Re: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
Yes I had thought about symlinks too but I wasnt sure if it would work as expected. In my case, since reports are saved one time - I doubt I will need to modify them again soon. Hence for me copying is better option. Amish. On Friday 13 October 2017 09:04 PM, Geert Janssens wrote: I'm not sure symlinks are properly honored. Please check before relying on that... Regards, Geert Eric Siegerman schreef op 13 oktober 2017 11:08:25 GMT+01:00: On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 02:31:10PM +0530, Amish wrote: cp ~/.gnucash/saved-reports-$1 ~/.gnucash/saved-report-2.4 exec gnucash /path/to/$1.gnucash Problem: If you modify any reports, you'll have to remember to copy the new file back again. It might be better to create a symlink rather than copying the file. That way, changes will automatically go to the right place. - Eric ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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. Sent from my smartphone. Please excuse my brevity. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
I'm not sure symlinks are properly honored. Please check before relying on that... Regards, Geert Eric Siegerman schreef op 13 oktober 2017 11:08:25 GMT+01:00: >On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 02:31:10PM +0530, Amish wrote: >> cp ~/.gnucash/saved-reports-$1 ~/.gnucash/saved-report-2.4 >> exec gnucash /path/to/$1.gnucash > >Problem: If you modify any reports, you'll have to remember to >copy the new file back again. > >It might be better to create a symlink rather than copying the >file. That way, changes will automatically go to the right >place. > > - Eric >___ >gnucash-user mailing list >gnucash-user@gnucash.org >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. Sent from my smartphone. Please excuse my brevity. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 02:31:10PM +0530, Amish wrote: > cp ~/.gnucash/saved-reports-$1 ~/.gnucash/saved-report-2.4 > exec gnucash /path/to/$1.gnucash Problem: If you modify any reports, you'll have to remember to copy the new file back again. It might be better to create a symlink rather than copying the file. That way, changes will automatically go to the right place. - Eric ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
On Thursday, 12 October 2017 10:01:10 BST Amish wrote: > > Then instead of calling "gnucash companyA.gnucash" > I call "gccompany companyA" > > That way I dont have to maintain 2 Linux accounts and 2 different > settings directory. > > Amish. Sounds good to me. Maf. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
On Wednesday 11 October 2017 09:05 PM, Maf. King wrote: Amish - the only thing I think I can suggest at this point is that each company has it's own user login - at least that way the list of accounts is not cumbersome.. Or thinking about it, if on linux (may work on Win, probably not on Mac), you could create some shortcuts for each accounts file that sets up a custom environment (i think you need to set GNC_DOT_DIR bit have a good google first) before launching GC so that each company has its own prefs file. probably more cumbersome than a really busy menu, and error-prone, though,,, Maf. Easiest workaround would be that I have two saved-reports stored in .gnucash directory. say saved-reports-companyA and saved-reports-companyB Before starting gnucash for a company I copy saved-reports-companyX to saved-reports-2.4 This can be done with 2 line script (say gccompany): #no error checking done cp ~/.gnucash/saved-reports-$1 ~/.gnucash/saved-report-2.4 exec gnucash /path/to/$1.gnucash Then instead of calling "gnucash companyA.gnucash" I call "gccompany companyA" That way I dont have to maintain 2 Linux accounts and 2 different settings directory. Amish. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
On Wednesday, 11 October 2017 14:35:51 BST Frankie Raney wrote: > The cloud could be your own (hard drive or home cloud). I think you can > install to a shareable drive(cloud) then create a short cut on each machine > to it. I think I have seen a way to share one of your desktops. I don't > know for sure how to do it, but I do remember seeing an article on doing it. Heh. I do keep my accounts files on a NFS share (indeed, lots of my ~ lives on my fileserver). Never really thought of it as "the cloud". That term has to me at least, always been the "cloud" shape in network diagrams at the other end of my connection to the internet - meaning the bit I know is there but isn't under my control. However, discussing where the file(s) live doesn't really help with the OP's problem of needing to create several identical reports on several data files, which because the reports work on accountID not name, and the reports are not per-file but global is just plain cumbersome... Amish - the only thing I think I can suggest at this point is that each company has it's own user login - at least that way the list of accounts is not cumbersome.. Or thinking about it, if on linux (may work on Win, probably not on Mac), you could create some shortcuts for each accounts file that sets up a custom environment (i think you need to set GNC_DOT_DIR bit have a good google first) before launching GC so that each company has its own prefs file. probably more cumbersome than a really busy menu, and error-prone, though,,, Maf. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
