Re: [GNC] Finance-Quote 1.62 released!

2024-05-16 Thread Bruce Schuck
On Thu May 16 22:22:53 EDT 2024, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Coding can be fun in many cases, but you seem to find solace in the mindbogglingly headache-inducing game of whack-a-mole, to everyone else's benefit! heh-heh. Sometimes it does seem like playing whack-a-mole. Thank you for the

Re: [GNC] Finance-Quote 1.62 released!

2024-05-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Bruce, et al, Coding can be fun in many cases, but you seem to find solace in the mindbogglingly headache-inducing game of whack-a-mole, to everyone else's benefit! Thank you for the insane amount of effort you put forth on this project. I have yet to use (or profit) from all of it, but

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-16 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/16/2024 2:17 PM, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: Yes, if gnucash was running as a remote service, it might be able to deal with multiple users.  Imagine that gnucash becomes a web service and the user interface is a relatively simple web page.  Even in this scenario, you would

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-16 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Yes, if gnucash was running as a remote service, it might be able to deal with multiple users.  Imagine that gnucash becomes a web service and the user interface is a relatively simple web page.  Even in this scenario, you would need to avoid processing too much in JavaScript and local files

Re: [GNC] Use of cash discounts in business account tree

2024-05-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I am no accountant, but that doesn't sound quite correct. If you put the Cash Discounts account under Expenses, then that would be a contra-account as it reduces the price of your expenses you pay the wholesaler. So that credit is correct, but I don't see that there should be a debit to your

Re: [GNC] Importing bank data, sending instructions.

2024-05-15 Thread David Reiser via gnucash-user
> On May 15, 2024, at 17:58, Chris Miller wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > GnuCash will import bank data in OFX format. OFX imports advise me of > activity that originates with the bank, so I can "sync" my books with the > bank. So far; so good. > > Wells Fargo produces an OFX import file with

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-15 Thread Ken Farley
No. Using an SQL database just means you are deciding where you are going to save your data. The way the program works is that it loads your data file into memory and any changes you make are done in memory. Data is not saved anywhere until you specifically write it to wherever you store it.

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-15 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Wed, May 15, 2024 7:14 pm, Chris Miller wrote: > The application gnucash does NOT support multiple simultaneous > access. > That would require a DBM (database manager) > >Apparently there are a variety of DBM "back-ends". If I configure >Postgress, for example, do I

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-15 Thread Chris Miller
The application gnucash does NOT support multiple simultaneous access. That would require a DBM (database manager) Apparently there are a variety of DBM "back-ends". If I configure Postgress, for example, do I get simultaneous access? Thanks for the help, Chris.

Re: [GNC] Use of cash discounts in business account tree

2024-05-15 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
Thank you Michael. I was unsure of how to use this in a double entry account. WHen I get a discount from a wholesaler, then there is a credit to Cash discounts, which is an expense. There is also a corresponding debit to my checking account. When I issue a site wide discount there is a debit to

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-15 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/15/2024 6:02 PM, Chris Miller wrote: Hi Folks, Can I store my GnuCash "books" on a server, or a NAS, and do my bookkeeping from any of my machines, meaning my windows desktop or my Linux development station? Can I do this simultaneously? The application gnucash supports multiple

Re: [GNC] Use of cash discounts in business account tree

2024-05-15 Thread nisp1953
On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 10:10 PM Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > The wizard is only a starting point giving an example of TYPICAL > accounts. There is no guarantee tat the set of accounts would =meet the > needs of YOUR business. If your business never offered cash discounts, > then your

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-15 Thread Geoff
Hi Chris > Can I store my GnuCash "books" on a server, or a NAS, and do > my bookkeeping from any of my machines, meaning my windows desktop or > my Linux development station? Yes - provided you have the GnuCash software (preferably the same version) installed on each of those client

Re: [GNC] Unable to Refine Existing Search

2024-05-15 Thread Derek Atkins
David, On Wed, May 15, 2024 12:07 pm, David Carlson wrote: > I vaguely recall asking for an enhancement a few years ago to show the > search criteria along with the results but I have forgotten whether that > was in Bugzilla or in that other place which I now cannot even remember > the > name of.

