Re: New User to GnuCash

Jack, You've heard it twice, and I'll repeat myself: go read at least the Basics section of the Tutorial. It covers LITERALLY every issue you've raised thus far. Once you've read those chapters, I think you'll be clearer about Gnucash and its use. David On December 15, 2017, at 12:11 AM,

Re: Alphavantage Not Showing Up In List Sources

I was having the same problem, here's what I did to get alphavantage to show up in the source list: Uncheck "Get Online Quotes" for all of the securities, then restart GnuCash. Go back to the Security Editor and alphavantage should now show up. Hopefully it works for everyone having this

Has the Treasury Direct interface changed?

I've been able to obtain quotes from the Treasury Direct (treasurydirect.gov) for a while, until 2017-12-12. Does anyone know if the interface of this site has changed lately? I know I'll have to investigate to update my Perl code to get these, but just thought I'd check if anyone has clues that

Re: New User to GnuCash

Ya I forgot to Reply All! Using your examples - If I bought a tractor, I would Debit an Equipment account and Credit my Cash asset account? > On Dec 14, 2017, at 4:23 PM, Alex Aycinena wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Jack Slater

Re: New User to GnuCash

On 12/14/2017 5:23 PM, Alex Aycinena wrote: On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Jack Slater wrote: How could that be? I’m paying from Checking. That’s a debit is it not? If not then everything I’ve learned in 59 years is wrong! On Dec 14, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Alex Aycinena

Re: New User to GnuCash

> > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Jack Slater > To: stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:51:19 -0600 > Subject: Re: New User to GnuCash > I think I'm getting that understanding a little bit.

Re: Invoice & Bill Posting Date Issues Across Multiple Periods

> On Dec 13, 2017, at 9:24 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > > Adrien Monteleone writes: > >> I don’t think I’m mixing cash-accrual, but just to clear up any >> confusion, let’s forget when I actually pay the pre-paid expense. When >> do I incur it? When

Re: New User to GnuCash

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Jack Slater wrote: > How could that be? I’m paying from Checking. That’s a debit is it not? If > not then everything I’ve learned in 59 years is wrong! > > On Dec 14, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Alex Aycinena > wrote: > >

Re: accounting categories

Jeff, It’s also called the same in English. It might have various names for different industries. I’ve seen ‘Activity/Cost/Profit Center’ accounting as an alternative. I’ve done some research on this method of P presentation and I think I prefer it to the traditional approach. It will

Re: Coredump after openSuSE upgrade

Dan, Excellent. Happy endings are good :) FWIW, I have java-1_8_0-openjdk (and the plugin) installed in 42.3 on multiple machines and gnucash runs fine including reports. But I do NOT have java-1_7_0-openjdk (or the plugin) installed on any of those machines. My desktops are XFCE and LXDE(gtk)

Re: Invoice & Bill Posting Date Issues Across Multiple Periods

Thanks David, I’m already following these procedures as you outline them in 1-4. My hangup is in #2, I’m posting the pre-paid bill and thus increasing Assets:CurrentAssets:Pre-PaidExpenses:AutoInsurance before I actually acquire the pre-paid asset. Until I make the payment I really don’t have

Re: Coredump after openSuSE upgrade

John - This was a good clue - at least I have a work-around - THANKS! I un-installed the openjdk-plugin packages (which is what provides the IcedTea plugin), and now the reports run just fine!!!  But I still have NOTHING from the OpenSuSE forum on why they were crashing for me, or working for

Re: How to create an asset with a reduced value compared to my regular currency (dollars)

Adrian, There’s no discount. Now or in the future. You’re going to buy items from that merchant in the future at their then current price, not less than that price. There’s no rebate. You aren’t paying full price and getting money back. You handed the merchant $430. They handed you back $500.

