Re: [GNC] Bank account reconciled, will this change screw things up?

2022-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/31/22 1:18 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: On Sat, 31 Dec 2022 at 00:13, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: I would only use them for cases where you are billed (incurred the expense) before you pay, not at the same time. Why is that? Because that is the p

Re: [GNC] Config files?

2022-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/30/22 8:02 PM, Simon Roberts wrote: Thanks Murugan, that's really useful. First it tells me that I'm using a significantly old release (3.8, from the Ubuntu "built in" stuff). Better fix that, methinks. Are the data files I'm working on in 3.8 going to read directly into version 4, or does

Re: [GNC] Scary moment

2022-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Where is your data file? Are you using 3 separate physical machines, or are some of these VMs? If you've done various finds, reports, and other searches to eliminate data-entry error possibilities, and since this has happened more than once to the same data, I'm inclined to hazard one more gue

Re: [GNC] Bank account reconciled, will this change screw things up?

2022-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Glad to know that worked! (and that there isn't another bug to squash) Regards, Adrien On 12/30/22 5:47 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: Thank you. I think that you solved my problem. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] Bank account reconciled, will this change screw things up?

2022-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I would only use them for cases where you are billed (incurred the expense) before you pay, not at the same time. Using your postage example: If you pay a company periodically for postage, quite possibly for more than one shipment, or have to take explicit action to pay a bill, use the Busine

Re: [GNC] Bank account reconciled, will this change screw things up?

2022-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/30/22 4:29 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: It's actually a bill, not an invoice, but I think they are pretty similar. When I unpost and edit, then look at the register, everything looks okay. Yes, similar code too. Just different terms based on perspective of Vendor vs. Customer. CR: Accou

Re: [GNC] Bank account reconciled, will this change screw things up?

2022-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
How do you do that for a posted bill/invoice? Mine is immutable. (and should be) Regards, Adrien On 12/30/22 4:32 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: I just modify the account on that one line to point to Postage.  It doesn't seem to hurt any and is a whole lot simpler than trying to enter the whole

Re: [GNC] OFX import date questions

2022-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That's a matching problem on the import if I recall correctly. You have to fix it there. I've seen threads on the topic, but since I don't use it, the details are not sticky in my brain. If I understand properly, GnuCash *should* be able to match existing transactions and simply set the 'c' fl

Re: [GNC] Scary moment

2022-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Another possibility: The transactions ended up in a different account. Do a Find from the Accounts tab from all sides of the transaction and see if they pop up when you think they are missing. Also, check the Orphan and Imbalance accounts. And another possibility: You have a View Filter on

Re: [GNC] OFX import date questions

2022-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'll let others who use this feature provide more specific advice, but as to the general question of dates matching: I wouldn't expect my dates to match the bank's records. My dates would always be the date of the real-world transaction. The Bank's dates would be when the bank cleared it, whic

Re: [GNC] Bank account reconciled, will this change screw things up?

2022-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Since this is an invoice, you can't just edit from a register. 1. Unpost 2. Edit 3. Repost 4. Then check that the payment is still applied. (it should be and GnuCash tries to keep things tidy for you, but check just in case) *you do not need to delete the payment or pay the invoice again. If

Re: [GNC] Deleting Transaction from Reconcile Deletes Wrong Transaction

2022-12-29 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That sounds like a GTK bug. You were raising a context menu on what was selected, not where the mouse pointer was located. If you had a line in the left pane selected, that is what got deleted. Maybe reverting to a backup file and making it your main file would be in order for restoring your b

Re: [GNC] Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)

2022-12-29 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Such restrictions would have no bearing as to if they should be separate or not. It has nothing to do with GnuCash or even accounting. If the respective governments simply treat them as equivalent to paper, coins, or other current digital blips, then they likely will not get separate currency

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
aring many hats that are often worn by several distinct individuals using distinct software, and thus you may have to use multiple apps to suit your needs. Regards, Adrien On 12/28/22 1:50 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 at 02:01, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/28/22 1:50 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: 1) Can not generate a quote I recall this being considered for version 5.0 due out next Spring, but I haven't checked the status on the feature lately. Meanwhile, create invoices for printing/e-mailing, but do not post them. Edit them either within

