscription is a significant burden for our small church at the moment. I'm also not a fan of the cloud-centric approach. I much prefer having everything contained in one local file as Gnucash does and having it run from my PC rather than a

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Derek Atkins
Use File - > Export Accounts. It will create a new data file with just your account tree without any transactions. Then File - > Open the new file. The issue you are seeing is that when you delete the Imbalance account it is trying to reassign all your transactions To Imbalance. So it

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread David Carlson
GnuCash will not easily handle church related data such as tracking individual donations, but some users have been very creative and may have suggestions for you. You may prefer to stay with church-centric accounting packages. In my very cursory search, I think I found some that cost much less

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 9/15/2019 9:15 AM, Daniel Wieberdink wrote: I was hoping to transition to Gnucash to track finances for the small church we belong to. I started by optimistically trying to import about 3 years worth of transactions from Aplos into GC via a CSV file. That didn't go as smoothly as I hoped. Let

[GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Daniel Wieberdink
I was hoping to transition to Gnucash to track finances for the small church we belong to. I started by optimistically trying to import about 3 years worth of transactions from Aplos into GC via a CSV file. That didn't go as smoothly as I hoped. Most of the transactions ended up in the