Re: [GNC] Unable to Refine Existing Search

2024-05-15 Thread David Carlson
r perhaps even > save a set of criteria so they can be re-run. > > I realise what I am really wanting here is a custom report but I need it to > contain only records containing a certain string and I can't see how to get > the reporting to do this. > > Kind wishes - Patrick >

Re: [GNC] Unable to Refine Existing Search

2024-05-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The Transaction Report has a Filter option that takes simple text as well as a Regular Expression. Regards, Adrien On 5/14/24 2:24 AM, Patrick Skelton wrote: I realise what I am really wanting here is a custom report but I need it to contain only records containing a certain string and I

Re: [GNC] How to transfer customer and vendor information from a previous GNUCash file?

2024-05-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Please remember to hit reply-all or reply-list so others can participate and benefit from the discussion. - While you can't delete an Invoice/Bill, you can reuse them. When I end up in such a situation, I change the document ID to "Use Next" so I can find it easily, and then simply edit

Re: [GNC] Unable to Refine Existing Search

2024-05-15 Thread Derek Atkins
iteria again. No, the initial criteria are still there -- just inaccessible. You're just appending to them with an additional AND statement (refine) or OR statement (add results). > > Is there a way to modify the search criteria already used or perhaps even > save a set of criteria so

Re: [GNC] How to enter an accrued expense before Invoice?

2024-05-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
be paying the Bill, reducing liabilities. (this is the date you actually remit payment) - As for payments unlinking themselves when unposting a Bill/Invoice that is normal. It however should do its best to automatically re-link that payment when you re-post the document after editing

Re: [GNC] How to enter an accrued expense before Invoice?

2024-05-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That's only if you do everything manually as you describe. You could also use the Business Features to enter the Accountant's Invoice (Bill) to you, and then enter a payment to clear it. The line item(s) of that Bill, would connect to your Accrued Expenses account, though admittedly, not

Re: [GNC] How to enter an accrued expense before Invoice?

2024-05-15 Thread Wesley Brooks
I think I've cracked it. Thanks to Adrien and David for the pointers. I have created an Accrued Expenses account in: Liabilities:Accrued Expenses At the final day of my current accounting period I create a transfer which adds money to this account as such: Actions > Transfer Within the pop

Re: [GNC] How to enter an accrued expense before Invoice?

2024-05-15 Thread Wesley Brooks
system as it stands at the moment is that if I subsequently need to edit a bill (wrong date, missed description when posted, typo in line, etc), if I unpost it make a change then GNUCash forgets the connection between the bill and the transaction that cleared the bill. I then need to delete the p

Re: [GNC] Use of cash discounts in business account tree

2024-05-14 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/14/2024 8:52 PM, nisp1953 wrote: OS; OpenBSD 7.5 GENERIC.MP#82 amd64 Gnucash Ver.: GnuCash 5.5 Build ID: 5.5+(2023-12-16) I have set up a simple business account tree using the wizard. I have Cash Discounst under expenses like so: \/ Expenses Bank Service Charge $0.00

Re: [GNC] How to enter an accrued expense before Invoice?

2024-05-14 Thread David Cousens
Wesley, you have to think through what the objective of the accrued accounting expense is and that is to charge the expense to the expense account as it accrues. You will eventually have to pay the money to the accountant when he presents his invoice so the total accrued amount is a liability

Re: [GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

2024-05-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
A confirmation dialog that the Check & Repair was completed (maybe even with or without incident or a summary) would be nice to have, but I know the devs already have a full plate. Perhaps file an RFE (Request For Enhancement) in the bug tracker if that one doesn't already exist. Regards,

Re: [GNC] How to transfer customer and vendor information from a previous GNUCash file?