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/28/22 10:07 AM, R Losey wrote: While that is technically true, I enter credit card charges on the day I use the card, not when it clears... ditto for writing checks, and I suspect most people do it that way. Those generally *are* the days payment is legally made. When you hand over a check

Re: [GNC] How to generate Budget V Actual Report for Profit and Loss

2022-12-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/28/22 5:38 AM, David Long wrote: Thanks Adrien for your reply. I have also been trying to produce a report showing this year's P&L compared with previous. I tried the multi column reports, but the descriptions repeat and the rows do not line up. Reporting Actual V Budget and prior years i

Re: [GNC] Improvement suggestion

2022-12-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
There are separate preference files, and saved report configurations are also separate. If anyone is concerned with backups for these, visit the GnuCash wiki concerning File Locations to see what directories need to be included in said backup strategy. (also useful when migrating to a new OS o

Re: [GNC] "Path Head for Linked Files Relative Paths" - per file setting?

2022-12-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm pretty sure there is a bug report filed for this enhancement, but I don't recall the current status. Regards, Adrien On 12/23/22 11:17 AM, tuuranton--- via gnucash-user wrote: Hello First, the *question*: Currently it appears the "Path Head for Linked Files Relative Paths" is a global se

Re: [GNC] How to generate Budget V Actual Report for Profit and Loss

2022-12-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You are correct. The current work-around is to finish off in a spreadhseet to add the missing Net Income calculation. Adding the Actual (and Variance) to the Budget Income/P&L version would be nice. (percentages would be awesome too!) I'm not sure that it is necessary for the basic Budget R

Re: [GNC] What determines the order of transaction is CSV file?

2022-12-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I was about to suggest the order was not random, but that if you exported multiple accounts, you'd see them in order, by-account. (so sorted on account first, then by date) Exporting individual accounts might produce a more sane result. While I'm sure there are use cases, I'd think there is ra

Re: [GNC] Add top-level account for both Income (Revenue) and Expenses (Other [Non-Operating] Income And Expenses)

2022-12-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
1–5 already exist of course. 6 can be a sub-account of 3, or another top-level equity account. Personally, I'd go with sub-account, then export my P&L/Income Statement reports to a spreadsheet app to break off lines affecting 6 into their own section as is traditional for its use case. That

Re: [GNC] Is "Transaction -> Add Reversing Transaction" on menu okay for a refund?

2022-12-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/25/22 7:04 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: I made a transaction with PayPal for £0.60 on 28/03/2022, then cancelled it the same day. Is simply adding a reversing transaction on the menu okay for a refund? I previously put the wrong date (today) on a transaction that took place in March, so I r

Re: [GNC] Changing registers in the middle of entering or editing a transaction

2022-12-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I occasionally look at other registers and may even do Finds before committing a transaction. I do get a warning about wanting to save changes if I attempt to exit the register being edited, attempt to edit an already committed transaction in two different registers at once, or when exiting Gn

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/27/22 6:43 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: I am still getting used to this software. I don’t find it the most intuitive piece of software, but it will be beneficial to me. The other gripes that I have, are not ones that the developers want to fix 1) Can not generate a quote I recall this b

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
As others have noted, there is no need for reverting to a backup file to make changes. And when you do so, are you then reverting back to the 'current file'? (you weren't particularly clear on that point) If so, you've now got 2 files with different transactions! And I use the business featu

Re: [GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

2022-12-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That warning already exists in the case of editing a previously reconciled transaction. The rules governing the warning have been greatly relaxed a few releases ago to reduce an annoyance for 'non-material' changes however. (the date, should still be 'material') You might have dismissed the

Re: [GNC] Do I need to set up multiple bank accounts for different currencies?

2022-12-22 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I don't think you'd have separate accounts. But you might want to turn on the Trading Accounts feature that can handle adjusting splits for multi-currency transactions. (such as getting paid in USD, but the bank shows receipt in GBP) I dare hazard a guess that if your account is denominated in

Re: [GNC] How can I refund this payment through PayPal, using business feature?

