Re: [GNC] Saving entries and storing it on desktop

2019-01-24 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The current text is pretty straight forward. I suppose an admonition not to run the gnucash.app from the .dmg folder might not hurt. I really suspect that has been the issue at least on the last two recent threads on this. And perhaps a screenshot or two for those who don’t already understand

Re: [GNC] Another sort field like 'Class' in Quicken?

2019-01-24 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Unfortunately, those are two different fields with the same name. They aren’t tied to each other at all. The Action field of a split does get filled with “payment” when you assign a payment to a bill/invoice, however. You can edit this if you want after the transaction is created. I haven’t

Re: [GNC] Saving entries and storing it on desktop

2019-01-24 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Certainly! I also inquired in late December about creating a custom branded dmg window with the /Applications alias to drag onto like many other Mac apps have. John gave me some links to get started, but unfortunately, that same day I got a large project dumped on my desk. (well, not

Re: [GNC] Currency symbol (INR) not showing on Tax Invoice report

2019-01-24 Thread Adrien Monteleone
. > > On 19-Jan-2019, at 6:38 PM, > mailto:gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org>> > mailto:gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org>> > wrote: > > Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 06:25:38 -0600 > From: Adrien Monteleone > mailto:adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net>> > To: "gn

Re: [GNC] Budget setup

2019-01-31 Thread Adrien Monteleone
This might be an issue of an unused account. The budget module defaults (each time you open it) to showing only accounts that contain transactions. If this is a new account with no activity, it will not be visible. With the budget already open, select View > Filter By... > Other > Show unused

Re: [GNC] Recording/Reporting transfers between accounts

2019-02-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On Feb 1, 2019, at 8:55 AM, Maf. King wrote: > > On Friday, 1 February 2019 14:31:21 GMT Finbar Mahon wrote: >> > > Hi Finbar, > > Assuming that you are in basic single line view mode in the register of the > account that you are transferring from, then Description sounds right, >

Re: [GNC] Recording/Reporting transfers between accounts

2019-02-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Finbar, Not sure what screen you are viewing here. Are you entering the transfer directly as a transaction into an asset register or are you using the Transfer button that opens another window to handle entering the transfer? I normally run with Preferences > Accounts > Labels > Use formal

Re: [GNC] GNUCash becoming unusable ..v3.4

2019-02-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I’ll second that the SQlite backend improves speed considerably. I’ve been using it for a few years now. Concerning reports, if you go the Python route, that isn’t ‘out of the box’ necessarily, but you don’t have to completely figure it out from scratch. Do a search for PieCash. (might be

Re: [GNC] GNUCash becoming unusable ..v3.4

2019-02-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I agree on all points. I also think though that people who take the time to ask for help are already amenable to maybe taking some ownership in figuring it out or working things out for themselves, if at least after a little nudge, direction, or suggestion. I don’t make assumptions that people

Re: [GNC] GNUCash becoming unusable ..v3.4

2019-02-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That amount of memory you shouldn’t see any issues for sure. You may be on to something with the stocks if there are many. A fresh start would certainly confirm a performance bug or an issue with the data file. Regards, Adrien > On Feb 1, 2019, at 1:58 PM, Jamestk wrote: > > Adrien, answered

Re: [GNC] GNUCash becoming unusable ..v3.4

2019-02-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Diane, The dev team has at various times acknowledged the current state of the app isn’t where they would like it. But you can’t just jump from A to Z. They have a roadmap to get there and it takes time and people that aren’t in infinite supply. Some ‘upgrades’ aren’t really up to them either.

Re: [GNC] Gnucash leadership team

2019-01-31 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Since the code is freely available, it isn’t like such an event would prevent someone else from stepping forward. Also, please trim your quotes when replying to a thread. I just trimmed a tad over 14 feet (!!) of quoted material. (not an exaggeration, I even measured it just for kicks) In this

Re: [GNC] Upgrade Path from version 2.6.16 on MacOS High Sierra (10.13.6) and beyond

2019-01-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Michael, I’ll cover these in-line: > On Jan 28, 2019, at 4:56 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: > > I have been contentedly using Gnucash since 2010, initially on Ubuntu but > more recently on iMac, and although I have no problems with the version I’m > using it’s probably time I upgraded. > > I

Re: [GNC] Upgrade Path from version 2.6.16 on MacOS High Sierra (10.13.6) and beyond