2024-05-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
As far as I am aware, there is no means within GnuCash to export/import Business Features setup data such as Customers, Vendors, Employees, or Tax Tables. You can import Invoices/Bills from a CSV, (such as data generated by another app) but you can't export them. (outside of running relevant

Re: [GNC] How to enter an accrued expense before Invoice?

2024-05-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
This is essentially a basic accounting question, not so much 'how to do this in GnuCash.' The exact accounts used are up to you, but generically between an accounts such as: Dr. Expenses:Professional Services Cr. Liabilities:Accrued Expenses When the invoice is received, draw down the

Re: [GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

2024-05-14 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Thanks Richard, that helps too. Didn’t know there was a progress bar when I was trying to run it. Po On May 13, 2024, at 8:26 PM, R Losey wrote:  The Check & Repair used to be slow (minutes); somewhere along the way, there was a major improvement; it is so fast (less

Re: [GNC] Question about OFX imports

2024-05-13 Thread Kalpesh Patel
, possibly ones that were already reconciled after import would entail needless download again, and then re-imports again for those accounts, especially now that description can be appended from two sides of import of a transaction. Since CSV and QIF already permits reimport and reconciliation

Re: [GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

2024-05-13 Thread R Losey
The Check & Repair used to be slow (minutes); somewhere along the way, there was a major improvement; it is so fast (less than a second) on my network file with 6+ years of data that I can barely see the progress bar. So, it may be running; just very, very quickly. On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 9:41 

Re: [GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

2024-05-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I think there were issues too with reports on Linux with NVIDIA graphics though there is a workaround and if I'm not mistaken, now also a fix. Regards, Adrien On 5/12/24 6:03 PM, Paul Kroitor wrote: You're on a Linux platform so it won't directly matter, but be aware that the Windows 5.5

Re: [GNC] Question about OFX imports

2024-05-13 Thread Jean Laroche
Also, you definitely would not want to double-import the same transaction, so there isn't a good reason to want to mock with the FITID. What *could* be useful (but in extremely rare cases) would be to force a re-import of the same transaction despite the fact that it's been imported previous

Re: [GNC] Question about OFX imports

2024-05-13 Thread David Reiser via gnucash-user
> On May 13, 2024, at 17:50, David Carlson wrote: > > Now it is my turn to ask a question. > > My bank recently had an issue with the description text for a few > transactions that resulted in the transactions being reposted with > corrected descriptions. Now I am trying to import the

Re: [GNC] Question about OFX imports

2024-05-13 Thread Jean Laroche
Yes, I believe that if you delete the previously imported transaction, the new one will be imported. For your 2nd question, there isn't a way to remove or edit that FITID value without hacking either the OFX or your database... I don't think GC ever shows you the FITID of transactions (even

Re: [GNC] Question about OFX imports

2024-05-13 Thread Phyllis Bruce
If it wasn’t many transactions cannot you just edit the cleared transactions? I’ m thinking Gnu won’t allow you to clear clear the nut ones as a feature to avoid duplicates. Alternatively, you might delete the cleared transactions and reimport. At least, that’s what I would do. > On May 13,

Re: [GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

2024-05-13 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Thanks David, you are always a great help. I have created a backup copy of the data file and have no scheduled transactions or business features to worry about. I’ll (ahem) assume the check and repair has run. And will proceed with my upgrade. However, this old brain would like

Re: [GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

2024-05-13 Thread David Carlson
Phyllis, I have noticed that it is important to select the best starting point for your purpose. I would also save the file before starting. If you start from an account rrgister and select check all, it only checks all the transactions in that register. To check the entire file, start from

Re: [GNC] blank reports

2024-05-13 Thread Mark at Lorimark
Hi Scott, I am running a flatpak version and so launching through that. I added a 'shortcut' to my start-menu so that I could launch the program. The shortcut uses a script file at ~/bin/gnuchash.sh Here is the script file contents; 11:03 AM mark@nixhp:~/bin $ cat gnucash.sh

