[GNC] 1. Re: Request for help! (Patrick James)

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> On 07/11/2024 6:30 PM PDT Ronald Solomon  wrote:
> 
>  
> Yes, I know I can however, trying to type out the concerns is 
> time-consuming, and in the past, I didn't ask the correct questions so 
> did not get a correct answer. I appreciate everyone giving me 
> information but my issues are not being answered. That is why I am 
> asking for someone to talk over the phone with me or zoom so I can share my 
> screen.
> 
> Ron Solomon
> 

Ron,

First let me begin with the history of the CSV import. According to my 
research, the CSV import in GNUCash was designed with one purpose in mind: 
Importing information from bank downloads. It was then expanded from there, but 
the basic design was to import from bank downloads.

Now to your specific question on how to import.

We need to start with a test file and work up to your production data.

Start with a fresh gnucash data file, one that named for testing purposes. This 
is not your production data file.

Next I'm going to suggest importing the sample mulit-split data presented in 
example 6.1:

Example 6.1. Sample Multi-split.csv

Date,Description,Deposit,Account
05/03/2006,Grocery Store,-45.21,Assets:Checking ,,45.21,Expenses:Groceries 
14/03/2006,Employers R Us,670.00,Assets:Checking 
,,180.00,Expenses:Taxes:Federal ,,90.00,Expenses:Taxes:Medicare 
,,60.00,Expenses:Taxes:Social Security ,,-1000.00,Income:Salary

SOURCE: https://gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/trans-import.html

You'll need to copy and paste the data into a text editor and save the file 
with the csv extension.

Settings for that file are:

File Format: Character-separated
Comma
Multi-split

Encoding: Unicode (UTF-8)
Date format: d-m-y

Leading lines to skip: 1

Now select pull down menus and match the first row (lined out)

Date - Description - Amount - Account 


If you get stuck in that process, please let us know where.

Ron:

I started my GnuCash accounts by importing a massive amount of data from 
Quicken to text files, after it ate the qxf files.
I found that by creating an excel spreadsheet table with the columns labeled 
(similar to what you are doing) I could easily keep trying until it worked.
Then saved it xls format first (allows easy redo if needed), then saved as a 
CDF file (and rename to .csv if needed) for import
It took a while, but was quite successful.

All the best
Eric

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Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 253, Issue 56

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RE: Inventory and GnuCash

Hi Richard,

GnuCash is adequate for very basic inventory, by tracking the total value of 
each item, or lot.
It works well for my small business where I track only a few items of moderate 
to high dollar value.
I post the change of $ value for the items added or used, and manually note 
quantities involved. 
For my free stock (high volume low cost: screws, nuts, resistors etc.) I use 
the old manual counting method;
A little messy, but it works well for me.

All the best,
Eric Hammond

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Re: [GNC] Recommended Accounting Books (Jonathan Drews)

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Once again I really have no idea how much of the original email to keep, other 
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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:10:17 -0600
From: Jonathan Drews 
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Subject: [GNC] Recommend Accounting Books
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Hi Folks:

 I am complete novice to double entry accounting. I have GnuCash successfully 
installed:

$ gnucash --version
GnuCash 5.5
Build ID: 5.5+(2023-12-16)

on:

OpenBSD 7.5 GENERIC.MP#82 amd64

Can anyone recommend some good books or tutorials on double entry acoounting? I 
searched the arcchives but did not find any posts on recommended books. I have 
ordered this book:

Accounting QuickStart Guide : The Simplified Beginner's Guide by Josh Small. 

I am opening a fabric store in early May and want to use GnuCash to keep track 
of my sewing fabric sales and inventory. It's pretty modest. About 280 
individual items. Are there any examples of *.gnucash files I can use as a 
template?


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Kind regards,
Jonathan
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Hi Jonathan, I found a great set of accounting documents at 
https://openstax.org/subjects/business#Accounting%20and%20Finance

The PDFs are completely free (no strings) to download, and the 2 accounting 
documents helped me with a couple of difficult concepts.

All the best
Eric

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Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 250, Issue 45

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Today's Topics:

   6. Re:  Windows x64 release builds are missing (Glenn Fowler)
   7. Re:  Windows x64 release builds are missing (Geoff)

I am running release 5.4 on Windows 11 Pro (x64) with no OS issues at all.

I hope this helps,

Eric Hammond

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Re: [GNC] gnucash crashes on vendor or customer searches

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I would very much appreciate if you would show somehow how much of this email 
you would like included in my replies? 


Hi David:
Thanks for directing me to the Bug List:
I found that this issue has probably fully covered in Bug Reports 799168, 
799176, and 799183
I have re-installed version 5.4 and it has no similar issues. I will wait for 
the next update (?) before
installing new.

Thanks Again,
Eric Hammond

   5. Re:  New problem, could not find how to report possible bug
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2023 20:28:45 +0000
From: Eric Hammond 
To: "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" 
Cc: Eric Hammond 
Subject: [GNC] New problem, could not find how to report possible bug
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This may not be the proper forum, if not I would appreciate re-direction:

I have "Build ID: 5.5+(2023-12-16)"
When searching a specific Vendor, gnucash instantly shuts down.
The lock is not cleared, but the file is re-openable.

This does not happen with any other activity, so far.

Thank you for your help,
Eric Hammond

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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 07:05:10 +1000
From: David Cousens 
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] New problem, could not find how to report possible
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Eric,

Abouta bit over halfway down the wiki page under the heading "Commenting on 
existing bugs or entering new ones" on the second line there is a link to "Open 
a New GnuCash bug" which is not highlighted as a link but does work and takes 
you to the login page of the Bugzilla. If you already don't have an account, 
the "create a new account" link will setup an accounton Bugzilla. 

David Cousens

On Wed, 2023-12-27 at 20:28 +, Eric Hammond wrote:
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> This may not be the proper forum, if not I would appreciate re-direction:
> 
> I have "Build ID: 5.5+(2023-12-16)"
> When searching a specific Vendor, gnucash instantly shuts down.
> The lock is not cleared, but the file is re-openable.
> 
> This does not happen with any other activity, so far.
> 
> Thank you for your help,
> Eric Hammond
> 
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[GNC] New problem, could not find how to report possible bug

[Eric Hammond]

This may not be the proper forum, if not I would appreciate re-direction:

I have "Build ID: 5.5+(2023-12-16)"
When searching a specific Vendor, gnucash instantly shuts down.
The lock is not cleared, but the file is re-openable.

This does not happen with any other activity, so far.

Thank you for your help,
Eric Hammond

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Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 247, Issue 42

[Eric Hammond]

Thank you!
That did couple the note with the invoice. Is there anyway to change the Credit 
voucher “Type” from I to P ( better would be K, rather than C, for credit? K 
would sort after I so preferred)?
It is confusing for the payment to show type I also.

Thanks again,

Eric Hammond

From: Murugan Muruganandam 
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2023 11:43 AM
To: Eric Hammond ; gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 247, Issue 42

When you do the payment for an invoice, you need to select the invoice and the 
credit note from the payment screen (Ctrl will allow multi selection), the 
total value will reduce and you can pay for the same

  
26-10-2023
Date  Description Action  QuantityUnit Price  DiscountTaxable 
Total
02-02-2023  February consulting Hours 1 $125,00 0 % $125,00
Net Price   
   $125,00
Tax     
 $0,00
Total Price 
  $125,00
26-10-2023   Payment, thank you!    
  $-100,00
26-10-2023  Payment, thank you! 
$-25,00 (this is a credit note)
Amount Due  
   $0,00
Thank you for your patronage!




Saludos Cordiales



Murugan


From: gnucash-user 
mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+m.muruganandam=hotmail@gnucash.org>>
 on behalf of Eric Hammond mailto:e...@jehammond.net>>
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To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> 
mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>>
Subject: Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 247, Issue 42

Question regarding credit notes (from below thread):

I sometimes do "first consultations" at no charge, but still create an invoice 
to capture all the information.
In the past I simply create an entry to Dr Receivables and Cr some other 
account (which one is also a question...)
I created a credit note to cover a no-charge first consultation, with no 
problem.
But how do I use it to "pay" the invoice?
GnuCash doesn't appear to allow me to use the credit note to pay an invoice in 
the normal way.