2022-12-21 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/21/22 5:04 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: On Wed, 21 Dec 2022 at 21:39, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: I don't see why you went through the trouble of steps 2-4. Thank you. I showed my accountant my proposed layout and he didn’t comment. Mayb

Re: [GNC] How can I refund this payment through PayPal, using business feature?

2022-12-21 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I don't see why you went through the trouble of steps 2-4. I suppose if you managed to get back to zero, no harm no foul, but I'd anticipate you're going to have a big mess in the future with that setup. AP is usually one bucket - for all payables. GnuCash tracks each vendor for you, and neit

Re: [GNC] Changing typeface using CSS (Windows 10)

2022-12-21 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Glad that helped, thanks for reporting back! Regards, Adrien On 12/21/22 2:21 PM, TERRENCE BRANSCOMBE wrote: Thanks, Adrian. You're right about the '#' being needed (at least on my system). Once I got the correct font spec working with the "*" I tried with and without the '#', and only with

Re: [GNC] Changing typeface using CSS (Windows 10)

2022-12-21 Thread Adrien Monteleone
My understanding is that even using the term 'CSS' with respect to GTK is a stretch. It certainly is not conformant in many other areas, but that's good to know for browsers. Regards Adrien On 12/21/22 4:59 AM, Fred Bone wrote: Also, I'm surprised the wiki doesn't show this, but I'm fairly ce

Re: [GNC] Changing typeface using CSS (Windows 10)

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Terrence, You nearly had it right the first time. You need the "#" in front of the selector: "#gnc-id-main-window" The initial post you made left off the '#' sign at the beginning. If it is not there in your CSS file, that would be why it didn't work. That symbol indicates a CSS 'id' and w

Re: [GNC] How to define the "Action" list in, e.g., Edit Bill

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You can type anything you want, but you can't edit the default list short of editing the code and compiling a custom version of the app as it is currently hard-coded. Regards, Adrien On 12/20/22 7:59 PM, Eric Chapman wrote: How does one define that "Action" list in "Edit Bill"? I cannot figu

Re: [GNC] Bills: can I tag them other than by "Job"?

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You can, but unfortunately none of that is accessible outside of the bill. (at least not usefully, like in a search, or report filter) I think there is a standing bug about Notes being overridden by the first line-item Description/Memo. And I don't think they are editable in the AP or other Reg

Re: [GNC] "Edit Bill": How do "Bill ID" and "Billing ID" differ?

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/20/22 4:57 PM, Eric Chapman wrote: Yes, someone else clarified that "Bill ID" is an ID we assign (e.g., purchase order?), while Billing ID is the number assigned by the vendor (usually / often "Invoice #"). In the documentation I saw some old screenshots. Seems the "Bill ID" used to be

Re: [GNC] How to handle inventory assets in GnuCash?

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
There are plenty of apps out there of various sorts, many of course are open-source and free, as in beer, and not just as in speech. (usually 'community editions' of paid-for apps, but some are just free, like GnuCash) Some are quite complicated and maybe more than you want to chew on, such as

Re: [GNC] Best practice to change name of GnuCash file ("book")?

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Those are backup files. (explained in the Help you said you were reading...) If you need to restore it, open GnuCash, then File > Open and choose that backup. Then File > Save As, and give it the original or desired name. You can then delete the backup and mangled 'original' file if desired.

Re: [GNC] How to use Vendors & Accts Payable, but pay via Credit card?

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Right below that is 'Reset Default Layout' if needed. Regards, Adrien On 12/20/22 11:18 AM, Eric Chapman wrote: Everyone: I also found this setting when in "Edit Bill": *View*>*Use as Default Layout for Vendor Documents* I have found that if I click in the header on the rightmost column it e

Re: [GNC] Way to change display of vendor info in Vendor List?

