That is a bird of a different feather. Then it will help to know which release you are using and what operating system your computer has, because the solution may be to switch to a different release or to try some more complex debugging if you are up to it.
Do include gnucash-user@gnucash.org in every reply so other users see the comments. David C On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 3:13 PM, H M MacDonald OBE <sassunach...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David/Richard > > The error message is as follows: > > *Report error* > > *An error occurred while running the report.* > > It doesn’t give any clue as to what’s wrong. > > Thanks. > > Shug > > From: D <sunfis...@yahoo.com> > Date: Wednesday, 25 July 2018 at 20:33 > To: David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com>, Hugh MacDonald OBE < > spahonsec...@gmail.com> > Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] GETTING MY ACCOUNT TO TRIAL BALANCE > > Shug, > > I would ask you to tell us what error message you have received, since I > don't usually see any error messages when I run this report. (I do have > trouble getting this report to balance, however). > > However, David has made useful advice regarding tracking transaction gain > or loss; I would add that in Gnucash, a commodity is a broadly defined > concept, and covers anything you have that is not counted in your default > currency. > > In other words, stocks, mutual funds, as well as accounts denominated in > another currency will all fall into this category, and any time you have a > transaction involving thread accounts, you will need to account for gain or > loss hidden in the conversion. > > David T > > On July 25, 2018, at 1:52 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I assume that you mean the debits do not equal the credits rather than that > GnuCash failed to generate the report. > > This is commonly the result of selling a commodity for a different price > than what was originally paid without correctly accounting for the profit > or loss. One technique to close in on a transaction contributing to the > difference is to include a shorter time period in the report until the > values do balance. Once the date is determined, look for a commodity > transaction that is not balanced by a profit or loss. > > David C > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:20 PM, H Millar MacDonald OBE < > spahonsec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > I¹ve just become involved with GnuCash 3.2 and set up my first accounts for > our club. It all looks okay except and will provide a profit and loss > report on Income and Expenditure which is good. However, when I try to > get > a Trial Balance I get an error message which according to Google seems to > be > quite common. I don¹t know where to start to fix this. Can anyone offer > any advice please? I am an absolute novice at all of this so please be > patient with my request. > > Many thanks. > > Shug > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.