Thanks for the help
Eric Hammond

   1.  How to use refunds or credit notes (John Walker)


Message: 1
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 02:10:22 +1000
From: John Walker mailto:gonew...@westnet.com.au>>
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>
Subject: [GNC] How to use refunds or credit notes
Message-ID: 
<0756891c-388a-4569-b62a-3632f62f3...@westnet.com.au<mailto:0756891c-388a-4569-b62a-3632f62f3...@westnet.com.au>>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed

I have a situation where I have charged say$2 008 in an invoice. After posting, 
the customer correctly told me that the invoice should have been $2 000. The 
invoice has already been correctly paid at $2 000 and payment due date has 
already happened.

When processing the payment, I entered $8 in the refund and the invoice changed 
to $2 000 as one would expect. After processing the payment, I still had the $8 
to process in the process payment window. How do I properly process this?

If I should have used a credit note, how do I do that?
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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:47:44 +0200
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mailto:geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be>>
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] How to use refunds or credit notes
Message-ID: 
<1950895.pykuyfu...@legolas.kobaltwit.lan<mailto:1950895.pykuyfu...@legolas.kobaltwit.lan>>
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Op woensdag 25 oktober 2023 18:10:22 CEST schreef John Walker:
> I have a situation where I have charged say$2 008 in an invoice. After
> posting, the customer correctly told me that the invoice should have
> been $2 000. The invoice has already been correctly paid at $2 000 and
> payment due date has already happened.
>
> When processing the payment, I entered $8 in the refund and the
> invoice changed to $2 000 as one would expect. After processing the
> payment, I still had the $8 to process in the process payment window.
> How do I properly process this?
>
> If I should have used a credit note, how do I do that?

You will indeed require a credit note for the remai

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 247, Issue 42

[Eric Hammond]

Question regarding credit notes (from below thread):

I sometimes do "first consultations" at no charge, but still create an invoice 
to capture all the information.
In the past I simply create an entry to Dr Receivables and Cr some other 
account (which one is also a question...)
I created a credit note to cover a no-charge first consultation, with no 
problem.
But how do I use it to "pay" the invoice? 
GnuCash doesn't appear to allow me to use the credit note to pay an invoice in 
the normal way.

Thanks for the help
Eric Hammond

   1.  How to use refunds or credit notes (John Walker)


Message: 1
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 02:10:22 +1000
From: John Walker 
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: [GNC] How to use refunds or credit notes
Message-ID: <0756891c-388a-4569-b62a-3632f62f3...@westnet.com.au>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed

I have a situation where I have charged say$2 008 in an invoice. After posting, 
the customer correctly told me that the invoice should have been $2 000. The 
invoice has already been correctly paid at $2 000 and payment due date has 
already happened.

When processing the payment, I entered $8 in the refund and the invoice changed 
to $2 000 as one would expect. After processing the payment, I still had the $8 
to process in the process payment window. How do I properly process this?

If I should have used a credit note, how do I do that?
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:47:44 +0200
From: Geert Janssens 
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] How to use refunds or credit notes
Message-ID: <1950895.pykuyfu...@legolas.kobaltwit.lan>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Op woensdag 25 oktober 2023 18:10:22 CEST schreef John Walker:
> I have a situation where I have charged say$2 008 in an invoice. After 
> posting, the customer correctly told me that the invoice should have 
> been $2 000. The invoice has already been correctly paid at $2 000 and 
> payment due date has already happened.
> 
> When processing the payment, I entered $8 in the refund and the 
> invoice changed to $2 000 as one would expect. After processing the 
> payment, I still had the $8 to process in the process payment window. 
> How do I properly process this?
> 
> If I should have used a credit note, how do I do that?

You will indeed require a credit note for the remainder. You can still create 
it now. Creating a credit note is the same as creating an invoice, except you 
choose "credit note" instead of "invoice".

Once the credit note is created, you can select to pay it, as you would for 
invoices. In the payment window you will find the $8 due payment and apply that 
to the credit note.

Regards,

Geert


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Re: [GNC] quandary with proper entries for cost-of-goods-sold and inventory

[Eric Hammond]

First, what is the proper way to reply / request to this email sequence?
I follow the instructions at the end:
"Please remember to CC this list on all your replies."
"You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All."
But only end up with "gnucash-u...@gnucassh.org" and get mildly chastised for 
not replying properly.

My tax accountant needed me to supply cost of goods sold, "COGS", but I have 
not figured out how to do this
Current sequence: 
I schedule a visit with the client, and determine the likely need for a widget 
of some type.
I purchase it ahead, and document with a Purchase order. At some point I 
receive it and log it into Inventory. 
Original attempt:
ItemAcctDr  Cr
---
Widget  Payables   $10
Inventory  $10

Payment   Bank $10
   Payables   $10


Clean, but no COGS entry.  My best attempt is this:
ItemAcctDr  Cr
---
Widget  Payables   $10
COGS $10

Payment   Bank $10
   Payables   $10   

And when I get the part from vendor:

ItemAcctDr  Cr
---
Widget  Purchases$10
Inventory  $10


I am ok with the extra step, but what kind of account is Purchases?
Is this even proper accounting?
Thank you!
Eric

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Re: [GNC] Customer invoice appearance

[Eric Hammond]

Is there an example or tutorial for creating a custom invoice template?
The default invoice does not appear very professional, and has been commented 
on by many of my clients.
So far I fix this by using the default and copying the information into a 
Microsoft Word invoice form.
This requires a lot of extra time in some cases.

If I do manage to create a good template is there a way to share it with other 
Gnucash users?

Thank you all
Eric

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   1. Re:  Turn of drop list when entering data in memo/description
  line (Geert Janssens)
   2. Re:  Turn of drop list when entering data in memo/description
  line (Geert Janssens)
   3. Re:  Lost Keyboard Accelerator feature (Murugan Muruganandam)
   4.  Signed installer for latest version (Xe Roy)
   5. Re:  Turn of drop list when entering data in memo/description
  line (Glenn Fowler)
   6. Re:  Signed installer for latest version (Gyle McCollam)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 05 May 2023 15:42:06 +0200
From: Geert Janssens 
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Turn of drop list when entering data in
memo/description line
Message-ID: <3251888.44cspzl...@legolas.kobaltwit.lan>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Op donderdag 4 mei 2023 21:40:14 CEST schreef Carsten H?tter:
> Am 02.05.23 um 14:49 schrieb Adrien Monteleone:
> > If 4.14 is not available in your distro's repos, you can certainly 
> > use the flatpak. You should probably remove 5.0 though first.
> 
> Sadly, code.gnucash.org/builds/flatpak/maint/ does not list 4.14. The 
> latest one is 4.13-164 from 2023-03-18. Later build logs tell me:
> "error: Writing content object: min-free-space-percent '3%' would be 
> exceeded, at least 143.4 kB requested". So the latest maint branch 
> versions are missing, including 4.14. But I'm fine with 4.13-164 as a 
> fallback.

The nightly builds are not releases, though you can of course use them in the 
way you describe.

The releases on the other hand are found on flathub. And while not obvious from 
their website you can install older versions from there as well from the 
command line.

Our wiki explains how you can do this:
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak#Getting_Older_Releaseses

Regards,

Geert




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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 05 May 2023 15:45:35 +0200
From: Geert Janssens 
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Turn of drop list when entering data in
memo/description line
Message-ID: <2241702.izaskd2...@legolas.kobaltwit.lan>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Op donderdag 4 mei 2023 21:40:14 CEST schreef Carsten H?tter:
> > On 4/29/23 5:14 AM, Trevor Dempsey via gnucash-user wrote:
> >> Greetings,
> >> 
> >> I just upgraded to version 5.0 and I would like to know how to turn 
> >> OFF the drop list when entering a description in the memo line.
> >> 
> >> I can only enter 3 letters before it seizes up and I must cancel my 
> >> entry to continue. To enter new data into this memo line, I must 
> >> first write it in a text file and then copy/paste it onto the line.
> 
> In fact there is an option "Auto-raise lists" in the register 
> preferences. But at least in my current 5.0-159 build switching off 
> does not change the behavior of the description drop down list. 
> Allowing to switch it off could be an improvement in your case.
> 
> But I cannot completely follow the issue. In my case (flatpak GnuCash
> 5.0-159 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS), the drop down list does not prevent me 
> from entering some more text. And as soon as the entered text is found 
> in less descriptions, the list shrinks, until it disappears completely 
> (i. e. when it's a complete new description).