2019-01-29 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> I'm curious: what are the names of the two directories that were created ? Or > in other words, how are those names decided on MacOS ? > > As far as I know on linux and Windows the names are hardcoded to use the > compile time application name unless overridden by setting GNC_DATA_DIR and

Re: [GNC] US Bans Free tax Software

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I’m not a fan of the corporate protectionism in the bill, but it doesn’t change anything practical-wise for anyone. It enshrines the status quo. The IRS currently does not have free tax filing software made available to taxpayers. This law prohibits the IRS from ever developing it. (a

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Read my other replies. Every transaction has entries in two accounts (hence ‘double entry accounting’) The first few chapters of the guide won’t take long and will alleviate much potential frustration that would ensue if you try to wing it. GnuCash is not so complicated to use that you need to

Re: [GNC] n and c?

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On a credit card account, in the "R" column, what is "blank", "n", and >>>>> "c" stand for? >>>>> >>>>> And does "R" stand for "reconcile"? >>>>> >>>>> Many tha

Re: [GNC] n and c?

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
and "c" > >> stand for? > >> > >> And does "R" stand for "reconcile"? > >> > >> Many thanks, > >> -T > > On 4/10/19 11:06 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> Yes, >> The ‘R’ column is a reconcile flag. >

Re: [GNC] Posting a bad debt

2019-04-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Probably the more formal method would be to create, Assets:Current Assets:Accounts Receivable:Allowance for Doubtful Accounts then ‘pay’ the original invoice with that asset account, then move that amount (once determined you definitely won’t collect it) to Expenses:Bad Debt. 'Allowance for

Re: [GNC] Upgrade 2.6.18 to 3.5

2019-04-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I think it was originally recommended to update to 2.6.19 or 2.6.21 first. (2.6.20 and .21 were snap fix releases for some critical problems with 2.6.19 which was originally intended to be the *last* of the 2.6 series) Regards, Adrien > On Apr 9, 2019, at 1:54 PM, wrote: > > "The main time

Re: [GNC] Posting a bad debt

2019-04-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I tested it, you can’t select expense accounts on credit memo line items either. It looks like the only method is what I outlined earlier, ‘pay’ with some other asset account, then transfer that amount to Expenses:Bad Debts. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 9, 2019, at 3:21 PM, Greg Feneis wrote: >

Re: [GNC] Posting a bad debt

2019-04-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On Apr 9, 2019, at 6:07 PM, Greg Feneis wrote: > > Since people are trying to associate a non payment with an expense account, > does not getting paid by a customer actually constitute an expense? Generally, yes, it is revenue earned, but needs to be deducted so as not to affect income

Re: [GNC] v3.5

2019-04-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
For completeness, on a Mac, simply drag the .app bundle (inside the .dmg) to the install location (usually /Applications) and the Mac will dutifully ask if you want to replace the current installation, or retain both. It then copies the new version to that location and either overwrites the old

Re: [GNC] Data Entry Loss

2019-04-06 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If the parent totals reflect the ‘missing’ transactions try using the Find feature to locate them. Are you using a filtered view of your registers? Regards, Adrien > On Apr 6, 2019, at 5:41 PM, Dennis Marshall wrote: > > Hi, All, > I am working in version 3.5 and having difficulties keeping

Re: [GNC] Posting a bad debt

2019-04-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Roger, You could create a sub-account of A/R something like ‘B2BTrade'. When the client does work for you, you ‘pay’ the bill they send you by crediting the asset, and debiting the relevant expense. When you want to apply this to their A/R balance, then ‘pay’ their invoice from you using that

Re: [GNC] report: group account activity by accounting period instead of by month

2019-04-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If you only ran the report for one account and you just want to label it, you can use the Report Name field in the General tab of the report options. It is a free-form field. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 9, 2019, at 9:51 PM, Ron Eggler wrote: > > Thanks, guys! > I'm a GnuCash newbie regarding

Re: [GNC] CSV import lags and burns CPU; can't report bug

2019-04-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
GnuCash’s Bugzilla database moved to bugs.gnucash.com several moons ago. I can’t find any similar shortcut for bug filing on MacOS, so this is probably for the Windows version only. (I don’t ever recall seeing it with Linux versions either) You should file a bug on that as well, since it needs

Re: [GNC] n and c?

