Re: [GNC] Accounting period on a per-file basis?
To Michael's point, setting specific dates, that's not as convenient, but maybe saving one report with two sets of options will reduce the amount of date selection I have to do, even if it doesn't reduce it to zero. Perhaps lack of clarity what is meant by "saved report" Thus for any entity, I would (at least) be running a "Statement of Revenues and Expenses" (the business world would call P) and a balance sheet quarterly). I would be SAVING these by exporting from gnucash into the "financial reports" folder of the organization using a file name incorporating the Julian date (the effective date as opposed to real time date when run. All that I would have SAVED of the report in gnucash would be the display preferences, accounts excluded if any, etc.. I would expect to EACH TIME enter the effective dates of the run. I would find things like "current year", "current quarter", etc. not terribly useful as what those mean would depend on the real time date when the report was run. Understand? Am I running the year end reports the night of Jan 31st? Probably not. Probably not until a few days into the next year. But maybe, depending on how New Years fell, I would be running before the end of the year (say the 31st was a Monday -- well the 30th would not be a "business day" and the 29th the last day for external transactions ). In other words, the meaning of "current year, current quarter, etc. is unclear. Explicit dates are clear. Michael D Novack ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Accounting period on a per-file basis?
On 8/5/23 4:34 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: > My own accounting period is the calendar year, but a nonprofit I'm > keeping books for uses a fiscal year ending July 31st. Accounting period > seems to be a per-user setting, not a per-book setting. Is there > actually a way to have different accounting periods for different books. > (Yes, I know I could create another Windows user, but that seems like a > lot of overhead.) On 2023-08-05 17:14, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Not yet. I think there is a bug filed for that change though. Thanks, Adrien. I didn't really expect there to be a way, but I'd have felt like an idiot if I didn't ask and then later found out I could have done this the easy way. To Michael's point, setting specific dates, that's not as convenient, but maybe saving one report with two sets of options will reduce the amount of date selection I have to do, even if it doesn't reduce it to zero. (I might have to do that anyway; I have no idea what would happen when a saved report configuration that selected all of the accounts in one book is run on another book that has completely different accounts. But I'll be finding out shortly.) My workload's already less than it was, because I no longer have to fire up a VM to do the nonprofit's bookkeeping. (Plus, the books open and save much faster, and reports come up faster.) While I was at GC 2.6.19, it was at GC 4.13; now both are at GC 4.14. And when 5.4 comes out they'll both be at 5.4. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Accounting period on a per-file basis?
On 8/5/2023 5:34 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: My own accounting period is the calendar year, but a nonprofit I'm keeping books for uses a fiscal year ending July 31st. Accounting period seems to be a per-user setting, not a per-book setting. Is there actually a way to have different accounting periods for different books. (Yes, I know I could create another Windows user, but that s4ems like a lot of overhead.) Also, as a temporary work around, keep in mind that "accounting period" is in effect a short cut. You can use gnucash without reference to accounting period by assigning specific effective dates to reports, etc. In other words, if you like being able to reference relative to current accounting period, you might use that for your own books but explicit date specification for the non-profit. Since at one time I was keeping books for several non-profits, a more obvious solution for me. Michael D Novack ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Accounting period on a per-file basis?
Not yet. I think there is a bug filed for that change though. Regards, Adrien On 8/5/23 4:34 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: My own accounting period is the calendar year, but a nonprofit I'm keeping books for uses a fiscal year ending July 31st. Accounting period seems to be a per-user setting, not a per-book setting. Is there actually a way to have different accounting periods for different books. (Yes, I know I could create another Windows user, but that s4ems like a lot of overhead.) I'm on 4.14 now: I elected not to go to 5.3 since 5.4 is only a few weeks away. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
[GNC] Accounting period on a per-file basis?
My own accounting period is the calendar year, but a nonprofit I'm keeping books for uses a fiscal year ending July 31st. Accounting period seems to be a per-user setting, not a per-book setting. Is there actually a way to have different accounting periods for different books. (Yes, I know I could create another Windows user, but that s4ems like a lot of overhead.) I'm on 4.14 now: I elected not to go to 5.3 since 5.4 is only a few weeks away. And KUDOS on the speed: files open and save much, much faster than in 2.6. And my balance sheet comes up almost instantly, instead of taking about a minute. The Hidden column in the Accounts tab is a nice addition: A few days ago, in 2.6, I was trying to find which accounts were hidden and that meant clicking each account, then the Edit button. That was very tedious, but now I can see the same information at a glance. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