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I have my city, state, zip in Address 2, but it does not matter. (there may be other places it might, and you might end up with intervening blank lines in your case) Most screens like the Vendors & Customers overviews share a similar header to other tabs like Accounts. There is a drop down m

Re: [GNC] What accounts should I reconcile?

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You mean the Reconciliation Report? There is an option to only show unreconciled transactions. You can also filter a register view to unreconciled and mark them as 'cleared' then perform a reconciliation. The reconciliation window itself shows you if transactions that are unreconciled, with

[GNC] MacOS GTK Quirks with 4.13? was Re: Changes: Macbook Pro

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm on Monterey on an Intel iMac and I've noticed some quirks right off with 4.13 too. I'll hazard that they are likely GTK based and not GnuCash issues. (I didn't look yet, but if 4.13 was built against a newer version of GTK, that might explain it) I'll try to investigate more and file bugs

Re: [GNC] Why can't accounts called "Credit Card" be "A/Payable"?

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The purpose of the Business Features is to handle accruals. Accounts Payable is the account traditionally used for this for Expenses incurred on credit. It holds the liability for the expense, from the time it is incurred, to the time it is paid. This allows you to record activity on the vendo

Re: [GNC] 4.13

2022-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
dmg is the ending suffix of a Mac 'Disk Image' file. It is used to package software and other items for transfer between MacOS systems. In this case, GnuCash is distributed as a '.dmg' file. When you open it on a Mac, a Finder window opens showing the contents of the 'disk'. You can then c

Re: [GNC] 4.13

2022-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Are you on a Mac by any chance? You need to open the dmg and drag gnucash.app to Applications. (the dmg now has the shortcut to make it easier) Regards, Adrien On 12/19/22 10:54 PM, Orith wrote: good morning, *I downloaded and followed the instructions. but, when I opened the "about" the gnu

Re: [GNC] 4.13

2022-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You must have downloaded the wrong file. Mine says 4.13. Be sure to get it from gnucash.org which takes you to SourceForge. (you can also download from the official GitHub repo also linked from gnucash.org) Regards, Adrien On 12/19/22 10:54 PM, Orith wrote: good morning, *I downloaded and

Re: [GNC] QIF Import troubles

2022-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Not counterintuitive at all, but rather a matter of perspective. You might be familiar with a bank 'crediting your account' which increases its balance. Now, you wonder why in your own books, crediting your bank account decreases the balance. That is because from the Bank's perspective, you

Re: [GNC] How to use Vendors & Accts Payable, but pay via Credit card?

2022-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Just to be clear, you Process Payment separately from posting. (there is an option to Pay on posting, but you still enter it separately) It is in the Process Payment dialog that you choose the Transfer Account as Credit Card, *not* when you post - that should be to AP. You can certainly have

Re: [GNC] How to use Vendors & Accts Payable, but pay via Credit card?

2022-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Not sure what you mean, I've attached a screenshot of my Edit Bill window. Is this what you are seeing? Regards, Adrien On 12/19/22 9:17 PM, Eric Chapman wrote: Adrien, I appreciate your help. For whatever reason I did not see the "Post" button at the top :) What does the "BIL" column at t

Re: [GNC] How to use Vendors & Accts Payable, but pay via Credit card?

2022-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I forgot to mention, there is an option when posting Bills to 'consolidate splits'. If you do so, the AP entries will be rather simple. The only way to see line-item detail in that case, would be to view the invoice. This may be fine for your use case. If however, you want to easily do 'find

Re: [GNC] How to use Vendors & Accts Payable, but pay via Credit card?

2022-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Eric, You open a Bill with its line items going to Expenses. When you post the Bill, you are asked what account to post to, which as you noted would be AP. When you Process Payment, you will choose the 'transfer account' as your Credit Card account. Regards, Adrien On 12/19/22 8:59 PM, Er

Re: [GNC] Is it safe to use Greek, Chinese etc characters

2022-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I don't think it will be an issue, though that doesn't mean you won't find a bug or two. I use extended characters in some memos and descriptions and haven't had any problems so far. You can even use emoji, I'm pretty sure, though I do not. Regards, Adrien On 12/19/22 7:47 PM, Dr. David Kir