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On Apr 11, 2019, at 2:29 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > > > > Hi Adrian, > > Maybe in my next life I will want all those features. Right > now I want to make a charge, then enter it into GnuCash > (or similar), see what my running balance is (how much I > have left on the

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
and vice versa) Hope that helps, lots to digest, I know... Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 1:48 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > > On 4/10/19 11:18 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> Read my other replies. >> Every transaction has entries in two accou

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
No, it is not automatically deducting your bank account. If you see the bank account decrease then you aren’t entering the charged expense correctly, you’re entering a payment. Really, I suggest you stop and pause. READ the Help and Guide as suggested with the app open for reference. READ

Re: [GNC] Suggesting simple interface changes

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On Apr 10, 2019, at 10:57 PM, ChrisInAccounting > wrote: > > I work in accounting and think it may help newbies if a few changes were > made. > > 1. In the chart of accounts, call the page "chart of accounts" rather than > accounts (as default). This will help them communicate with other

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Sorry to break it to you. You have to care, to enter the transaction. EACH AND EVERY transaction has two entries or splits. A payment will have one split to the card account and the other to whatever asset you used to make that payment. Accounting isn’t adding things up. (well, not simply

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
It is found under Accounts > Labels in the Preferences. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 2:45 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > > On 4/11/19 12:37 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> I highly recommend you change the Preference to ‘Use Formal Accounting >

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
. (you can use it that way of course, but life can be a bit frustrating at first) Best of luck. We’re here if you decide to stay. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 2:57 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > > On 4/11/19 12:43 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> Sorry

Re: [GNC] Upgrade 2.6.18 to 3.5

2019-04-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The storage locations for some items moved between versions. I think saved reports are affected. Take a look at the wiki. You likely just need to copy them to the new location. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 10, 2019, at 4:57 AM, Tony Vanson wrote: > > I've just upgraded from 2.6.21 to 3.5.1 for

Re: [GNC] help lost data file

2019-04-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
1. Navigate to your home directory. 2. View > Show View Options. (or CMD-J) 3. You’ll see the last option box to “Show Library Folder” 4. Check the box. You might also be able to get to the Library folder directly via SHIFT-CMD-L Regards, Adrien > On Apr 8, 2019, at 4:44 PM, Eric Rathhaus

Re: [GNC] help lost data file

2019-04-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Sorry, I thought I read from his description he was looking elsewhere. My misunderstanding. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 8, 2019, at 6:01 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > Adrien, > > That's exactly what he hasn't been able to do. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > >>

Re: [GNC] credit card opening balance

2019-04-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Any asset account would do. You can use the cash or checking/bank account already created by the startup wizard, or add a new one. It doesn’t have to be anything special because you don’t care about it. It’s just to satisfy double-entry. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 13, 2019, at 1:47 AM,

Re: [GNC] Posting a bad debt

2019-04-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Roger, My apologies for any time wasted. I use my sub-account with manual entries. I see now the business features will not expose them in that payment drop down, regardless of type. (but you can use those asset (not A/R) accounts from the business features in line-items in bills/invoices as

Re: [GNC] Wiki about where custom reports are stored

2019-04-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Roger, https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations It’s part of the thread labeled: Upgrade 2.6.18 to 3.5 Regards, Adrien > On Apr 10, 2019, at 4:27 PM, wrote: > > Adrien, > > I lost the link to the wiki about where the custom reports are stored. Would > you please send it

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quotes stopped working for me

2019-04-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
More likely a blocked port though since the OP said curl works to retrieve the same URL, but not perl. A look at the perl script will probably expose the issue. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 13, 2019, at 4:29 AM, David Carlson > wrote: > > A different router could also mean a different ISP, a

Re: [GNC] How to account for credit card fees

2019-04-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Andy, Welcome to GnuCash! First, For *all* accounting questions, I can’t stress enough...speak to a local CPA about how to do your accounting. (they can offer better answers with respect to your local laws, tax jurisdiction, and business entity type) A surprising fact most people do not know

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 193, Issue 42 - re: QFX Import Matching

2019-04-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
This thread is an excellent example as to: A) What happens when people do not correctly respond to digest messages B) Why no matter what, digests are a really bad idea It appears (from my perspective) that you, Andy, are replying to David who is replying to someone other than you. (David is old

Re: [GNC] credit card opening balance

2019-04-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I had the same understanding. The OP didn’t grok ’transfer’ and asked how to get rid of it. So I advised to switch views to Transaction Journal. Then he didn’t understand why there were two entries for each transaction (though I had already explained that would happen), a charge and a payment.