Re: [GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

2024-05-13 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Just when you thought you were done with this….. I’m running 4.13 on a windows 10 computer. I have a big problem getting any reports to run properly but today it is the check and repair function. No option that I choose gives me a “working” indication. I’m trying to be proactive before

Re: [GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

2024-05-12 Thread Paul Kroitor
You're on a Linux platform so it won't directly matter, but be aware that the Windows 5.5 version has a major bug (many reports don't work). It's fixed in 5.5.1 and 5.6, so if you ever share your data files into the Windows universe, it's unlikely it would be to 5.5. That said, I'm not aware any

Re: [GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

2024-05-12 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 03:49:04PM -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > On 5/11/24 3:08 PM, Chris Green wrote: > > So, given that I'm going up just one major release I shouls be OK, but > > running "Check & Repair" before doing anything else is a good idea. > Correct. The Check & Repair should run

Re: [GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

2024-05-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Correct. The Check & Repair should run silently automatically upon first opening your file with 5.5, but it doesn't hurt to do it intentionally. The biggest change I recall between 4 & 5 is the new type-ahead search method for the Description field. I personally prefer the change, but some

Re: [GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

2024-05-11 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 12:45:11PM -0700, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: > Chris: > > On 2024-05-11 03:21, Chris Green wrote: > > I am changing my Linux desktop computer from one running xubuntu 22.04 > > to one running xubuntu 24.04. As a result of this the GnuCash version > > will move from 4.8 to 5.5. >

Re: [GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

2024-05-11 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Chris: On 2024-05-11 03:21, Chris Green wrote: I am changing my Linux desktop computer from one running xubuntu 22.04 to one running xubuntu 24.04. As a result of this the GnuCash version will move from 4.8 to 5.5. Are there likely to be any problems or should it 'just work'? I'm using

Re: [GNC] Thank You Michael D Novack (Geoff)

2024-05-10 Thread Clare Vanessa | Web Freelancer
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Re: [GNC] Stomped with interface between GNC (v4.18) and F::Q (v1.61_02)

2024-05-10 Thread Kalpesh Patel
That was it. Rounding down to 9 decimal places works. Thank you! -Original Message- From: John Ralls Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2024 10:13 PM To: Kalpesh Patel Cc: GnuCash User Subject: Re: [GNC] Stomped with interface between GNC (v4.18) and F::Q (v1.61_02) Kalpesh, I think your

Re: [GNC] Update on financequote?

2024-05-10 Thread Kalpesh Patel
Your query seems to be garbled up but from what I make out from it: yes, F::Q works fine as of v1.61_03 release if that is what you are asking. -Original Message- From: interesse Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 7:29 AM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC] Update on financequote?

Re: [GNC] Importing historical stock prices to GnuCash in Windows

2024-05-10 Thread Kalpesh Patel
You may want to look at https://github.com/ka-patel/dl_quotes/tree/main/yfinance which is Python based... -Original Message- From: sunfis...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 2:59 AM To: Leung Wing Cheong Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Importing historical stock

Re: [GNC] Problem building Gnucash from source using wiki page "macOS/Quartz"

2024-05-10 Thread John Ralls
> On May 9, 2024, at 10:08, Paul Ingram wrote: > > > Trying to build gnucash-5.6 from source on a mac mini running macOS 14.4.1 in > accordance with the instructions on > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/MacOS/Quartz. > > Created administrator account “gtkosx” > Switched to the new account:

Re: [GNC] Importing historical stock prices to GnuCash in Windows

2024-05-10 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
, 2024, 11:31 AM, at 11:31 AM, Leung Wing Cheong wrote: >Got it, many thanks! >Wing > >-Original Message- >From: sunfis...@yahoo.com >Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 2:59 PM >To: Leung Wing Cheong >Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org >Subject: Re: [GNC] Importing histori

Re: [GNC] Importing historical stock prices to GnuCash in Windows

2024-05-10 Thread Leung Wing Cheong
Got it, many thanks! Wing -Original Message- From: sunfis...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 2:59 PM To: Leung Wing Cheong Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Importing historical stock prices to GnuCash in Windows Of course there is. The csv importer can handle any

Re: [GNC] Importing historical stock prices to GnuCash in Windows

2024-05-10 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
Of course there is. The csv importer can handle any price data, including historical data, as long as you supply the proper dates along with the other data elements. The challenge is gathering that price data in the first place. It used to be possible to retrieve unlimited price quotes from a

Re: [GNC] sales tax liability report?

