Re: [GNC] Recovering deleted transaction from log files
There's two sorts of logging. GnuCash emits varying levels of messages (error, warning, info, or debug) into the trace file (https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile) depending on command-line arguments. The default is to emit only errors. The other logging, the one that Roland is talking about, is transaction logging. This writes to a log file that GnuCash knows how to import with File>Import>Replay Gnucash .log file, writing an entry every time a transaction object is locked or unlocked for editing. It's not configurable. Scheduled Transaction templates aren't locked so they're not logged, but when the SX creates a transaction that will be logged. The only way to not log an edit would be code that doesn't call xaccTransBeginEdit/xaccTransCommitEdit and any code that doesn't do that risks also that its changes won't be saved, particularly in the SQL backends. Regards, John Ralls > On Feb 24, 2020, at 3:23 AM, Greg Feneis wrote: > > I imagine logging is minimal by default to help keep GnuCash speedy. > Unless the user increases verbosity via CLI when launching GnuCash. Just a > guess. > > I'm also curious about controlling logging. I bet it's documented somewhere > > Kind regards, Greg Feneis > (Pixel 3) > > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 15:00 Roland Roberts wrote: > >> On 2/21/2020 11:54 PM, Roland Roberts wrote: >>> [...] >>> So... I figured the log file(s) between those two should have the >>> missing transactions. But that file is nothing but a sequence of >>> >>> = START >>> = END >>> >>> after the header. Why wouldn't the log have my deleted transactions >>> in it? >> >> So I was able to track down the missing transaction. What had actually >> happened was that I had apparently edited it (obviously in error) and >> change the account on a payment to a credit card. That removed it's >> reconciled state in the bank account from which the payment had been >> made (naturally, it was no longer against that account). I did that the >> painful way by unpacking the two gnucash files and doing diff, that >> tracking through the diffs. >> >> I'm still puzzled by the log file. I read through some of the gnucash >> docs and realize that scheduled transactions are special beasts and that >> those don't show up in the logs, but an edit like this I thought would. >> My immediate problem is solved, but...I'd like to know what sort of >> things the logs can help me with since it wasn't as useful as I expected >> for this case. >> >> roland >> >> >> ___ >> 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.
Re: [GNC] Recovering deleted transaction from log files
I imagine logging is minimal by default to help keep GnuCash speedy. Unless the user increases verbosity via CLI when launching GnuCash. Just a guess. I'm also curious about controlling logging. I bet it's documented somewhere Kind regards, Greg Feneis (Pixel 3) On Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 15:00 Roland Roberts wrote: > On 2/21/2020 11:54 PM, Roland Roberts wrote: > > [...] > > So... I figured the log file(s) between those two should have the > > missing transactions. But that file is nothing but a sequence of > > > > = START > > = END > > > > after the header. Why wouldn't the log have my deleted transactions > > in it? > > So I was able to track down the missing transaction. What had actually > happened was that I had apparently edited it (obviously in error) and > change the account on a payment to a credit card. That removed it's > reconciled state in the bank account from which the payment had been > made (naturally, it was no longer against that account). I did that the > painful way by unpacking the two gnucash files and doing diff, that > tracking through the diffs. > > I'm still puzzled by the log file. I read through some of the gnucash > docs and realize that scheduled transactions are special beasts and that > those don't show up in the logs, but an edit like this I thought would. > My immediate problem is solved, but...I'd like to know what sort of > things the logs can help me with since it wasn't as useful as I expected > for this case. > > roland > > > ___ > 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.
Re: [GNC] Recovering deleted transaction from log files
On 2/21/2020 11:54 PM, Roland Roberts wrote: [...] So... I figured the log file(s) between those two should have the missing transactions. But that file is nothing but a sequence of = START = END after the header. Why wouldn't the log have my deleted transactions in it? So I was able to track down the missing transaction. What had actually happened was that I had apparently edited it (obviously in error) and change the account on a payment to a credit card. That removed it's reconciled state in the bank account from which the payment had been made (naturally, it was no longer against that account). I did that the painful way by unpacking the two gnucash files and doing diff, that tracking through the diffs. I'm still puzzled by the log file. I read through some of the gnucash docs and realize that scheduled transactions are special beasts and that those don't show up in the logs, but an edit like this I thought would. My immediate problem is solved, but...I'd like to know what sort of things the logs can help me with since it wasn't as useful as I expected for this case. roland ___ 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.
[GNC] Recovering deleted transaction from log files
Somewhere in the last few days, I managed to delete one or more transactions that were reconciled. I'll blame it on sleep deprivation trying to get through my wife's business accounts and our personal ones, too I went to my gnucash autosave files and began opening them until I found the last one with a good reconciliation and the first one with a bad reconciliation amount. Basically, I opened the account, then started the reconcile dialog and the latest one that showed an opening balance matching what I last has from reconciling was what I'm labeling as the last good one. The next autosave after that has a bad opening balance when I do the same thing. So... I figured the log file(s) between those two should have the missing transactions. But that file is nothing but a sequence of = START = END after the header. Why wouldn't the log have my deleted transactions in it? roland ___ 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.