Re: [GNC] Transaction Report with ver.3.5 not working?

2019-04-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Can you describe in more detail “the Transaction report is not working for me”? I can successfully run that report on my fuel expenses with monthly totals. Are you getting an error message? Are you not seeing the data you thought you would see? Is it not arranged how you thought it would be

Re: [GNC] upgrade from 2.6.12 to 3.5-1 via deb

2019-04-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I could be mistaken, but I think his .deb is built against Ubuntu 18.04 which would be Mint 19/19.1, not 18.3. (which is based on Ubuntu 16.04) If the 3.5 .deb *should* work on a 16.04 base, then there might also be an issue with Mint having some packages in a held state for stability reasons

Re: [GNC] Split transaction: more than two off-setting accounts

2019-04-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
It’s there, section 6.2 There is a big special “Note” in the middle of the page explaining Enter vs. Tab functionality with respect to transactions and additional split lines. The remaining info in that section should make the process pretty clear. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 15, 2019, at 2:37

Re: [GNC] upgrade from 2.6.12 to 3.5-1 via deb

2019-04-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Good to know, thanks for the hard work! Regards, Adrien > On Apr 15, 2019, at 4:23 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > > On 4/15/19 7:29 AM, Elmar wrote: >> I just saw the reply that it was built for Mint 19.x, not 18.x.. >> *sigh* I guess I have to upgrade my Mint. >> >> On 4/15/19 8:45 AM, Colin

Re: [GNC] Need help with a Savings account

2019-04-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Another reminder - the Bank’s use of “debit/credit” with respect to your account is with respect to your account in *their* books which lies on the opposite of the ledger/accounting equation from *your* books. So when they ‘debit your account’ to decrease it, that is because *to them* your

Re: [GNC] Transaction Report with ver.3.5 not working?

2019-04-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That would affect the Account Report, no? The Transaction Report, I don’t think, is in any way affected by the register view filter. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 15, 2019, at 5:15 PM, David Carlson > wrote: > > Denis, > > Did you try opening the register of the account you are interested in,

Re: [GNC] Need help with a Savings account

2019-04-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
No, debiting an asset account means you increased it. A withdrawal would be a credit to an asset account. Remember: Assets + Expenses = Liabilities + Equity + Income Left side of “=“ means ‘debit increases/credit decreases’ The opposite for the right side of the “=“ Regards, Adrien > On Apr

Re: [GNC] Transaction Report with ver.3.5 not working?

2019-04-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
When you first run the report, it is blank, telling you no accounts are selected with a link to “Edit report options” —click that link. (or click the Options button in the toolbar) In the Accounts tab of the options dialog, select the account(s) you want to report on. I presume in this case,

Re: [GNC] Need help with a Savings account

2019-04-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I wrote a longer reply, but let’s get this out of the way first: What makes you think ‘losing money’ = ‘debit'? Regards, Adrien > > Hi Adrian, > > So, when I deposit something to the bank, I am actually > losing money (giving it to someone else), so it is a debit? > > So I should switch my

Re: [GNC] Need help with a Savings account

2019-04-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
=== for clarity as of the date of the report. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 15, 2019, at 7:14 PM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > === > ToddAndMargo Balance Sheet (partial) > > Assets > Cash$ 2

Re: [GNC] Need help with a Savings account

2019-04-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
others of course. > On Apr 15, 2019, at 6:31 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > > On 4/15/19 4:10 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> What makes you think ‘losing money’ = ‘debit'? > > Hi Adrian, > > By "losing money", I meant money moving awa

Re: [GNC] Equity Calculation on the Balance Sheet

2019-04-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Tom, Strange that the AR/AP numbers would be different on those two reports. Perhaps it is a date issue on the Aging reports. Make sure they would end on the same day you are running the balance sheet for. The only thing I can think of that might cause this would be bills and invoices that are

Re: [GNC] Recording dividend payoffs

2019-04-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Certainly, But it serves as a temporary workaround till then. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 16, 2019, at 10:05 AM, Justin Mathew wrote: > >> I understand that you would have two ‘Retained Earnings’ lines, one being >> the actual account and the other being the calculated amount by GnuCash. The

Re: [GNC] Transaction Report with ver.3.5 not working?