2024-05-09 Thread Deva via gnucash-user
eans net income after accounting for sales tax liability. Cheers. === Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 09:52:49 -0400 From: Michael or Penny Novack To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] sales tax liability report? Message-ID: <44cd4d3d-502e-45cb-8a95-62cd472c5...@

Re: [GNC] [resolved] Re: no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You're welcome. Though, I don't think those AppImage builds are from the GnuCash development team. Caution is advised. Regards, Adrien On 5/9/24 5:59 AM, v@scottsonline.org.uk wrote: On 09/05/2024 01:16, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Any opposition to using flatpak? You wouldn't have to

Re: [GNC] sales tax liability report?

2024-05-09 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/9/2024 2:57 AM, Deva via gnucash-user wrote: Ted, If you have setup your accounts based on suggestions in the tutorial and concepts guide, you can try the following report - Reports -> Income & Expense -> Income and GST Statement In your case, GST = Sales Tax We MIGHT need a

Re: [GNC] [resolved] Re: no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-09 Thread v . gcs
On 09/05/2024 01:16, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Any opposition to using flatpak? You wouldn't have to wait. I avoid flatpak, having heard bad things about it. However (and thanks for the idea) there is an appimage version on github. I've downloaded 4.13 and given it a quick test, and it does

Re: [GNC] sales tax liability report?

2024-05-09 Thread Deva via gnucash-user
Ted, If you have setup your accounts based on suggestions in the tutorial and concepts guide, you can try the following report - Reports -> Income & Expense -> Income and GST Statement In your case, GST = Sales Tax Cheers. — Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 15:35:20 -0700 From:

Re: [GNC] [resolved, sort-of] Re: no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-08 Thread David Carlson
I think that I am in a somewhat similar position to Mike. My Linux machines happen to be virtual machines that are, for me, test cases for older hardware with modest resources. When I looked into flatpak it appeared that it would use a lot more resources yet would be tricky to set up some

Re: [GNC] Stomped with interface between GNC (v4.18) and F::Q (v1.61_02)

2024-05-08 Thread John Ralls
Kalpesh, I think your price has too many digits. Try rounding it to 10E-9. Regards, John Ralls > On May 8, 2024, at 09:05, Kalpesh Patel wrote: > > Hi GNC User community - > > > > I am developing a second F::Q module of my own. The first one works fine but > second one seems to NOT want to

Re: [GNC] [resolved, sort-of] Re: no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Any opposition to using flatpak? You wouldn't have to wait. Regards, Adrien On 5/8/24 3:18 AM, v@scottsonline.org.uk wrote: That could explain things. Unfortunately, I can't (readily) install 4.13 on mint - even the latest mint 21.3 has libraries too old for the deb's off the website. But

[GNC] [resolved, sort-of] Re: no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-08 Thread v . gcs
On 07/05/2024 16:44, John Ralls wrote: IIRC this was a bug having to do with computing the box size for the list on certain window managers. It took Bob Fewell several tries to get it fixed so unfortunately the fix is to upgrade. You may be able to use the 4.13 .deb from the Debian Archive,

Re: [GNC] Delay during data entry

2024-05-07 Thread AC
lays while inputting. -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of AC Sent: Thursday, 2 May 2024 5:13 PM To: GnuCash users group Subject: Re: [GNC] Delay during data entry On the machine running Gnucash it's a Win 10 with 128 GB of RAM. I'm using version 4.12 with build ID 4.12+