These issues are currently being worked on. The freeze will only happen if 
there are pre-existing descriptions with newlines in them. That will be fixed.

Also the precedence of matches will be revised to be much more like the 
original behaviour in 4.x.

The other major issue was being able to ignore suggestions, which is also being 
looked at.

Regards,

Geert




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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 13:57:31 +
From: Murugan Muruganandam 
To: "jbonn...@internode.on.net" ,
   

Re: [GNC] how to create monthly revenue and expense report for just one year

[Eric Hammond]

Hi Murugan,

That gives me what I need, and a better idea of how to navigate GnuCash reports 
in general.
I think some of my difficulty is that I have lived in a Microsoft world too 
long 

Thanks,
Eric

From: Murugan Muruganandam 
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 1:15 PM
To: Eric Hammond ; gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: how to create monthly revenue and expense report for just one year

hi Eric

you can look up in the profit and loss report

in Reports ->Income & Expenses -> Profit and Loss


Click on options ->General  you can select start and end date as start of 
previous year , end of previous year





if you want monthly overall Income and expenses



Select

Report ->Income & Expenses -> Income & Expenses bar chart



click on options -> Display -> Show table

this will give the month wise income and and expenses



you can export the report to html or csv for your further analysis



Saludos Cordiales



Murugan


From: gnucash-user 
mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+m.muruganandam=hotmail@gnucash.org>>
 on behalf of Eric Hammond mailto:e...@jehammond.net>>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 5:44 PM
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> 
mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>>
Subject: Re: [GNC] how to create monthly revenue and expense report for just 
one year

I record revenue and expenses separately (here income is revenue - expenses)
I need to create an "income and expense" report, only last year, for my yearly 
business taxes.
A simple two-line report would be ok, I would prefer to have it by month.
 I do not find such in the Reports menu, nor can I alter the allowed reports.
How do I create this report?

Thank you for the help,
Eric Hammond

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Re: [GNC] how to create monthly revenue and expense report for just one year

[Eric Hammond]

I record revenue and expenses separately (here income is revenue - expenses)
I need to create an "income and expense" report, only last year, for my yearly 
business taxes.
A simple two-line report would be ok, I would prefer to have it by month.
 I do not find such in the Reports menu, nor can I alter the allowed reports.
How do I create this report?

Thank you for the help,
Eric Hammond 

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Re: [GNC] Bank reconciliation after messy migration

[Eric Hammond]

I have finally completed replacing Quicken with GnuCash.
One of the casualties is my ability to reconcile my bank account.
The account covers from 2014 to present, and matches all bank statements and 
balances properly.
The reconciliation function opens but starts at some random date and incorrect 
beginning balance.
Is there a way to reset the reconciliation to all unreconciled  and start fresh?

Alternatively, can I repair this using NotePad++?  Which entries need to be 
changed, and which ones should not be messed with?
(I am fine with a bit of slow tedious work)

Thanks for all help,
Eric H.
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Re: [GNC] Should one use Accounts Payable if a vendor is paid

[Eric Hammond]

David,

I create a vendor Bill (and payment of) for all business purchases, no matter 
what the timing or amount.
It does not take much time, and gives me a detailed document and reference for:
future purchases; warrantees; tax filing; client tracking; etc.

All the best,
Eric


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Re: [GNC] "Deleted" Invoices or Bills

[Eric Hammond]

I have created many test invoices (and bills) that I "virtually deleted" by not 
Posting them.
As before, as soon as I close that document's tab it apparently vanishes.
I have opened the Gnucash.gnucash file with Notepad++ and searched for the text 
I know should be in the unposted invoices, but no results.
Having those particular invoices or bills actually vanish would the best 
outcome, re-useability is second best.
How do I find them again to re-use? Or verify that they are gone, thereby 
saving space?

Thanks,
Eric

Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 18:25:27 +0000
From: Eric Hammond 
To: "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" 
Subject: Re: [GNC] "Deleted" Invoices or Bills
Message-ID:



Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Thanks Adrien,
I understand the complexity of the data-base, and re-using them would be great.
But
Please tell me how you find them?
(there are a LOT at this point)
Once I Unpost and clean up incorrect invoices or bills they seem to vanish when 
I close its tab in the "Accounts" ribbon.

All the best,
Eric

Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:35:38 -0500
From: Adrien Monteleone 
To: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] "Deleted" Invoices or Bills
Message-ID: 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed

They remain forever. (There was a decent explanation as to why recently on IRC 
- the short of it is that deleting them cleanly is simply too messy with the 
current code.)

My workflow in such cases is to change their ID to 'use next'. You can either 
create a dummy vendor/customer for them as well, or just leave them as-is since 
you can re-assign the vendor/customer before posting.

When I want to start a new bill/invoice, I do a find for 'use next' IDs, but 
that is pretty rare now as I just duplicate a previous document and edit from 
there. (and I don't think I have any 'use next' documents left
anyway.)

Regards,
Adrien

On 8/31/22 6:59 PM, Eric Hammond wrote:
> A different track
> In my hasty entering / importing of Invoices and Bill I find that some of 
> them are duplicates, or not needed.
> I can make them "disappear" by un-posting and clicking the delete button, but 
> where do they go?
> Does GnuCash automatically purge the trash? If not, how do I clean it up?
> Thanks for the help,
> Eric




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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 13:44:14 -0500
From: Adrien Monteleone 
To: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] "Deleted" Invoices or Bills
Message-ID: 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed

Menu: Business > Customer/Vendor > Find Invoice/Bill > 'Invoice/Bill ID' 
 > 'contains' > "Use Next" or whatever text you changed it to. (without
quotes)

Then you can select the one you want and use the view/edit button to adjust 
from there.

Regards,
Adrien

On 9/1/22 1:25 PM, Eric Hammond wrote:
> Thanks Adrien,
> I understand the complexity of the data-base, and re-using them would be 
> great.
> But
> Please tell me how you find them?
> (there are a LOT at this point)
> Once I Unpost and clean up incorrect invoices or bills they seem to vanish 
> when I close its tab in the "Accounts" ribbon.




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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 13:46:53 -0500
From: Adrien Monteleone 
To: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Question - Applying Credit notes to an outstanding
invoice
Message-ID: 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed

Menu: Business > Customer > Process Payment

Look up the customer
Select both the desired credit note and the desired invoice

Set the other appropriate info, but unless also taking another form of payment 
leave the payment field unchanged.

The credit note will be used to partially/fully offset the invoice which will 
show up as a 'payment' in the Customer Report.

Regards,
Adrien

On 9/1/22 9:39 AM, Nora wrote:
> I'm not sure how to apply a client's credit note to pay for another 
> invoice of the same client.




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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 15:16:20 -0700
From: Jim DeLaHunt 
To: Geoff Storer , Gnucash Users

Subject: Re: [GNC] Change Linked Document Path
Message-ID: <00eab847-49b3-9d61-01b4-db3b6a506...@jdlh.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed

Geoff:

One tenet of GnuCash-user email list etiquette is to cc the gnucash-user email 
list on all replies. We want this discussion to take place on the list.

