Re: [GNC] strange lack of exchange rates in a new currency cash account

2023-07-25 Thread Scott Ellsworth
Hi John, I just tried a test transaction, an ATM withdrawal in Malaysian ringgits, and it worked flawlessly like usual, using the previous exchange rate by default, and showing a correct dollar value for the Malaysian cash afterwards in the Account Summary. T\S the glitch appears to only

Re: [GNC] Upgrading to 5.3 from 2.6.15

2023-07-25 Thread john
Yeah, it's gotten a lot faster since Chris Lam figured out it was checking every transaction for every split in the transaction and fixed it to only traverse the transactions once. Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 25, 2023, at 19:13, R Losey wrote: > > Is this still working? I'm running 5.3 and

Re: [GNC] GnuCash preferred OS - Windows or Linux

2023-07-25 Thread Adrien Monteleone
In addition to what R Losey mentioned, I'll add that while GnuCash can use MySQL, Postgres, or SQLite as an optional backend, it is not yet a true db application. For now, that is just a storage mechanism. Everything is loaded into RAM and edited from there. The advantage to the SQL backends

Re: [GNC] GnuCash preferred OS - Windows or Linux

2023-07-25 Thread R Losey
On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 3:16 PM Ben Kamen wrote: > Hey all, > > Noob user here just getting started with GnuCash > > So -- > > That being said, I have Linux systems. I have Windows system. > > But first, am I better off running it in Linux or Windows (It looks like > the answer is Linux from

Re: [GNC] Upgrading to 5.3 from 2.6.15

2023-07-25 Thread R Losey
Is this still working? I'm running 5.3 and thought I'd run Check & Repair (all). In the past, it would take a while, as it would go through all of the accounts, doing checks. But now, it seems to be over in the blink of an eye. On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 10:15 PM john wrote: > Sort of. There are

Re: [GNC] Issue with Finance::Quote

2023-07-25 Thread Ken Farley
Are you able to get quotes for that particular security using any of the other sources in F::Q, like googleweb, yahooweb, yahoo_json? I get prices from any one of those. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 'Help' returns "Dcoument not found" but I have gnucash-docs installed

2023-07-25 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Am 24.07.23 um 20:31 schrieb R Losey: On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 11:48 AM David Carlson wrote: Chris, The local help doesn't work with that release in Linux, just go to the website https://gnucash.org/ or maybe try searching your hard drive manually. I have never tried that myself, so I don't

[GNC] Scheduled Transaction - Loan Amortization

2023-07-25 Thread Gyle McCollam
Is there a formula I can enter in SX that will automatically calculate the principal or interest payment on a car loan? Then is there a way to deduct that from the total payment to get the other value, other than TOTAL PAYMENT-the formula used above? Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam

Re: [GNC] Upgrading to 5.3 from 2.6.15

2023-07-25 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2023-07-24 16:07, larry johnston wrote: I have decided to upgrade to the current version.… I have been looking at the FAQ's but I haven't found anything on upgrading from one version to another. Where would I be looking for the best information? Try

[GNC] GnuCash preferred OS - Windows or Linux

2023-07-25 Thread Ben Kamen
Hey all, Noob user here just getting started with GnuCash (as QuickBooks Desktop has gone from about $66/yr to almost $600 in Intuits efforts to push users to SaaS online and I refused to put my financial info on "the cloud" -- file under "Equifax protects credit info with login ->

Re: [GNC] How to split an existing account into two sub-accounts?

2023-07-25 Thread Chris Green
On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 10:58:37AM -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > On 7/25/23 4:27 AM, Chris Green wrote: > > Is there an easy way to take an existing account and make it into two > > sub-accounts and, at the same time, move transactions in the account > > to one of the sub-accounts. > As for

Re: [GNC] How to split an existing account into two sub-accounts?

2023-07-25 Thread Adrien Monteleone
As for 'moving' some of the transactions in the original to its new sibling - simply change the transfer account for those transactions. They will disappear from the working register and appear in the register for the sibling. Regards, Adrien On 7/25/23 4:27 AM, Chris Green wrote: Is there

Re: [GNC] Help with counters problem

2023-07-25 Thread john
The counters problem is a bug in 5.0 and 5.1. Upgrade to 5.3. Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 24, 2023, at 04:46, Carlin Partnerships > wrote: > > Hi Jim > > Thanks for the reply. > > I installed Gnucash 5.0 from an installer. Build ID: 5.0+(2023-03-25) > I use MySQL 8.0 as the backend DB >

Re: [GNC] strange lack of exchange rates in a new currency cash account

2023-07-25 Thread john
Scott, I don't know what's going on and I can't replicate it. I created a VND account in a test book and created the following transactions (This is a Transaction report with one line per split set on the Display tab. I've also turned off Force prices to decimal in Preferences>Numbers, Date,

Re: [GNC] Wells Fargo OFX

2023-07-25 Thread Kalpesh Patel
Correction: URL for the technical side is https://sites.google.com/site/pocketsense/home/msmoneyfixp1/ofx-automation. My great resource about who supports OFX/QFX is https://www.ofxhome.com/. -Original Message- From: Kalpesh Patel Sent: Monday, July 24, 2023 5:09 PM To: 'Glenn

Re: [GNC] Help with counters problem

2023-07-25 Thread Carlin Partnerships
Hi Jim Thanks for the reply. I installed Gnucash 5.0 from an installer. Build ID: 5.0+(2023-03-25) I use MySQL 8.0 as the backend DB I'll have a go at reproducing on a file based set of accounts, but have not done this before so I may not be successful. Cheers Dave On 23/07/2023 19:57, Jim

Re: [GNC] How to split an existing account into two sub-accounts?

2023-07-25 Thread Paul Feakins
On 25/07/2023 10:53, Chris Green wrote: On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 10:31:23AM +0100, Paul Feakins wrote: On 25/07/2023 10:27, Chris Green wrote: Is there an easy way to take an existing account and make it into two sub-accounts and, at the same time, move transactions in the account to one of the

Re: [GNC] How to split an existing account into two sub-accounts?

2023-07-25 Thread Chris Green
On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 10:31:23AM +0100, Paul Feakins wrote: > On 25/07/2023 10:27, Chris Green wrote: > > Is there an easy way to take an existing account and make it into two > > sub-accounts and, at the same time, move transactions in the account > > to one of the sub-accounts. > > You're

Re: [GNC] How to split an existing account into two sub-accounts?

2023-07-25 Thread Paul Feakins
On 25/07/2023 10:27, Chris Green wrote: Is there an easy way to take an existing account and make it into two sub-accounts and, at the same time, move transactions in the account to one of the sub-accounts. You're thinking about it in a very strange way. 1. Make an account at the same level.

[GNC] How to split an existing account into two sub-accounts?

2023-07-25 Thread Chris Green
Is there an easy way to take an existing account and make it into two sub-accounts and, at the same time, move transactions in the account to one of the sub-accounts. -- Chris Green ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] strange lack of exchange rates in a new currency cash account

2023-07-25 Thread Scott Ellsworth
Hi John, Another update about the strange behavior: Just now I came back from shopping and recorded three transactions. When inputting the first transaction, the exchange rate was still in place from yesterday. For the second and third transactions, the exchange rate was blank both times and I