Re: [GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-07 Thread John Ralls
IIRC this was a bug having to do with computing the box size for the list on certain window managers. It took Bob Fewell several tries to get it fixed so unfortunately the fix is to upgrade. You may be able to use the 4.13 .deb from the Debian Archive, see

Re: [GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-07 Thread John Ralls
IIRC this was a bug having to do with computing the box size for the list on certain window managers. It took Bob Fewell several tries to get it fixed so unfortunately the fix is to upgrade. You may be able to use the 4.13 .deb from the Debian Archive, see

Re: [GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Hmm.. it has been many moons since I made the move from 3.x to 4.x, so I don't see an obvious preference either. But perhaps toggle the: Preferences > Register > Actions > Auto-raise lists checkbox and see if that helps. If not, note as I mentioned, you should still be able to type through

Re: [GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-07 Thread v . gcs
On 06/05/2024 23:19, Adrien Monteleone wrote: 4.x introduced a better 'type ahead search' in that field if I'm not mistaken, which could be why you see a discrepancy between 3.8 & 4.8. You can still use the old method either directly by typing the beginning of the full account path with

Re: [GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-06 Thread Adrien Monteleone
4.x introduced a better 'type ahead search' in that field if I'm not mistaken, which could be why you see a discrepancy between 3.8 & 4.8. You can still use the old method either directly by typing the beginning of the full account path with separators like before to speed things up, or just

Re: [GNC] Delay during data entry

2024-05-06 Thread Maria Inmaculada de la Torre
ginal Message- > > From: gnucash-user > On Behalf Of AC > > Sent: Thursday, 2 May 2024 5:13 PM > > To: GnuCash users group > > Subject: Re: [GNC] Delay during data entry > > > > On the machine running Gnucash it's a Win 10 with 128 GB of RAM. I'm > us

Re: [GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-05 Thread flywire
https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2024-May/111808.html > Does [Debits and Credits] make more sense now? Yes, well put. That perspective would be worth reworking as a brief information pane in the Guide. > ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Delay during data entry

2024-05-05 Thread AC
2 May 2024 5:13 PM To: GnuCash users group Subject: Re: [GNC] Delay during data entry On the machine running Gnucash it's a Win 10 with 128 GB of RAM. I'm using version 4.12 with build ID 4.12+2022-09-24. According to the system profiler the entire Gnucash process is occupying about 175 MB worki

Re: [GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-05 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/5/2024 11:55 AM, ph hermes wrote: what are the accounts you have set up in assets? it sounds like you only have your equity balance. in my asset section, i have all my bank accounts, petty cash, etc. as well. and i have separate accounts for each of my equity assets (often sub accounts)...

Re: [GNC] Trouble importing .qif into Guncash

2024-05-05 Thread John Ralls
Yes, use a recent nightly build from https://code.gnucash.org/builds/flatpak/stable. Regards, John Ralls > On May 4, 2024, at 22:04, David Wasserman via gnucash-user > wrote: > > Recently upgraded to 24.04 LTS. Gnucash Version: 5.6. Build ID: Flathub > 5.6-2. > Gnucash Import fails at

Re: [GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-05 Thread ph hermes
what are the accounts you have set up in assets? it sounds like you only have your equity balance. in my asset section, i have all my bank accounts, petty cash, etc. as well. and i have separate accounts for each of my equity assets (often sub accounts)... not just 1 account called equity. -

Re: [GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-05 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/4/2024 10:53 PM, flywire wrote: David, the guide even warns that accounting debits and credits are used contrary to the way most people understand them. The average punter will be wrong, and if they get it right the next punter will likely bet they are wrong. Yes, depends on perspective,

Re: [GNC] Trouble importing .qif into Guncash

2024-05-05 Thread David Wasserman via gnucash-user
On 5/5/24 3:04 pm, David Wasserman via gnucash-user wrote: Recently upgraded to 24.04 LTS.  Gnucash Version: 5.6. Build ID: Flathub 5.6-2. Gnucash Import fails at final screen with error message.  Is there a fix? David W ___ gnucash-user mailing

Re: [GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-04 Thread flywire
David, the guide even warns that accounting debits and credits are used contrary to the way most people understand them. The average punter will be wrong, and if they get it right the next punter will likely bet they are wrong.