2019-04-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Be certain in your preferences under Date/Time that you have the proper locale set. And if you don’t mind, please report it back here. If there is a bug and it is known, someone might see the reference. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 16, 2019, at 9:33 AM, Denis wrote: > > I may have found a

Re: [GNC] Transaction Report with ver.3.5 not working?

2019-04-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Also, any time you get an error message in the future, including the text of that error message in your original post will assist anyone helping you with narrowing down the problem faster than the several back and forth exchanges already endured to get to this point. Regards, Adrien > On Apr

Re: [GNC] Recording dividend payoffs

2019-04-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If you create an Equity:Retained Earnings account and debit it, while crediting Dividends Payable (the formal method) does this not show up on the Balance Sheet? I understand that you would have two ‘Retained Earnings’ lines, one being the actual account and the other being the calculated

Re: [GNC] Equity Calculation on the Balance Sheet

2019-04-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I work from home and am very flexible. Sometimes I don’t get on the list for a few weeks at a time though. Afraid I’m stumped at the moment then. If I find something else to test, I’ll pass it on. It may be time for a bug report. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 16, 2019, at 12:58 PM, Tom Balaban

Re: [GNC] Zelle

2019-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Khristine, If you are sharing expenses, say you fronted the cash and they are paying you back their portion, then you would not record that as income, and you also wouldn’t have recorded the original full amount as your expenditure. You’re merely facilitating payment for someone else. I have

Re: [GNC] How to treat benefit payments from government?

2019-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Someone on the list from Canada (even better, a local CPA) should offer better advice, but the first question you probably want answered is, “Is this taxable next year?” That will likely influence how you record it now. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 17, 2019, at 4:37 PM, gn00b wrote: > > When I

Re: [GNC] Need help with a Savings account

2019-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
David, I agree, a reading of the Guide would have helped significantly. Perhaps I should have refrained from personal assistance and commentary and simply pointed to the relevant sections. That is likely the better approach, especially since the ‘work’ in explaining is already done. Regards,

[GNC] Installing 3.5 deb packages on Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo

2019-04-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
So, I’m jumping a day ahead and I upgraded my Ubuntu Cosmic 18.10 installation to 19.04. Now, attempting to install Stephen’s 3.5 .deb build gets me this: ``` gnucash depends on libboost-date-time1.65.1; however: Package libboost-date-time1.65.1 is not installed. gnucash depends on

Re: [GNC] Need help with a Savings account

2019-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Colin, I agree, most people are coming from a place of hearing those terms from the institution’s perspective, which confuses many at first. And I also agree that the GnuCash defaults of informal labels and Basic View are much simpler to comprehend. However, once someone encounters a

Re: [GNC] GnuCash V3.5 Not Used By My GnuCash Database

2019-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
By chance did you manage to install them side-by-side? How did you install 3.5? (or 3.4 for that matter, as neither is in the 18.04 repos) Did you try to intentionally launch 3.5 first, then use File > Open? I can’t see how in such a case, 3.4 would suddenly launch. (but double-clicking the

Re: [GNC] Return of Capital

2019-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
cicko, I confess, while I use trading accounts (for PMs) I don’t track stocks, so maybe I can’t be of help, but what are you expecting the balancing transaction below to be? I see three splits which appear balanced, one to cash for $500 (presumably debit because it is listed as a positive and

Re: [GNC] Need help with a Savings account

2019-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
“Debt” and “Debit” are NOT the same thing, despite they are 1 letter apart. If the balance of your bank account is positive (you have money to spend in it) then your opening balance entry in GnuCash should be a debit to that account and a credit to `Equity:Opening Balances`. That isn’t because

Re: [GNC] How to treat benefit payments from government?

2019-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
In that case, you have a few options: 1. Add a higher top-level ‘income’ type account called ‘Revenue’ and make ‘Income’ a child of it, then add other non-taxable receipt accounts as children of ‘Revenue’ 2. Create a regular ‘Income’ account but do not include it as ’taxable’ when using the

Re: [GNC] Need help with a Savings account

2019-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On Apr 17, 2019, at 11:18 PM, AC wrote: > > On 2019-04-17 20:00, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> And I also agree that the GnuCash defaults of informal labels and Basic View >> are much simpler to comprehend. >> >> However, once someone encounters a situ

Re: [GNC] How to treat benefit payments from government?