Re: [GNC] Rounding discrepancy in payment processing

2022-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/19/22 8:29 AM, Alaa Zeineldine wrote: When I receive payment for an invoice amount that is not a whole number, (say $140.16), the Process Payment window rounds the fraction part of the amount. In this case the invoice value will show as $140.00. But the payment I receive is the exact amount

Re: [GNC] Rounding discrepancy in payment processing

2022-12-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Strange, I've been using the Payment feature since *way* before 4.6 and still using it on 4.12 (4.13 is now out too) and I've never encountered this. All payments are always exactly as entered. What operating system? (I'm on MacOS at the moment, but I've used GnuCash on Linux and can still tes

Re: [GNC] Splitting a Transaction (Newbie Question)

2022-12-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Indeed, §6.4 Multiple Split Transactions, particularly steps 10–15 cover this. https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/trans-multi-enter.html Regards, Adrien On 12/18/22 4:04 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Though I also suspect this is covered in the Documentation which gets rare

Re: [GNC] Splitting a Transaction (Newbie Question)

2022-12-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
re, you now need to enter them all explicitly. Though I also suspect this is covered in the Documentation which gets rare attention from new uesers. (I'll have to drag that up to confirm myself.) Regards, Adrien On 12/18/22 3:37 PM, Liz Dodd wrote: On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 13:15:41 -0600 Adrien Mon

Re: [GNC] New User: initial help getting up and running

2022-12-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/18/22 2:20 PM, Eric Chapman wrote: Hi, everyone, I just downloaded Gnucash-Intel-4.12-1.dmg for Mac. I plan to install in on Ventura (MacOS 13.1) on a late 2018 Mac Mini (Intel). I'm trying to migrate from another software on a Windows virtual machine on the Mac. I have some quest

Re: [GNC] Splitting a Transaction (Newbie Question)

2022-12-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 12/18/22 5:09 AM, p.f.cuthb...@btinternet.com p.f.cuthbert--- via gnucash-user wrote: Investigation this morning has established:    * The system is set up in Basic Ledger Mode    * The test transactions were entered in the Bank Account    * The Bank Account shows no record of the test tran

Re: [GNC] Splitting a Transaction (Newbie Question)

2022-12-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The transaction didn't disappear entirely when you pressed ENTER. And that is the proper way to commit the transaction. There's nothing random about how it works. If you are viewing a register that is not one of those you are entering amounts for, it will be gone from view, because it doesn't

Re: [GNC] GNUcash is using 538MB

2022-12-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I don't think any such packages are pre-built, and they certainly aren't available to mistakenly download. Regards, Adrien On 12/17/22 12:03 AM, dev...@asia.com wrote: Not sure if this applies to gnucash app, but when I download certain software, I get an option to download standard or debug

Re: [GNC] GNUcash is using 538MB

2022-12-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If it is indeed RAM, and it gets worse over time, that is a memory leak, and I'd bet the devs would like to know about it. A bug report would be in order in such case. Regards, Adrien On 12/15/22 6:04 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: I'm guessing you're talking about RAM, though, as this c

Re: [GNC] The "purpose of reconciliation" [was: Re: Reconciling PayPal]

2022-12-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Ooh! A Can-o-Worms to munch on! (I promise to only nibble) On 12/14/22 4:49 PM, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: On 2022-12-14 02:58, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: My understanding is that the purpose of the reconciliation is to enable one to compare that the balances of two sets of accounts are in agreement...

Re: [GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
To each their own, but that seems like lots of work. You can cancel a reconciliation once started, so if you discover transactions are missing, and can't find the data, just start over later when you do. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the issue? Regards, Adrien On 12/14/22 11:09 AM, Dr. David K

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Glad to hear that helps! Regards, Adrien On 12/14/22 4:53 AM, Mahon Finbar wrote: "This is essentially a 'reversing' transaction. (which you could enter manually, or via Transaction > Add reversing transaction, with the original expense transaction selected)" Aha, the solution, thank you so

Re: [GNC] Invoice now printing with huge text!