Re: [GNC] Help Transferring saved reports to another computer

2024-05-04 Thread David Carlson
Aha! I was careless and I put the reports file in the books subdirectory by mistake. It helps to take a break and look again. All is well now. On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 7:59 PM David Carlson wrote: > I am trying to copy saved reports from a computer running GnuCash 4.8 to a > windows computer

Re: [GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-04 Thread David Cousens
Understood that those without an accounting background often misunderstand what debits and credits actually mean.  I don't know whether the thread you referenced reached a conclusion but the accounting definitions of debit and credit and how they are used in accounting is however formally

Re: [GNC] Account Hierarchy

2024-05-04 Thread Patrick Skelton
Thank you for the reply, Frank. To take the second half of your reply first, there won’t be many products. I used the word ‘product’ for illustration; in actual fact, these are product groups or types. That said, your other suggestion, to treat shops as assets, is something I will look into. My

Re: [GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-04 Thread David Cousens
Brian, The entry recording your opening balaces will have debit amounts to your asset accounts and equal credit amounts to the Equity:Opening Balance accounts. For Liability accounts the entry will be credit amounts with corresponding debit amounts to the Equity:Opening Balances.  This is how

Re: [GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-04 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/4/2024 1:18 PM, Brian Higgins via gnucash-user wrote: I really need to talk with someone to get this right. My equity opening balance is $ 6802.59 ( close enough) on 1/1 24,  and my check register is $3892.258 on 1/1/24 and my petty cash is $5 on 1/1 /24, so why does my equity account

Re: [GNC] Transaction Report Shortcomings

2024-05-04 Thread Christopher Lam
istopher Lam > *Sent:* Thursday, May 2, 2024 1:09 AM > *To:* Paul Kroitor > *Cc:* Gnucash Users > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Transaction Report Shortcomings > > > > Hi, > > See Sorting/Show Account Description. This is a bug which will be fixed > tomorrow. > > https

Re: [GNC] Export Transactions to CSV - Exclude Assets entry

2024-05-04 Thread Wesley Werner
Hi all, I'd like to apologize for my silly question from yesterday. The problem was that the option to export with the "simple layout" was unchecked without me realizing. I won't make that mistake again :) Regards -- Regards Wesley Werner On Fri, 3 May 2024 at 18:58, Wesley Werner wrote: >

Re: [GNC] Transaction Report Shortcomings

2024-05-04 Thread Paul Kroitor
in the nightly builds, right? Is that right? Sorry for double-checking, I just want to be sure I understand, Paul From: Christopher Lam Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 1:09 AM To: Paul Kroitor Cc: Gnucash Users Subject: Re: [GNC] Transaction Report Shortcomings Hi, See Sorting/Show Account

Re: [GNC] Account Hierarchy

2024-05-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Thanks Stan, I've bookmarked for future reference. Regards, Adrien On 5/3/24 9:50 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: https://github.com/dawansv/gnucash-custom-reports?tab=readme-ov-file#tag-prefix ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Account Hierarchy

2024-05-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-05-03 14:36, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > There is also a custom 'Tag' version of that report floating around on > this list. Look for the user 'flywire' to find posts linking to it. > (it's on Github I think) Posted 2024-04-28 by flywire with subject "The equivalent for Quicken Tag": > Use

Re: [GNC] New account

2024-05-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-05-03 13:05, Gary Cook wrote: > I found the problem. The window that pops up to create a new account, > was doing so on one of my monitors that was not powered-up. I just > discovered it today, having turned the monitor on for another reason, > earlier. > > I've never directed the windows

Re: [GNC] New account

2024-05-03 Thread Gary Cook
Thank you, Stan. I found the problem. The window that pops up to create a new account, was doing so on one of my monitors that was not powered-up. I just discovered it today, having turned the monitor on for another reason, earlier. I've never directed the windows to come up on a different