Thus I am replying to you, and cc'ing the list, so that the thread stays on the 
list.? I will reply to this message from the email that reaches me via the list.
 ??? ?Jim DeLaHunt

On 2022-09-01 03:57, Geoff Storer wrote:
> Hi Jim
>
> Thanks for coming back to me. Sorry I have taken so long to respond.
>
> In answer to your questions:
>
>

Re: [GNC] "Deleted" Invoices or Bills

[Eric Hammond]

Thanks Adrien,
I understand the complexity of the data-base, and re-using them would be great.
But
Please tell me how you find them?
(there are a LOT at this point)
Once I Unpost and clean up incorrect invoices or bills they seem to vanish when 
I close its tab in the "Accounts" ribbon.

All the best,
Eric

Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:35:38 -0500
From: Adrien Monteleone 
To: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] "Deleted" Invoices or Bills
Message-ID: 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed

They remain forever. (There was a decent explanation as to why recently on IRC 
- the short of it is that deleting them cleanly is simply too messy with the 
current code.)

My workflow in such cases is to change their ID to 'use next'. You can either 
create a dummy vendor/customer for them as well, or just leave them as-is since 
you can re-assign the vendor/customer before posting.

When I want to start a new bill/invoice, I do a find for 'use next' IDs, but 
that is pretty rare now as I just duplicate a previous document and edit from 
there. (and I don't think I have any 'use next' documents left
anyway.)

Regards,
Adrien

On 8/31/22 6:59 PM, Eric Hammond wrote:
> A different track
> In my hasty entering / importing of Invoices and Bill I find that some of 
> them are duplicates, or not needed.
> I can make them "disappear" by un-posting and clicking the delete button, but 
> where do they go?
> Does GnuCash automatically purge the trash? If not, how do I clean it up?
> Thanks for the help,
> Eric


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Re: [GNC] "Deleted" Invoices or Bills

[Eric Hammond]

A different track
In my hasty entering / importing of Invoices and Bill I find that some of them 
are duplicates, or not needed.
I can make them "disappear" by un-posting and clicking the delete button, but 
where do they go?
Does GnuCash automatically purge the trash? If not, how do I clean it up?
Thanks for the help,
Eric
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Re: [GNC] Fixing incorrect Vendor for invoices

[Eric Hammond]

At least two of us users have been confused when editing / fixing Vendor or 
Customer field in Invoices or Bills
(and created somewhat of a mess)
I would request for the next GnuCash update:
All fields in the Invoice's "Invoice Information" & "Billing Information" 
panels,  and in the  Bill's  "Bill Information" & "Billing Information" panels 
be 
locked, and maybe, grayed out. 
That would force using the "Edit Invoice" or "Edit Bill" features in the top 
ribbon, which work exactly as users (at least 2 of us) would expect. 

Thank you for the consideration,
Eric

Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:02:07 +1000
From: Liz 
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Fixing incorrect Vendor for invoices
Message-ID: <20220828160207.1c374...@billiau.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII

On Sat, 27 Aug 2022 18:13:29 +
Eric Hammond  wrote:

> Hi Derek,
> 
> So this is a "hidden" feature! 
> On the unposted invoice, Billing Information panel, the Customer
> field has an "Edit..." button, which to me means I can select the
> customer. Instead, it only allows altering the Customer information.
> 
> Currently the proper way is to go to the top GnuCash ribbon and
> select "Edit Invoice" which then allows the proper "Customer ...
> Select" option.
> 
> This is very non-intuitive: I can't think of any reason I would want
> to edit the basic Customer information from an invoice. Possibly a
> fix for a later release?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Eric
> 

I had tried to alter an invoice to a different customer and found
myself with a similar problem.
Now I have all of that data under one customer and a customer entry now
called "Reuse me" for next time I have a new customer.

I see Derek said its by design, but it caught me too.
I was not aware that the menu entry "Edit Invoice" had different powers
to choosing "View/Edit Invoice" from a search panel.

Liz
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Re: [GNC] Fixing incorrect Vendor for invoices

[Eric Hammond]

Hi Derek,

So this is a "hidden" feature! 
On the unposted invoice, Billing Information panel, the Customer field has an 
"Edit..." button, which to me means I can select the customer. 
Instead, it only allows altering the Customer information.

Currently the proper way is to go to the top GnuCash ribbon and select "Edit 
Invoice" which then allows the proper "Customer ... Select" option.

This is very non-intuitive: I can't think of any reason I would want to edit 
the basic Customer information from an invoice.
Possibly a fix for a later release?

Thanks for your help,
Eric



-Original Message-
From: Derek Atkins  
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2022 4:26 PM
To: Eric Hammond 
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: RE: [GNC] Fixing incorrect Vendor for invoices

HI,

You want to make sure you SELECT vendor, not EDIT vendor.
There is a difference!

-derek

On Fri, August 26, 2022 5:30 pm, Eric Hammond wrote:
> Thanks Derek,
>
> This worked, but it is really tricky:
> Editing the vendor pops up (apparently) the actual Vendor information 
> "card"
> I changed the Vendor name, and found I now had two Vendor cards with 
> the same name and different ID numbers.
> Which showed the wrong Vendor in other Bills.
> Thankfully I had not saved the file, so I bailed and tried again.
> I discovered that I had to simultaneously change the vendor's name AND 
> ID to the correct one in the edit form.
>
> Eric
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Derek Atkins 
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2022 12:48 PM
> To: Eric Hammond 
> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Fixing incorrect Vendor for invoices
>
> HI,
>
> On Fri, August 26, 2022 3:25 pm, Eric Hammond wrote:
>> Somehow, I picked the wrong vendor when entering many bills in 
>> GnuCash, and posted them.
>> I find that Vendor entry in the bill is not changeable, even after 
>> un-posting them.
>> Is there a way, other than deleting and re-entering them, to correct 
>> this?
>> Thanks
>
> - Unpost Bill
> - Edit Bill (this pops up the dialog similar to the New Bill dialog)
> - From there you can select a new Vendor.
>
>> Eric
>
>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
> -derek
>
> --
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>de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com
>Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>
>


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Re: [GNC] Fixing incorrect Vendor for invoices

[Eric Hammond]

Thanks Derek,

This worked, but it is really tricky: 
Editing the vendor pops up (apparently) the actual Vendor information "card"
I changed the Vendor name, and found I now had two Vendor cards with the same 
name and different ID numbers.
Which showed the wrong Vendor in other Bills.
Thankfully I had not saved the file, so I bailed and tried again.
I discovered that I had to simultaneously change the vendor's name AND ID to 
the correct one in the edit form.

Eric

-Original Message-
From: Derek Atkins  
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2022 12:48 PM
To: Eric Hammond 
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Fixing incorrect Vendor for invoices

HI,

On Fri, August 26, 2022 3:25 pm, Eric Hammond wrote:
> Somehow, I picked the wrong vendor when entering many bills in 
> GnuCash, and posted them.
> I find that Vendor entry in the bill is not changeable, even after 
> un-posting them.
> Is there a way, other than deleting and re-entering them, to correct this?
> Thanks

- Unpost Bill
- Edit Bill (this pops up the dialog similar to the New Bill dialog)
- From there you can select a new Vendor.

> Eric

> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.

-derek

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[GNC] Fixing incorrect Vendor for invoices

[Eric Hammond]

Somehow, I picked the wrong vendor when entering many bills in GnuCash, and 
posted them.
I find that Vendor entry in the bill is not changeable, even after un-posting 
them.
Is there a way, other than deleting and re-entering them, to correct this? 
Thanks
Eric
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Re: [GNC] Due Invoices Reminder form

[Eric Hammond]

   1. Re:  Due Invoices Reminder form (Adrien Monteleone)

I knew the setting had to be somewhere. It is taking more time than I like to 
learn all the settings and processes.

On the plus side, as I do so I get an increasing respect for the work and 
expertise that is going into GnuCash.

Thank You Adrien, and all
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[GNC] Due Invoices Reminder form

[Eric Hammond]

When I enable the "Due Bills Reminder" form is remains available every time I 
Exit and restart GnuCash.
The "Due Invoices Reminder" form does not, I have to navigate three menu 
selections after each startup to get it back.
I know this is a small thing, but is there a way to have it persist between 
sessions?

