I think I figured it out. 1. Issue 1 can be resolved by ensuring that the Vendor has the same currency as the books, it defaults to USD for some reason.
2. Issue 2 - when creating a new account for vendor, ensure the parent is select as A/Payable. Thank you. Regards, Yazad On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 10:55 AM Yazad Khambata <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Thank you for creating this vibrant community. Just started using GNUCash > for by business. > > The issue: When building a non-US currency book, I am unable to "Post" a > Vendor bill. > > Steps to recreate: > > OS: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS. > GNUCash version: 5.16 > > 1. If I created the books and selected say CAD (Canadian dollars) as the > currency during the books in the setup wizard. > > 2. Create a Vendor > > 3. Create a Job > > 4. Create a Bill selecting the vendor and the job. > > 5. Add a few sample entries in the bill > > 6. Press the Post button. > > 7. Observe the issue - the "Post to Account" dropdown which usually auto > selects "A/Payable" is now empty and nothing to select. See screenshot 1. > > 8. Related issue - I tried to press the "New" button next to "Post to > Account" - there the "Account Type" originally shows "A/Payable" (see > screenshot 2) but as soon as I select a parent account for the new account > (irrespective of the currency) the Account Type blanks out with no options > (see screenshot 3). > > 9. Counter example, if during the setup wizard I leave the currency to USD > I am able to "Post" the bill following the above steps. > > Not sure if I am missing something. Thanks in advance for your help. > > Regards, > Yazad > > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