Re: New User to GnuCash

I think I'm getting that understanding a little bit. Thanks! Debit Checking Account - Credit Rent - paying a bill and knowing why (even though in my Quicken mind the Rent account is just a category) I found a Transfer transaction on the tool bar that accommodates the type of transfer I am used

Re: New User to GnuCash

On 12/14/2017 2:10 PM, Jack Slater wrote: I think I get what your saying and at this point (a) I have no clue how to manage/edit/adjust what I have to that type of structure nor (b) do I know enough yet to feel confident in making any changes! LOL.. I'm reconciling my November statement as we

Re: Coredump after openSuSE upgrade

Ralph - No joy.  I disabled the GNOME repository and un-installed 2.6.16-98.1, then did 'zypper in gnucash' which got me 2.6.16-4.1.  Same failure.  I also tried removing my .gnucash directory on the off-chance that it was something in my saved reports that was a problem - same error. My

accounting categories

I'm starting to use gnucash for my rowing club.  We'd like to track certain projects independently: each race that we go to, a regatta that we run here at home, the activities of various committees.  Some of these categories overlap (the students have their own budget but also participate in

Re: Coredump after openSuSE upgrade

Ralph - That's actually where I started this journey :-)  I upgraded from OpenSuSE LEAP 42.2 to 42.3 (with the GNOME repo disabled); this resulted in installing 2.6.16-4.1.  When I tried to start gnucash it crashed per my original message.  Then I tried the GNOME repo 2.6.18 AND a local build

Re: New User to GnuCash

I think I get what your saying and at this point (a) I have no clue how to manage/edit/adjust what I have to that type of structure nor (b) do I know enough yet to feel confident in making any changes! LOL.. I'm reconciling my November statement as we "speak" and had to add a few account transfer

Re: Coredump after openSuSE upgrade

Hello Dan. The gnome repository is not part of the "official release" distro for 42.3. You could try this, nothing to lose except maybe some time: Uninstall the 2.6.16-98.1 version. Uninstall any other version of GnuCash you currently have installed, regardless of where you got it from. Now

Re: New User to GnuCash

Hi Jack, I'm also a convert about a year ago to GNUCash. They are *all* real accounts. But if you are like me, your institutional accounts are not really in expenses where most of the category accounts lie. I have my traditional bank accounts in Assets (as well as brokerage accounts, home

Re: New User to GnuCash

Thanks for the feedback! I'll get to that and read thru. Then if I am a typical Quicken fool I'll be back for more direction! I'm wondering then if there is a way to designate the "real" accounts in the massive Account Listing so i can see/sort or make those stand out from the "non-real"

Re: Coredump after openSuSE upgrade

It's out of the GNOME repository on opensuse.org: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Apps/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/ For me, both versions crash when I try to run a report from my primary data file Dan On 12/14/2017 12:24 PM, listreader wrote: On 12/13/2017 01:54 PM, Dan Rawson wrote:

Re: New User to GnuCash

Jack, Welcome to Gnucash, and welcome to this list. Before you tinker with the account structure in Gnucash, I strongly recommend that you read the Basics section in the Tutorial & Concepts Guide (available on the Gnucash website). The 4 chapters there will give you a better understanding of

Re: Coredump after openSuSE upgrade

> > > On 12/13/2017 01:54 PM, Dan Rawson wrote: > > >> I upgraded OpenSuSE (just a point release), but kept gnucash at > > >> the same version. This is part of the distro - it's gnucash > > >> 2.6.16-98.1. Just another openSUSE and GnuCash user here but where did you get 2.6.16-98.1? I

New User to GnuCash

I dropped Quicken finally and have been trying GC for a few days. So far it seems like a great replacement but I'm a total noob. My first question: I did an import from Quicken and I guess I misunderstood the terminology differences. When I look at the GC Accounts window - it is a complete

Re: Coredump after openSuSE upgrade

Please remember to copy the list on all replies. GnuCash 2.6 uses an obsolete version of the WebKit library that hasn’t been updated in several years. It shouldn’t be used for anything besides GnuCash because it has a huge number of known exploits that have been fixed in the current WebKit2.

Re: Report error An error occurred while running the report.