On Tuesday 10 October 2017 09:20 PM, Maf. King wrote: On Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:20:28 BST Amish wrote: So I would like to know if there is way to have customized saved-reports file per gnucash file? Name and location of which can be stored in that gnucash file itself. So that I do not have to keep re-selecting accounts everytime and reports related to company A does not show when gnucash of company B is opened and vice versa. Hi Amish. Not that I know of. I've dealt with this by calling the reports CompanyA-Foo and CompanyB-Foo Although, I must say that I think the report saved accounts by name, not ID, so one report could be used as the basis for the second company, with only a little tweaking. Maf. I know thats how I have done it right now. But I am from India where recently GST taxatio was introduced. I have managed to configure Gnucash for the same. For GST return filing Government needs many types of reporting every month. Report for 3 types of taxes (IGST/CGST/SGST) Report for trade payable (purchase+tax) Report for trade receivable (sale+tax) Report for taxable sales Report for taxable purchase Then there are reports for sale/purchase to/from GST dealers And then same reports for dealers not registered under GST As you can see there are almost 11-12 types of reports that we have provide to Government at end of every month Now if I create customized reports I will have: CompanyA-Sale, CompanyA-Purchase, ... 11-12 reports same way 11-12 reports for company B I have 2 more companies which I have still not migrated to GST So you can see the report list will be too long when I open "Saved report configuration" That is why I was asking if it is possible to have: 1) saved-reports per company 2) OR saved-reports storing FULL account name - for example Assets:Purchase:IGST insted of account ID. I believe 2nd option would be much better as then we dont need to create separate reports for each company. Infact both 1 and 2 can be implemened, if possible that would allow to store reports in a better way and also make them REUSABLE. Thanks and regards, Amish ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
Instead of keeping the program and data on two machines, how about saving it all on a cloud storage and just install GC on the two machines.. On Oct 10, 2017 12:20 PM, "Carsten Rinke" wrote: > Hi Ben, > > what do you mean by machine specific? > > If you transfer your gnucash data file between machines, I thought it > should also possible to transfer the saved-reports-2.x file between the > machines. > Agreed, a combined file would make the transfer handling easier, but if > you keep in mind always to transfer both files, it should work already now. > > BTW: The accounts are stored by ID, and I am not aware that this can be > switch somehow -> I would not recommend tweaking. > > Carsten > > On 10.10.2017 18:08, Benjamin Smith wrote: > >> Add that to the wish list. I often switch from one computer to another >> and keep the same version of GnuCash on each machine, however, the >> saved reports are machine specific. It would be nice to link the >> reports to the gnucash data file. Not sure how it works internally >> right now. >> >> ben >> >> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Maf. King wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:20:28 BST Amish wrote: >>> >>> So I would like to know if there is way to have customized saved-reports file per gnucash file? Name and location of which can be stored in that gnucash file itself. So that I do not have to keep re-selecting accounts everytime and reports related to company A does not show when gnucash of company B is opened and vice versa. >>> Hi Amish. >>> >>> Not that I know of. I've dealt with this by calling the reports >>> CompanyA-Foo >>> and CompanyB-Foo >>> >>> Although, I must say that I think the report saved accounts by name, not >>> ID, >>> so one report could be used as the basis for the second company, with >>> only a >>> little tweaking. >>> >>> Maf. >>> >>> >>> >>> ___ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> 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. >>> >> ___ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> 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. >> >> > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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. > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
Default location for saved reports on Windows 10 is "C:\Users\\.gnucash\saved-reports-2.4" I'm pretty sure I've just copied that same file across to my Ubuntu Linux installation as well - will check tonight and see where it is for Linux. Cheers Dave H. On 11 October 2017 at 09:23, David Carlson wrote: > There is a section in the GnuCash FAQ about what files are where for the > various OS's. IIRC there is a .gnucash directory under ~user or some such > which can be copied and pasted into another machine, even under a different > OS but that would overwrite whatever is there. Do not try that without > backing up whatever is already there. For Windows it might get more > complicated, as some stuff is now in the Registry. > > David C > > > On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Matthew Pounsett > wrote: > > > On 10 October 2017 at 15:15, Carsten Rinke wrote: > > > > > Hi Ben, > > > > > > what do you mean by machine specific? > > > > > > If you transfer your gnucash data file between machines, I thought it > > > should also possible to transfer the saved-reports-2.x file between the > > > machines. > > > > > > > It probably is, but it's not trivial. The data file is saved to an > > arbitrary location, which can easily be some sort of shared media. The > > saved reports get saved... somewhere... by the application, and that > > somewhere is very likely platform-specific, and doesn't seem to be > > configurable. Add to that the documentation about where GnuCash saves > > certain state files seems to be out of date (at least for the Mac) and > it's > > enough to make the saved reports files less portable just because they're > > that much more difficult to find. > > ___ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > 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. > > > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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. > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