Re: [GNC] Account Hierarchy

2024-05-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
There is another, simpler, option, such as: Sales and that's it. If you're using the Business Features and will be creating Invoices for your sales, then the invoice line items will contain the individual product sales data. (you also might have separate sub-accounts under Assets:Inventory

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03

2024-05-03 Thread Bruce Schuck
On 5/3/24 11:36 AM, Kalpesh Patel wrote: I looked at Makefile.PL for 1.61 source at CPAN and it does NOT have CPAN listed in PREREQ_PM or in %FallbackPrereqs. Might be worth adding to it... Most GnuCash users can (and probably should...) likely ignore this post. Any further discussion should

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03

2024-05-03 Thread Kalpesh Patel
My bad here ... since working with Perl 5.005 ... -- Original Message -- Received: Fri, 03 May 2024 02:37:19 PM EDT From: "Kalpesh Patel" To: Bruce Schuck , GnuCash User Cc: Kalpesh Patel , Fred Tydeman Subject: Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03 > Hi Bruce

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03

2024-05-03 Thread Kalpesh Patel
. Might be worth adding to it... -- Original Message -- Received: Fri, 03 May 2024 11:30:22 AM EDT From: Bruce Schuck To: GnuCash User Cc: Kalpesh Patel , Fred Tydeman Subject: Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03 > On May 2, 2024 at 23:44:53 EDT Kalpesh wr

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03

2024-05-03 Thread John Ralls
> On May 3, 2024, at 10:35 AM, Bruce Schuck wrote: > > On 5/3/24 9:58 AM, John Ralls wrote: > >> It’s normal for Linux distros to package perl modules. Fedora’s is >> https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/perl-Finance-Quote/perl-Finance-Quote/ >>

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03

2024-05-03 Thread Bruce Schuck
On 5/3/24 9:58 AM, John Ralls wrote: It’s normal for Linux distros to package perl modules. Fedora’s is https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/perl-Finance-Quote/perl-Finance-Quote/ . Note that there are back

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03

2024-05-03 Thread John Ralls
> On May 2, 2024, at 09:01, Bruce Schuck wrote: > >> This is Fedora Linux 40 (the most recent) > > I find it odd that your system *ever* had Finance::Quote installed, Bruce, It’s normal for Linux distros to package perl modules. Fedora’s is

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03

2024-05-03 Thread Bruce Schuck
On May 2, 2024 at 23:44:53 EDT Kalpesh wrote: That is possible that there is no depend target in the make file. Just curious how you built/get the make file for it? Kalpesh, The old school method of installing Perl modules. The makefile is created by running "perl Makefile.PL". Then one

Re: [GNC] New account

2024-05-03 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-05-01 11:05, Gary Cook wrote: > When I try to create a new account under "Expenses:Auto", no new window > opens, it just freezes. The same happens if I try "Actions/New Account" > or if I select the "New" icon in the tool bar. Gary, please remember always to say which version of GnuCash

Re: [GNC] QIF imports fails in 5.6

2024-05-02 Thread Doug
Luckily, OXF & CSV still work. bit more stuffing around, but actually easier to view what is happening. You need to tell the import the account on CSV, but it seems easier to select the accounts that I am transferring to so I might continue using csv imports. regards, Doug (long, long time

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03

2024-05-02 Thread Kalpesh Patel
. From: Fred Tydeman Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2024 11:40 AM To: Kalpesh Patel Cc: Bruce Schuck ; GnuCash User Subject: Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03 make depend fails (as there is no 'depend' target in the makefile). On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 6:16 AM Kalpesh Patel

Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03

2024-05-02 Thread Bruce Schuck
On Apr 30, 2024 at 22:59:34 EDT I wrote: A new module for US traded stocks, StockData.pm, with default method "stockdata". This requires an API token from https://www.stockdata.org/. If passed in as an environment variable, set "STOCKDATA_API_KEY" to your token. Once installed "perldoc

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