Thanks for all the help,
Eric
 
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Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

[Eric Hammond]

Thank you, Victor, 
I suffered from a lack of imagination, and that works perfectly!
 In the real-world bills (and invoices) are often paid in "installments", which 
this correctly processes.

Regards,
Eric

-Original Message-
From: R. Victor Klassen  
Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2022 1:33 PM
To: Eric Hammond 
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

I routinely pay invoices from multiple accounts.  We have pseudo customers for 
each farmers market we attend.  After the market is done I create an invoice 
for the appropriate “customer “.  I pay it twice.  The first time with the 
amount that was paid by credit or debit card- to an account connected to the 
payment processor- and then the balance to petty cash.  

I have to edit the proposed payment amount the first time and then not close 
the invoice window before paying it again (I could close it and come back if I 
forgot but that’s not the efficient workflow)

Is this what you want?
Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 7, 2022, at 3:18 PM, Eric Hammond  wrote:
> 
> Thanks again to all who answered my two part question (next time I 
> will make it two separate questions...)
> 
> Frank, I already have that selected. The problem is not how transactions are 
> entered or displayed.
> If I am entering a manual transaction, I can add any number of splits no 
> problem.
> The issue is specifically with the Bill, or Invoice, "Process Payment" form 
> which only allows one payment amount, and one transfer account (from the 
> account tree).
> If I bypass the "Process Payment" by using manual transactions the Bill or 
> Invoice is not closed.
> 
> All the best,
> Eric Hammond
> 
> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 06:19:40 +0200
> From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" 
> To: Eric Hammond , "gnucash-user@gnucash.org"
>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash
> Message-ID: <1e0d8ed8-6ba0-b5b8-4190-8664b349f...@gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> 
> 
> 
>> Am 07.08.22 um 03:04 schrieb Eric Hammond:
>> The second is the ability to pay bills from more than one source. Example I 
>> purchase an oscilloscope and pay for it with a cash incentive from the 
>> company and a bank transfer for the rest. My solution at the present is not 
>> pretty, nor helpful if I look at it next year.
> 
> Then it's time to claim your easter egg ;-):
> Edit->Peeferences->Register Defaults,
> select Default Style: "Auto-Split ledger" or "Transaction Journal"
> 
> More details in
> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/set-prefs.html#prefs-re
> g-def
> 
> Then you can easily enter the differnt amounts.
> 
> Regards
> Frank
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 17:44:36 +1000
> From: flywire 
> To: Gnucash Users 
> Subject: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash
> Message-ID:
>
> 
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> More cat skinning:
> 
>> * the ability to have two separate (at least) GnuCash file systems:
> *
> 
> In Windows (or probably any GUI) double-click file in data folder and 
> it will use file association to open the file (in GnuCash).
> 
> Alternatively, for each file: right-click file, create a shortcut, 
> drag shortcut to desktop. Same as above from desktop.
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 06:28:50 -0500
> From: Tom Browder 
> To: Chris Good 
> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers
> Message-ID:
>
> 
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
>> On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 21:25 Chris Good  wrote:
>> From: Tom Browder 
>> Sent: Sunday, 7 August 2022 12:37 AM
>> To: Chris Good 
>> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 08:51 Chris Good  wrote:
>> 
>> ..,
>> 
>> Can you copy the text out of the pdf statement?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Getting "organized" text programmatically out of PDF is a giant pain. My 
>> current approach is almost completely programmatic. BTW, Raku is the 
>> "sister" language of Perl, and it is a "scripting" language.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Raku can also use Perl modules so I can use Finance::Quote with it if need 
>> be. But, until I can get the bank data working, I won't be needing it.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks, Chris.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Tom

[GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

[Eric Hammond]

Thanks again to all who answered my two part question (next time I will make it 
two separate questions...)

Frank, I already have that selected. The problem is not how transactions are 
entered or displayed.
If I am entering a manual transaction, I can add any number of splits no 
problem.
The issue is specifically with the Bill, or Invoice, "Process Payment" form 
which only allows one payment amount, and one transfer account (from the 
account tree).
If I bypass the "Process Payment" by using manual transactions the Bill or 
Invoice is not closed.

All the best,
Eric Hammond


Message: 6
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 06:19:40 +0200
From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" 
To: Eric Hammond , "gnucash-user@gnucash.org"

Subject: Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash
Message-ID: <1e0d8ed8-6ba0-b5b8-4190-8664b349f...@gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8



Am 07.08.22 um 03:04 schrieb Eric Hammond:
> The second is the ability to pay bills from more than one source. Example I 
> purchase an oscilloscope and pay for it with a cash incentive from the 
> company and a bank transfer for the rest. My solution at the present is not 
> pretty, nor helpful if I look at it next year.

Then it's time to claim your easter egg ;-):
Edit->Peeferences->Register Defaults,
select Default Style: "Auto-Split ledger" or "Transaction Journal"

More details in
https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/set-prefs.html#prefs-reg-def

Then you can easily enter the differnt amounts.

Regards
Frank



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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 17:44:36 +1000
From: flywire 
To: Gnucash Users 
Subject: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash
Message-ID:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

More cat skinning:

>* the ability to have two separate (at least) GnuCash file systems:
*

In Windows (or probably any GUI) double-click file in data folder and it
will use file association to open the file (in GnuCash).

Alternatively, for each file: right-click file, create a shortcut, drag
shortcut to desktop. Same as above from desktop.


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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 06:28:50 -0500
From: Tom Browder 
To: Chris Good 
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers
Message-ID:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 21:25 Chris Good  wrote:
> From: Tom Browder 
> Sent: Sunday, 7 August 2022 12:37 AM
> To: Chris Good 
> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 08:51 Chris Good  wrote:
>
> ..,
>
> Can you copy the text out of the pdf statement?
>
>
>
> Getting "organized" text programmatically out of PDF is a giant pain. My 
> current approach is almost completely programmatic. BTW, Raku is the "sister" 
> language of Perl, and it is a "scripting" language.
>
>
>
> Raku can also use Perl modules so I can use Finance::Quote with it if need 
> be. But, until I can get the bank data working, I won't be needing it.
>
>
>
> Thanks, Chris.
>
>
>
> -Tom
>
>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
>
>
> I was actually suggesting you just highlight the transactions in the pdf 
> statement and copy/paste them into a
>
> spreadsheet or text file before using a scripting language to reformat them 
> but if you can programmatically
> extract the text that would be better long term.

But I did see Peter West's warning about checking results
carefully--it's not always the expected result. Although I hope the
products from the same source are consistent enough to make it
reasonably fool proof. (See my comments below.)

> I notice with my PDF statement that (free) Adobe Acrobat DC no longer allows 
> me to select text (as they want me to pay for a fancy tool - BOO) but if you 
> send the pdf to Edge or Chrome you can select just the transaction text.

Yes, I now see my "PDF COmplete" on Windows can do that--I never
thought of doing that until now.

> Thanks for the info re Raku.

You're welcome! I'm always happy for programmers to learn about Raku

> Finance::Quote is just for getting stock prices from websites (usually) so 
> not useful for this task.

Right, but good to know for later.

> Are you sure you cannot export transactions from your bank? All mine do 
> although sometimes it is hard to find.

Yes, and I agree it's sometimes hard to find. Yesterday I did find one
bank (the bank I'm leaving) does have two choices of download for the
credit card: CSV and OFX. That is very helpful for working on a
transformation algorithm. I did look at the PDF to text transformation
on one of the new bank's statements (definitely nothing but PDFs) and
it looks surprisi

[GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

[Eric Hammond]

Thanks Stan, and all who have replied.

I have tried something similar on v4.09, with different folder names but not 
changing the data file name itself.
That version became unstable and GnuCash stopped finding either one.
I will experiment and report back.

Eric Hammond


Message: 3
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 08:47:14 -0700
From: Stan Brown 
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash
Message-ID: <95206b08-a037-d3ee-ed88-21fac56d1...@fastmail.fm>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8



On 2022-08-07 00:44, flywire wrote:
> More cat skinning:
> 
>> * the ability to have two separate (at least) GnuCash file systems:
> *
> 
> In Windows (or probably any GUI) double-click file in data folder and 
> it will use file association to open the file (in GnuCash).
> 
> Alternatively, for each file: right-click file, create a shortcut, 
> drag shortcut to desktop. Same as above from desktop.