There is a section in the GnuCash FAQ about what files are where for the various OS's. IIRC there is a .gnucash directory under ~user or some such which can be copied and pasted into another machine, even under a different OS but that would overwrite whatever is there. Do not try that without backing up whatever is already there. For Windows it might get more complicated, as some stuff is now in the Registry. David C On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Matthew Pounsett wrote: > On 10 October 2017 at 15:15, Carsten Rinke wrote: > > > Hi Ben, > > > > what do you mean by machine specific? > > > > If you transfer your gnucash data file between machines, I thought it > > should also possible to transfer the saved-reports-2.x file between the > > machines. > > > > It probably is, but it's not trivial. The data file is saved to an > arbitrary location, which can easily be some sort of shared media. The > saved reports get saved... somewhere... by the application, and that > somewhere is very likely platform-specific, and doesn't seem to be > configurable. Add to that the documentation about where GnuCash saves > certain state files seems to be out of date (at least for the Mac) and it's > enough to make the saved reports files less portable just because they're > that much more difficult to find. > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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. > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
On 10 October 2017 at 15:15, Carsten Rinke wrote: > Hi Ben, > > what do you mean by machine specific? > > If you transfer your gnucash data file between machines, I thought it > should also possible to transfer the saved-reports-2.x file between the > machines. > It probably is, but it's not trivial. The data file is saved to an arbitrary location, which can easily be some sort of shared media. The saved reports get saved... somewhere... by the application, and that somewhere is very likely platform-specific, and doesn't seem to be configurable. Add to that the documentation about where GnuCash saves certain state files seems to be out of date (at least for the Mac) and it's enough to make the saved reports files less portable just because they're that much more difficult to find. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
Hi Ben, what do you mean by machine specific? If you transfer your gnucash data file between machines, I thought it should also possible to transfer the saved-reports-2.x file between the machines. Agreed, a combined file would make the transfer handling easier, but if you keep in mind always to transfer both files, it should work already now. BTW: The accounts are stored by ID, and I am not aware that this can be switch somehow -> I would not recommend tweaking. Carsten On 10.10.2017 18:08, Benjamin Smith wrote: Add that to the wish list. I often switch from one computer to another and keep the same version of GnuCash on each machine, however, the saved reports are machine specific. It would be nice to link the reports to the gnucash data file. Not sure how it works internally right now. ben On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Maf. King wrote: On Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:20:28 BST Amish wrote: So I would like to know if there is way to have customized saved-reports file per gnucash file? Name and location of which can be stored in that gnucash file itself. So that I do not have to keep re-selecting accounts everytime and reports related to company A does not show when gnucash of company B is opened and vice versa. Hi Amish. Not that I know of. I've dealt with this by calling the reports CompanyA-Foo and CompanyB-Foo Although, I must say that I think the report saved accounts by name, not ID, so one report could be used as the basis for the second company, with only a little tweaking. Maf. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
Add that to the wish list. I often switch from one computer to another and keep the same version of GnuCash on each machine, however, the saved reports are machine specific. It would be nice to link the reports to the gnucash data file. Not sure how it works internally right now. ben On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Maf. King wrote: > On Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:20:28 BST Amish wrote: > >> So I would like to know if there is way to have customized saved-reports >> file per gnucash file? Name and location of which can be stored in that >> gnucash file itself. >> >> So that I do not have to keep re-selecting accounts everytime and >> reports related to company A does not show when gnucash of company B is >> opened and vice versa. >> > > > Hi Amish. > > Not that I know of. I've dealt with this by calling the reports CompanyA-Foo > and CompanyB-Foo > > Although, I must say that I think the report saved accounts by name, not ID, > so one report could be used as the basis for the second company, with only a > little tweaking. > > Maf. > > > > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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: Customized saved-reports file per gnucash file (i.e. per company)
On Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:20:28 BST Amish wrote: > So I would like to know if there is way to have customized saved-reports > file per gnucash file? Name and location of which can be stored in that > gnucash file itself. > > So that I do not have to keep re-selecting accounts everytime and > reports related to company A does not show when gnucash of company B is > opened and vice versa. > Hi Amish. Not that I know of. I've dealt with this by calling the reports CompanyA-Foo and CompanyB-Foo Although, I must say that I think the report saved accounts by name, not ID, so one report could be used as the basis for the second company, with only a little tweaking. Maf. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