2019-04-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
ack > wrote: > > On 4/17/2019 6:16 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> Someone on the list from Canada (even better, a local CPA) should offer >> better advice, but the first question you probably want answered is, “Is >> this taxable next year?” >> >> That w

Re: [GNC] I can't see above the current widow

2019-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On Apr 17, 2019, at 4:24 AM, Jonathan Silvey > wrote: > > For some reason, I cannot go above the top line of a window. What do you mean by "cannot go above the top line of a window?” Go above it how? What are you expecting to see? What are you referring to as the ’top line’? > > Two

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quotes stopped working for me

2019-04-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> tell that the packets are coming from curl and not messing with them or perl > LWP and messing with them? That's a pretty amazing firewall. > > Regards, > John Ralls > >> On Apr 13, 2019, at 2:32 AM, Adrien Monteleone >> wrote: >> >> More likely a blocked

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Colin, This is what I understood as the point to test some messages ago. Greg, Several messages back someone mentioned needing to install the DropBox client to get real paths as opposed to some mapped paths. The reason for this is the mapped paths (which are displayed as real paths instead)

Re: [GNC] two lines for every entry

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
d > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 13:21, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > No, it is not automatically deducting your bank account. > > If you see the bank account decrease then you aren’t entering the charged > expense correctly, you’re entering a payment. > > Really

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Nevermind. I got lost in the thicket. I see a message now that you already eliminated DropBox as the problem because there are local paths that won’t save either. Sorry for the noise. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > Colin, > &

Re: [GNC] Transaction won't reconcile

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I don’t follow: "(practically all of the missing transactions exist in the ledger already)” Where are your copying them from and pasting them to, then? How are the transactions ‘missing’ if they “exist in the ledger already?” When you reconcile, you will likely always need to enter the closing

Re: [GNC] QFX Import Matching

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The only change to how you replied I’d offer: Instead of appending the actual subject to the Digest subject is to copy-paste over it, thus the subject reads as if you had not used digest mode at all. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 12:33 PM, kvn wrote: > > Sorry if this is not the

Re: [GNC] n and c?

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Todd, In one of my lengthy replies, I offered a suggestion to create a generic asset account and use that to make your payments from. This would allow you to still track expenses on the card, but not worry about payment details. (of course, as I also noted, the more info you record now, the

Re: [GNC] n and c?

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
/19 12:47 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> Todd, >> In one of my lengthy replies, I offered a suggestion to create a generic >> asset account and use that to make your payments from. This would allow you >> to still track expenses on the card, but not worry about payment deta

Re: [GNC] What's wrong with the digest?

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I don’t ever recall MailMan lists as being sorted, but I could be mistaken. (I haven’t used digests in ages) While you might on average get one digest per day, a really active list will send multiple because it is also determined by size. When people reply to messages without trimming

Re: [GNC] n and c?

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Base still stinks. No real work has been done on it in ages. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 4:44 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > > On 4/11/19 2:35 PM, Dennis Powless wrote: >> You know, if you can do VBA with MS Access you could write your own >> financial database to

Re: [GNC] n and c?

2019-04-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Ah, now things are becoming clearer. If you’ve already gone that far... I’d bet your bank already offers and electronic means to accomplish what you want. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 11, 2019, at 4:07 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > > On 4/11/19 1:25 PM, Adrien Mont

Re: [GNC] move files into sub folder

2019-04-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The GnuCash datafile ends in .gnucash. Simply create your desired folder and move the file there. Then (if on Windows or Linux) double-click the data file to open it and GnuCash will remember its new location. Otherwise (or on a Mac) Open GnuCash first, (it will fail to find the last used file

Re: [GNC] Don't understand why I have what I have

2019-04-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I understand you don’t care for the official documentation, but how much frustration have you endured by not reading it and just trying to plow through? How many times have you asked for help or for understanding that would have been avoided by reading the manual? Help Manual

Re: [GNC] Don't understand why I have what I have

2019-04-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On Apr 13, 2019, at 3:14 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user > wrote: > > Hi All, especially Adrian, > > Here is what I have so far. > > I have two accounts: >"Little Visa", which is a Credit card account >"Little Visa -- Expense", which is an expense account > > Credit card

Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21

2019-04-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
2.6.15 can’t reliably read the data file from 3.x. (if at all, I haven’t tested it) The lowest you can go is 2.6.19. You could use the Flatpak version, the .deb that was posted on this list, or build from source. Regards, Adrien > On Apr 13, 2019, at 1:31 AM, Gour wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Apr

Re: [GNC] Libre Office question - worth a shot

2019-05-24 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Certainly, there may be special cases where you need to have worksheets/tabs in separate files. This is not a common use case, but not entirely out of the ordinary either, especially in a multi-user environment. Most spreadsheet applications can handle 65K+ individual sheets/tabs. If there is

Re: [GNC] Future transactions

2019-06-02 Thread Adrien Monteleone
While it may be more than you want to bite off, using the Business Features for regular bills like utilities and credit cards will provide you with a “Bills Due Reminder” that will fire on first run, or whenever you want. It really isn’t difficult to work with once you get started. I use it for

Re: [GNC] Xcode project/buildable non X11 Mac version?

2019-05-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
kentsor, A screenshot of what you are seeing might be instructive. If what you are seeing looks like win95, something is wrong. To be sure, v2.x looked really dated, but v3.x fits in much better on MacOS. It still isn’t native, but certainly is not jarring. One could also use some custom CSS

Re: [GNC] More Startup Questions

2019-05-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On May 28, 2019, at 7:34 PM, Peter088 wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > A few more intro questions: > > > > 1) I don't like the "softer" contrast in the new release. Is there any > way to change the look to the old one? See the wiki about custom colors and such. You can create a

Re: [GNC] Misc Newbie Questions

2019-05-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On May 28, 2019, at 7:04 PM, Peter088 wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm a recent convert from Quicken. I apologize for dragging my expectations > with me, but there are a few things I can't figure out how to do. Perhaps > these are not possible. They are mostly small, so I thought I'd

Re: [GNC] Misc Newbie Questions

2019-05-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On May 28, 2019, at 8:48 PM, Peter088 wrote: > > > 5) I get the reconciliation function, but every once in a while I make a > mistake while reconciling. When I go back and correct the reconciled > transaction it changes the status to "n" and I'm unable to change it back > without either

Re: [GNC] Pending Edit Behavior in GnuCash

2019-06-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
> On Jun 7, 2019, at 3:57 AM, jeffrey black wrote: > >> > I think I missed something here Adrien. I only get a /months worth /of > transactions in a tab across some but not all accounts which have > entries. What am I not setting right in preferences? (Windoze 10 => > Version: 3.5 Build

Re: [GNC] Pending Edit Behavior in GnuCash

2019-06-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Making sure all registers have you in the next blank transaction before exiting should also do the trick. Or close them all before saving/exiting. Then if you try to close a register that is being edited, you’ll fire the warning right away and know which one it is. (just a workflow ‘workaround’

Re: [GNC] Pending Edit Behavior in GnuCash

2019-06-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Interesting it is even there. Since there are no amounts and it looks like a dupe, then —delete it? Do the two referenced accounts also show it in their respective registers? Regards, Adrien > On Jun 7, 2019, at 4:36 AM, jeffrey black wrote: > >> > > Thanks. Found it under View->Filter

Re: [GNC] Export files for audit

2019-06-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I say, “Ask the Auditor” but otherwise, check out the Transaction Report. It is probably the most detailed available. There are also the General Journal and General Ledger Reports. Regards, Adrien > On Jun 7, 2019, at 8:54 AM, Mike stagl wrote: > > This is end of my first year as Treasurer

Re: [GNC] Pending Edit Behavior in GnuCash

2019-06-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I figured as much, but suggested it anyway at least as a temporary workaround. I do see the utility of an edit-only tab. Regards, Adrien > On Jun 7, 2019, at 8:37 PM, David Carlson wrote: > > Returning to Adrien's comment on my Edit window Suggestion: > > >> Finally, I will throw out a

Re: [GNC] File not found, file in history

2019-06-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Anytime you open GnuCash and it can’t open your data file it will open a ‘blank’ file because it has to have something open. That is what the Giuseppe is seeing. Giuseppe, Your best bet is to follow previous advice. Open GnuCash. Disregard any messages and pay no notice to a blank file.

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