>From desktop _or_ Start Menu, as a matter of fact. I choose the latter,
because I like to keep my desktop clean.

Buy there's another option, that I don't think I've seen posted yet.

The OP is presumably using those "multiple file systems" to keep books on 
different entities. The user should give the files different names even though 
storing them in different locations.

Then, if the user forgets to use the shortcuts you suggested, or just doesn't 
like the shortcut idea, they can simply open GnuCash from the regular program 
icon. GC will automatically open the last file the user was working on. If 
that's the "wrong" one, click File and the last N files worked on will appear 
in the menu; just select the appropriate one.

Unlike most Windows programs, GC doesn't show you the location of each file, 
only its name. (At least that's true in the version I'm running.) That's why 
it's important to give the data files different names even if they're in 
different folders .

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com


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[GNC] Request for two new features in GnuCash

[Eric Hammond]

As I am getting more of my accounts completely into GnuCash I find the need for 
two things:
The first is the ability to have two separate (at least) GnuCash file systems: 
one for my business and one for personal.
My business is an LLC, and one legal requirement for that is there is no 
co-mingling of money. 
This gives me some protection from certain law suites and tax issues.

I found an almost-work-around: two folders for Gnucash accessed with shortcuts 
that specified the target folder. It mostly worked, but was unstable and 
unreliable.

The second is the ability to pay bills from more than one source. Example I 
purchase an oscilloscope and pay for it with a cash incentive from the company 
and a bank transfer for the rest. My solution at the present is not pretty, nor 
helpful if I look at it next year.

Thank you for the great work!


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Re: [GNC] tutorials or examples for connecting/programming for GnuCash data access

[Eric Hammond]

Thank you, I will check it out

All the best,
Eric

From: john 
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2022 11:07 AM
To: Eric Hammond 
Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] tutorials or examples for connecting/programming for GnuCash 
data access




On Jul 25, 2022, at 9:30 AM, Eric Hammond 
mailto:e...@jehammond.net>> wrote:

Are there tutorial examples / videos for using Python and/or Sqlite3 to work 
with GnuCash.
I have never used Sqlite, and my Python experience is mostly industrial, and 
outdated.
(Like, what are bindings?)

Google found no GnuCash programming tutorials, though it did find some Piecash 
ones.

There's https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/SQL-Requests_For_Direct_Database_Access 
for SQL. It's not specifically about SQLite3 but you can read their docs for 
using the command-line tool.
Bindings are wrapper functions, in our case created by SWIG, that translate 
between e.g. Python and the C/C++ in which the GnuCash engine is written.
There's some information in https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Python_Bindings and a 
brief mention in 
https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/ch_python_bindings.html. There 
are some examples in 
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/tree/maint/bindings/python/example_scripts.


Regards,
John Ralls

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Are there tutorial examples / videos for using Python and/or Sqlite3 to work 
with GnuCash.
I have never used Sqlite, and my Python experience is mostly industrial, and 
outdated.
(Like, what are bindings?)

Thanks for any and all help
Eric

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Re: [GNC] Revisiting the pre-paid invoice (coupon, credit note)

[Eric Hammond]

Thank you all for valuable input on this.

Version 4.10 appears to have resolved the issue, I can now enter invoices, 
bills and payments with the needed accounts.

Victor, I don't know how my entries were different from yours. Now it works for 
me too. Thanks

Eric

Victor: I w
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 19:05:03 -0400
From: "R. Victor Klassen" 
To: Eric Hammond 
Cc: "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" 
Subject: Re: [GNC] Revisiting the pre-paid invoice (coupon, credit
note)
Message-ID: <9c9a569a-9a4f-4872-8d47-47a9c151e...@icloud.com>
Content-Type: text/plain;   charset=utf-8

Pretty sure that?s been around for quite a few versions.  I?ve been marking 
bills paid with Liabilities:Credit Card for as long as I?ve been using GnuCash 
(2012? 2013??)

> On Jul 14, 2022, at 2:31 PM, Eric Hammond  wrote:
> 
> Hold the presses!
> Just testing v4.11: It appears that it now allows for the 'assign as 
> payment' to use Liability accounts! (and matching process for Bills) I will 
> report back after more testing!

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Re: [GNC] Revisiting the pre-paid invoice (coupon, credit note)

[Eric Hammond]

Hi Adrien, David,
Thank you for the thoughtful replies!

I do not use transaction imports any more to enter invoices or bills, or 
related payments now. 
The official Customer and Vendor features are too good to bypass.

I create an invoice for every client visit I make, even if there is no charge. 
That way I have notes, possibly details, for future reference.
(And flag no-pay or slow-pay clients as well)
I raise an invoice for pre-paid items or time for the same reason. Plus, some 
customers, by agreement, pay later.
(I also create a Bill/Payment for every purchase for traceability, whether I 
get a Bill or not)

Hold the presses!
Just testing v4.11: It appears that it now allows for the 'assign as payment' 
to use Liability accounts! (and matching process for Bills)
I will report back after more testing!

Thanks Again,
Eric

Message: 1
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 18:23:25 +0100
From: 
To: 
Subject: [GNC] .Re:  Revisiting the pre-paid invoice (coupon, credit
note
Message-ID: <005e01d896dd$4283c3a0$c78b4ae0$@gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="us-ascii"

Hi Adrien,

I had the same thought as you "I'm curious why you raised an invoice for a 
payment against a coupon/credit note." But I guess the reason is that a 
document will be created if an" invoice" is raised for the prepayment which he 
can send to the student called "Coupon for future studies" or " Proforma 
Invoice" with hours and rates or whatever, and then when the actual tutorship 
is completed, he can raise an invoice and send that to the student too and post 
it to revenue, which will need to be offset against the prepayment. The billing 
system will produce the documents nicely.

Otherwise, if that's not the reason, I would agree with you entirely as your 
procedure is simpler.

Regards

David

I'm curious why you raised an invoice for a payment against a coupon/credit 
note.

Why not just book a payment against 'no-invoice' for that 'customer'?

You should do this manually, using the Process Payment feature, not as an 
import as far as I'm aware so the Business Features link the payment 
transaction to a customer/client. If you have LOTS of pre-payments, then yes, 
you can import standard transactions, but then you still need to individually, 
right-click and 'assign as payment' for each one.

Then, when you earn the revenue, you raise the invoice and clear it with the 
pre-payment. (Step 1, enter & post invoice; Step 2, Process Payment to apply 
partial pre-payment to the invoice)

The Pre-Payment would end up something like:

Dr. Assets:Cash/Bank/Un-deposited Funds/...
Cr. Assets:AR

*note, a Credit balance in an Asset account is a 'contra' balance because 
Assets *normally* have Debit balances. Thus, if a customer/client has a 
negative/credit AR balance, that is 'contra' what is expected and technically, 
a liability, so no need for a special Liability:Pre-Paid account, the GnuCash 
Business Features handle all of this for you *and* give you nice reporting 
capabilities. That's the idea behind the respective AR/AP accounts and their 
linked reports/functions. 
(AP works like the mirror of AR with vendors that you owe instead of 
customers/clients that owe you.)

The Invoice would be something like:

Dr. Assets:AR
Cr. Income:Tutoring

*Applying the Pre-Payment would show up as:

Dr. Assets:AR
Cr. Assets:AR

*This doesn't show up as its own transaction, but effectively that's how it 
works. The best way to see this account balance effect is with a Customer 
Report and using the option to show Detailed/Simple 'Transaction Links'. (so 
you can see which payments apply to which invoices and vice versa. I'm a fan of 
the Detailed option for the complete information it offers, but you may prefer 
Simple.)

I'm not certain why any 'coupon' scheme exists in this case. You can track 
unused pre-payments via Customer Reports. (functionally 'Statement of
Account') You can then provide reports/statements to clients to show remaining 
pre-paid balance available for use by them as needed.