Hi, Dane Dormio writes: > It is an expense over time report. The options I modified are choosing a > single expense account and setting the date to a recent 10-day period. I > haven't modified any global or book defaults. The trace file that was > created when I most

Re: Coredump after openSuSE upgrade

The crash appears to be a webkit problem that’s triggered by a report you left open when you quit GnuCash the last time you were using the data. If you remove the .gcm file in ~/.gnucash/books corresponding to the file that’s causing trouble GnuCash will open it with only the Accounts tab open.

Re: Cannot edit opening balance

David, Now that you mention it, indeed :blush: There were two elements I wanted to bring up: - perhaps the starting balance was entered backwards (due to starting from the Equity account instead of the bank account) - and I wanted to stress the fact the starting balance should be ignored in

Re: Cannot edit opening balance

Geert, That's a nice summary. It's a lot like what is in section 4.4 of the tutorial. David On December 14, 2017, at 1:59 PM, Geert Janssens wrote: Op donderdag 14 december 2017 07:41:03 CET schreef Carmelo Pagan: > I guess I stated the issue improperly. I was

Re: Coredump after openSuSE upgrade

Additional info - if I open the previous "save" file, it opens normally :-(( Is there any way to test the gnucash data file WITHOUT opening it in gnucash? Thanks! Dan On 12/13/2017 01:54 PM, Dan Rawson wrote: I upgraded OpenSuSE (just a point release), but kept gnucash at the same version. 

Re: Gnucash & macOS High Sierra.

On Thursday, 14 December 2017 10:48:25 GMT Pam Dooner wrote: > Now, how do unsubscribe from the list > without losing permanent access, just in case I need help in the future? > Regards > > > *Pam Dooner* > > ___ >

Re: Gnucash & macOS High Sierra.

Looks like changing back to en_GB has solved it. Don't need to have commas! Thing is I never changed it to FR in the first place! Thank you very much for your help. Now, how do unsubscribe from the list without losing permanent access, just in case I need help in the future? Regards *Pam Dooner*

RE: Report error An error occurred while running the report.

Just a punt Try increasing the Accounts / Show Accounts until level to “All” Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Dane Dormio Sent: Thursday, 14 December 2017 5:15 PM To: sunfis...@yahoo.com Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: Report error An error occurred while running the report. Yes,

Re: Report error An error occurred while running the report.

It is an expense over time report. The options I modified are choosing a single expense account and setting the date to a recent 10-day period. I haven't modified any global or book defaults. The trace file that was created when I most recently got this error is attached. - 619-663-7819

Coredump after openSuSE upgrade

I upgraded OpenSuSE (just a point release), but kept gnucash at the same version.  This is part of the distro - it's gnucash 2.6.16-98.1. gnucash now coredumps when accessing my primary data file. I can still create a new file (and open it later), and I can still access the original file from

Budget View

I am a new user. I set up a budget for 2018 for 12 months. When I open the budget I don't see all the 12 months and the total amount in the total field is all the way to the right. I have to use the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen. How can I view all 12 months and the total in the screen

Re: Report error An error occurred while running the report.

How would I do this? - 619-663-7819 www.danedormio.com On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 6:27 PM, Christopher Lam wrote: > Not every report handles error conditions smoothly. It would be useful to > summarise the report chosen and the options used. The report can then be >

Re: Report error An error occurred while running the report.

Yes, I am certain. It is a recent time period for an account with frequent transactions. - 619-663-7819 www.danedormio.com On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 5:27 PM, David T. wrote: > Are you sure that there are any transactions for the period you selected? > I'm not certain, but

Re: Cannot edit opening balance

Op donderdag 14 december 2017 07:41:03 CET schreef Carmelo Pagan: > I guess I stated the issue improperly. I was trying to edit the opening > balance after a reconciliation attempt had failed. The reconciliation > difference was exactly the amount of the opening on my paper statement. I > then

Re: GnuCash: Docs: Where to document?

Op woensdag 13 december 2017 01:57:43 CET schreef brad: > I would like to see something on this in the wiki. > It's a wiki, so everyone is invited to make (sensible) changes to it :) You can request an account and add a summary of this yourself. It would be a great contribution. Regards,