Re: [GNC] need help getting started

[David H]

Eric,

On the gnucash.org homepage you must have missed the "Development" panel -
first item - "How to help" points to
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Contributing_to_GnuCash which covers how to
help with development - scroll down to "Coders" section.  Further links in
it re coding standards, yada, yada, yada.

Cheers David H.


On Sat, 4 Jun 2022 at 05:04, Eric Hammond  wrote:

>
> 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
>
> "Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
> ― Mahatma Gandhi
>
>
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Re: [GNC] need help getting started

[Adrien Monteleone]

Eric,

Check the Help and the Tutorial (linked from the website, but should be 
available from within GnuCash). I don't recall which, but one describes 
the CSV format for importing bills/invoices.


I don't *think* you can import them as paid, because it isn't just a 
flag on the transaction. There is a link to the payment transaction as 
well that is needed. The only way I know of setting that properly, is to 
either 'Process Payment' or if the payment transaction is already 
entered (most likely in your case) then right-click and 'assign as 
payment'. (which brings up the Process Payment window with some details 
already filled out and which will link that transaction as a payment to 
that 'document')


You could maybe ask on IRC, but I don't think there is a programmatic 
way to do this at this time. (there are python bindings, however, I 
don't think they expose everything)


As for contributions, I think that info is on the website, wiki, or both.

The devs follow this list too, so one of them may see this and offer 
more definitive guidance.


Regards,
Adrien

On 6/3/22 2:02 PM, Eric Hammond wrote:


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?


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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

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



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