(note, I see you say you're reviving a previous discussion, but I don't see 
reference to it - I didn't dig through the entire digest you quoted, though it 
may have been there.)
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> Eric Hammond
> 
> PS: Am I supposed to keep the rest of the messages below?

Please, "No." It is not 'good form' to quote the entire digest. The wiki covers 
this, but the ideal 'workflow' when using digest mode is:

1. Reply-all/Reply-List
2. Change your Subject Line to match your topic (copy paste if this is a reply, 
prepended with "Re:" without the quotes helps) 3. Remove *all* of the quotation 
except what you are replying to. (**TIP
- select what you want to reply to *then* hit the Reply-all/List button, as 
most e-mail/list clients will then *only* quote what you selected, saving you 
lots of deletion work. It is okay to incl

Re: [GNC] Invoicing & payments with "coupons: I sell to clients

[Eric Hammond]

Revisiting the pre-paid invoice  (coupon, credit note ...) issue:

In standard accounting a prepaid debt (aka a coupon, credit note, etc) is 
booked as a liability.
On paper, and as direct import of transactions into GnuCash, this works
However, I abandoned the brute force transaction method since I really like the 
GnuCash Invoice and Bill features: so I started fresh with imported Invoices 
and Bills.

My real life example: client prepays for 13 1 hour tutoring sessions, $25 each; 
to be used over the next year:
1. New Invoice for the prepayment:
 Dr.$325 Assets: ReceivablesCr. $325 Liabilities: 
Prepaid
2. Process Payment for the coupons  
Dr. $325 Assets: Cash   Cr. $325 
Assets: Receivables

I 'earn' payment for an individual session when it is complete.
3. New invoice for that session 
Dr. $25 Assets: Receivables Cr. $25 Income: Tutoring
4. and pay for it from the prepay
Dr. $25 Liabilities: PrepaidCr. $25 Assets: 
Receivables

GnuCash, however, appears to only allow payment of an invoice from an asset.
Is there a way GnuCash can accommodate this?

Thanks for any help,

Eric Hammond

PS: Am I supposed to keep the rest of the messages below?


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 12:32:04 -0400
From: Michael or Penny Novack 
To: Derek Atkins , Tom Browder

Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Example of accounts for a personal residence with
entries for US tax basis
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If you need, you can split the expenditure between the Asset (affecting the 
basis) and the Expense accounts.


The purpose of accounting is INFORMATION. That is what my "PS" was all 
about. Thinking that you have to split the expenditure is an illusion. 
You might want/need all of part of that expenditure considered BOTH as a 
(current) expense and as an increase in basis (for future capital gains 
calculation).This is unlike the situation for a business, as personal 
home expenses are not expenses in the tax sense. So "double counting" is 
not an issue.

This is not unlike the situation for a non-profit paying an expense that 
meets the qualifications of one of the restricted funds. You 
transaction(s) have to BOTH record the expenditure and expense AND 
release that amount from restriction. Exactly what that latter part 
looks like depends on how the restricted funds are accounted for.

Michael D Novack





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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:12:37 +0100
From: Martin Booth 
To: David Carlson , Tracy

Cc: Gnucash Users 
Subject: Re: [GNC] Saving window position (and size)
Message-ID:
<8715771549c8bbee14e76066889a4c20c3f17aac.ca...@yahoo.co.uk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

Hi David,
No issues for me.
I am running GS 4.11 on Ubuntu 22.04 and the windows stay in the same
place where I left them when I last closed GS
Regards,
Martin 


On Tue, 2022-07-12 at 09:48 -0500, David Carlson wrote:
> Tracy,
> 
> I would not like a desktop that did not remember where a window was
> located
> on the desktop/display combination when last used.? Any other users
> seeing
> similar issues?
> 
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 7:32 AM Tracy  wrote:
> 
> > Hi David,
> > 
> > Everything I can find says that Gnome (the desktop environment set
> > up by
> > default in Ubuntu 22.04 - which was also the desktop environment
> > used in
> > 20.04, which worked as expected) does not save window placement
> > information. Instead, it is the responsibility of the application.
> > 

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 231, Issue 70

[Eric Hammond]

Resending to proper group

I set up GnuCash as best possible by extracting what I could from my crashed 
Quicken, and many Excel spreadsheets. And 6 months of work.
I got all the info in, but not working properly.
I want to start fresh, almost.
I have created clean CSV files for the AR and AP; and transaction files to fill 
in the bank ledgers.
What I need is to clean GnuCash of everything Except the account tree, vendor 
and customer database.
(Maybe I missed something, but the exported version of vendor and customer data 
has only name and ID number.)

Any ideas on how to do this, or how to not need to do this are appreciated.

Thanks,
Eric

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   1. Re:  Saved Reports (Stephen C. Camidge)
   2. Re:  Saved Reports (David Carlson)
   3. Re:  Split ownership (Fred Tydeman)
   4. Re:  Split ownership (Adrien Monteleone)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:54:20 -0400
From: "Stephen C. Camidge" 
To: "David H" 
Cc: "Gnucash Users" 
Subject: Re: [GNC] Saved Reports
Message-ID: <35680993-2d87-4910-9673-1b00cadfa...@www.fastmail.com>
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Interesting. That location did work.

Further, some data went to /home/steve/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/ 


But /home/steve/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/gnucash/ 
 is more complete.

Thank you very much for your help.
Steve




On Mon, Jun 27, 2022, at 8:43 PM, David H wrote:
> Just rebooted into Mint Linux and mine are in 
> $HOME/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/gnucash - did you drill down far 
> enough ?  I seem to recall I would have manually copied my saved-reports-2.8 
> file into that directory as Flatpak obviously doesn't know about them 
> initially...
> 
> Cheers David H.
> 
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 10:34, Stephen C. Camidge  wrote:
>> __
>> Thank you, but I do not have any entries here:
>> $HOME/.local/share/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/
>> 
>> and the other is where I was looking, but the saved reports was not 
>> updated for 4.11 $HOME/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2022, at 3:34 PM, David H wrote:
>>> The wiki is your friend - https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak
>>> 
>>> Cheers David H.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 04:05, Stephen C. Camidge  
>>> wrote:
 When using gnucash 4.10 installed from Linux Manjaro repository, my saved 
 reports are stored here:
  /home/steve/.local/share/gnucash/
 
 I installed gnucash 4.11 from flathub and saved a newly created report.  I 
 cannot find where the report is stored on my hard drive. My plan was to 
 move my old settings over to the flatbed version so I could properly test 
 the latest version.
 
 How do I find where 4.11 is storing the preferences?
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 06:48:50 -0500
From: David Carlson 
To: "Stephen C. Camidge" 
Cc: David H , Gnucash Users

Subject: Re: [GNC] Saved Reports
Message-ID:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

For certain cases the migration to 4.11 has " lost " some information, this is 
a known issue .  Check other messages for more information.

On Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 7:55 PM Stephen C. Camidge 
wrote:

> Interesting. That location did work.
>
> Further, some data went to 
> /home/steve/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/ < 
> http://org.gnucash.gnucash/data/>
>
> But /home/steve/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/gnucash/ < 
> http://org.gnucash.gnucash/data/gnucash/> is more complete.
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2022, at 8:43 PM, David H wrote:
> > Just rebooted into Mint Linux and mine are in
> 

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 231, Issue 67

[Eric Hammond]

Re:  3. Credit note posting to an expense account 
Hi David,

Here is how I solved it for myself,
In standard accounting credit notes (coupons...) post to a Liability account, 
since you now owe someone something.
I have sometimes tutored high school student in math, and may get pre-paid for 
multiple sessions at times.
This is a little messy, and works best for multiple sessions. It does keep the 
"paper trail" proper .
To "fund" the prepay I create an invoice: debit Assets:Recievables and credit 
Liabilities:Prepaid Invoices. 
When the client pays: debit Assets:Cash (Bank...) and credit 
Assets:Recievables.
When the student is done with a session I create an invoice for that session:  
debit Assets:Recievables and credit  Revenue:Tutoring
then:  debit Liabilities:Prepaid Invoices, credit Assets:Receivables. 

I hope this helps,
Eric 

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re:  GnuCash 4.11 Release (Gyle McCollam)
   2.  Saved Reports (Stephen C. Camidge)
   3.  Credit note posting to an expense account
  (davidvernonl...@gmail.com)
   4. Re:  Credit note posting to an expense account (Gyle McCollam)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 17:33:03 +
From: Gyle McCollam 
To: Kalpesh Patel , "gnucash-user@gnucash.org"

Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 4.11 Release
Message-ID:



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As noted there are changes.  Can anyone tell me where the Online selections 
that used to be under Actions went.  I've looked through the menus and I can't 
find it.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

gmccol...@live.com   email


From: gnucash-user  on 
behalf of Kalpesh Patel 
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2022 11:47 AM
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org 
Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 4.11 Release

There are definite noticeable changes to menus on 4.11 of GNC - number of items 
in the menu list and where they are found in the list -- as well.



It is throwing me off from previous click through flows that were second in 
nature . I am observing these changes on Windows 10.



> 

> From: gnucash-user mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail@gnucash.org> > on behalf of John 
Ralls mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us> >

> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2022 5:39 PM

> To: gnucash-annou...@lists.gnucash.org

mailto:gnucash-annou...@lists.gnucash.org> >

> Cc: gnucash-devel mailto:gnucash-de...@gnucash.org> >; Gnucash Users mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >

> Subject: [GNC] GnuCash 4.11 Release

>

> The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 4.11, the twelfth 
> release
in the stable 4.x series

> Between 4.10 and 4.11, the following bugfixes were accomplished:

>

>Bug 797163 - qof_book_get_option segfaults when retrieving a 
> non-leaf
frame

>Bug 798053 - Accounts renumeration (renumbering)

>Bug 798471 - Can't see or select Income or Expense accounts in 
> Income
Tax Information GUI

>Bug 798483 - GnuCash Crashing With SIGSEGV During QFX Import
Transaction Matching

>Bug 798491 - MT940 of day 28.02.2022 ends in transactiondate 
> 01.01.1970

>Bug 798493 - Invoice Report Quantity & Unit Price fields have 
> limited
decimal precision on printed invoices

>Bug 798496 - gncEntry Quantity and Discount are misusing commodity 
> scu

>Bug 798499 - Expense Chart data tables include extra columns of 
> data

>Bug 798500 - FTBFS (tests failure) on armhf

>Bug 798501 - Balance wrong date end of period

>Bug 798531 - Selecting "Print" from the file menu on a report 
> crashes
gnucash

>Bug 798533 - Crash when importing quicken @ currency

>Bug 798535 - Crash when increasing the number of periods in a 
> budget

>Bug 798547 - Calculated Due Date is short 1 day when posting on day 
> of
fall change from Daylight Time to Standard Time.

>

> The following fixes and improvements were not associated with bug reports:

>

>Partially fix Bug 771095 by inserting a help button in the
Since-Last-Run dialog.

>Lock down GITHUB_TOKEN permissions on workflows.

>[g_option_context_get_help() returns a char* 

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 231, Issue 55

[Eric Hammond]

Thank you David, Derek and Maf,

That works good enough, since I don't expect to need it much.
Maf, I am interested in what other situations this is needed.

There were no intended graphics (or?) attached. It may be my Outlook adding a 
background

Thanks again,
Eric

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Today's Topics:

   1.  Stock and Stock Prices (Gyle McCollam)
   2.  Thank you for your courtesy (Jim DeLaHunt)
   3.  Help (Eric Hammond)
   4. Re:  Thank you for your courtesy (Chris Graves)
   5. Re:  Help (Derek Atkins)
   6. Re:  Help (Maf. King)
   7. Re:  Help (davidcousen...@gmail.com)
   8. Re:  Help (Derek Atkins)
   9. Re:  Help (davidcousen...@gmail.com)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:08:23 +
From: Gyle McCollam 
To: "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" 
Subject: [GNC] Stock and Stock Prices
Message-ID:



Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

My statements for stocks show shares and prices per share to 5 decimal places.  
In GnuCash "Tools/Price Database" it shows the per share price to 5 decimal 
places as well.  However, in the register it shows the shares and balance to 5 
decimal places as well, but it only shows the price to 4 decimal places.  I 
can't find how to change this anywhere.  I would like it to show the price in 
the register to the same 5 decimal places it has it recorded to in the price 
database.  Any help would be appreciated.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com>   email


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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:35:30 -0700
From: Jim DeLaHunt 
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: [GNC] Thank you for your courtesy
Message-ID: <03a1e981-8eb3-caa4-60f0-a5c565564...@jdlh.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed

Liz, David T, Gyle, and D:
(but really everyone contributes)

Thank you for your courtesy.? Liz, thank you for your work as list moderator, 
and specifically for stepping in when some recent language was not acceptable 
here. The others of you, thank you for apologising, rather than lashing out. 
The result is a more pleasant and more productive email list and community.

I am subscribed to users' mailing lists for other projects, where this sort of 
courtesy is often lacking. Nasty comments are more common. Some participants 
are repeatedly nasty. When someone points out that they are violating the 
community's code of conduct, they do not apologise, and they lash out with more 
nastiness. It is awful.

And that is one of the reasons why I spend more effort participating here 
rather than there. Thank you.

Best regards,
 ??? ?Jim DeLaHunt




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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:43:14 +
From: Eric Hammond 
To: "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" 
Subject: [GNC] Help
Message-ID:



Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"


I was not paid by a client, and have 'written it off', but how do I book it in 
GnuCash?
Standard business practice is to post it in to an expense account such as 'Bad 
Debt' or 'Uncollectable'.
I have created the account 'Expenses:Bad Debt' but GnuCash does not allow me to 
select it, apparently only accepting an asset account.

Thank you for the help,

Eric


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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:15:09 -0700
From: Chris Graves 
To: Jim DeLaHunt 
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+1

On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 12:36 PM Jim DeLaHunt  wrote:

> Liz, David T, Gyle, and D:
> (but really everyone contributes)
>
> Thank you for your courtesy.  Liz, thank you for your work as list 
> moderator, and specifically for stepping in when some recent language 
> was not acceptable here. The others of you, thank you for apologising, 
> rat

[GNC] Help

[Eric Hammond]

I was not paid by a client, and have 'written it off', but how do I book it in 
GnuCash?
Standard business practice is to post it in to an expense account such as 'Bad 
Debt' or 'Uncollectable'.
I have created the account 'Expenses:Bad Debt' but GnuCash does not allow me to 
select it, apparently only accepting an asset account.

Thank you for the help,

Eric


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[GNC] need help getting started

[Eric Hammond]

To the group,

A short intro: I have been a user of Quicken for the last 1000 years or so, 
they have gone from a business that cares about customers to  not so much.
Late last year one of their updates lost or scrambled years of my business 
accounting data, and my backups. Their help line help was "we are so sorry..."

I discovered GnuCash in February this year and with a lot of very hard work and 
digging got almost all entries into it: the major journals balance.
Six months of digging, creating and importing .csv files and seeing what broke. 
And repeat.

I would like to convert my brute force AR and AP entries into the GnuCash 
format and have encountered some issues:
Importing from CSV to regular journals was tricky, but I got it done and 
balanced.
Is there any way to import the invoice data from CSV to the 
invoices-A/Receivables, and bills-A/Payables system and have the Posted and 
Paid flags set right?

In the distant past I programmed accounting systems in RPG. Some help there.

I have much programming experience (PC computers unfortunately) in C, C++, and 
Python: I would like to help with the project.
I need help finding out how to do this, I have not yet found such in the 
website maze.

And, how do I contribute the money I would have paid for Quicken to this worthy 
cause?

Thank you for your help,

Eric Hammond
670 Rainier Lane
Port Ludlow, WA 98365
(949) 244-3595
e...@jehammond.net<mailto:e...@jehammond.net>

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
― Mahatma Gandhi



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