2022-12-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
#x27;, et cetera as desired. Do a search for CSS font-size property to see an explanation of the differences between size units for choosing the right one for you. (if printing, usually 'pt' is proper, but others can/will work) Regards, Adrien On 12/13/22 12:45 PM, Adrien Monteleone w

Re: [GNC] Invoice now printing with huge text!

2022-12-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You might be looking for: Edit > Stylesheets But you can also make changes directly for the invoice header in the report Options on the Layout tab. It appears Row1-Left & Row2-Right have your business info duplicated. (I think this is oddly, the default) Their font and size can be influenc

Re: [GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
David, As noted, the order does not matter, however, there is a quirk. The transactions are listed in the order of entry, for each date. If you have 10 transactions entered for say 2/15/22, that you type in today (with the proper February date) they will appear and will affect the balance in

Re: [GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If you haven't entered all previous transactions, a reconciliation should be impossible as your records will never match the bank's. That imbalance should be a flag to either track down a data entry error, or missing (or duplicate) transactions. In the case you thought they were all entered, t

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'll second Michael's take on the labels. This thread is a good example of why they aren't so 'friendly'. Sure I'll bet lots of folks use them with no issues, but when something out of the ordinary happens, 'Debit/Credit' (Dr. & Cr. for short) is much more sane and helpful. At least while yo

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-12 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On the contrary, the preference I mentioned could very well show a negative balance and this would be proper. (not contra) Try toggling the preference yourself with a Liability account open and you'll see the balance change from negative to positive. The question is what does the user prefer

Re: [GNC] Reconciling credit card

2022-12-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Are you trying to put images inline? They are getting stripped out by Mailman. Just put them in 'as attachments'. (setting in your mail client) Credit accounts normally have a negative balance. If you want to see them as positive change the setting in Preferences > Accounts > Reversed balance

Re: [GNC] Possible bug - Note added in Transfer window is ignored. Memo shown twice in Accounts

2022-12-11 Thread Adrien Monteleone
There's also nothing special about the Transfer function. You can just do it as a manual transaction between two (or more) accounts. Regards, Adrien On 12/11/22 6:26 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 at 11:19, Fred Bone wrote: Open any account and set View to Double-line and T

Re: [GNC] Buying with PayPal - how do I split the transaction?

2022-12-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The easier way to approach this is to ask yourself, "what happens in the real world?" Then model that in your accounts and transactions. Thus, do you transmit funds in advance to the PayPal account? If so, make that transaction, with PayPal as an asset (just like another Bank account) then ma

Re: [GNC] Buying with PayPal - how do I split the transaction?

2022-12-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That is not categorically true. Sellers (some at least) have the option to pass on the fees. Not sure if that is relevant to the OP's case, but the possibility does exist. Regards, Adrien On 12/10/22 11:09 AM, Chris Skudder wrote: When you BUY something using paypal, the SELLER pays their

Re: [GNC] Overflow menus in invoices/bills not working in latest release on MacOS Ventura

2022-12-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
John, It sounds like Victor is describing the ToolBar overflow 'menu'. I can get this menu when I narrow my window width such that icons would be 'off window' to the right. But I can't reproduce the behavior described. My overflow entries appear to work properly. (4.12 on Monterey) Regards

Re: [GNC] searching for inventory tags -- bind keys -- best ways

2022-12-06 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I was fairly certain they were immutable, and indeed, at least in 4.12, they are. (if you have a different version and they are, that is a bug) You can't edit memos of splits for posted bills (AP) or invoices (AR). If they are unposted, they don't appear in the respective registers. Note, I'm

Re: [GNC] searching for inventory tags -- bind keys -- best ways

2022-12-06 Thread Adrien Monteleone
. Regards, Adrien On 12/5/22 11:13 AM, John Griessen wrote: On 12/4/22 22:27, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Any changes you make otherwise might cause havoc. Changes to memo lines will cause havoc?  Why -- no numbers in transactions are changed by

Re: [GNC] Same security, two namespaces

2022-12-06 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I thought that has been around since the 2.6.x days. (many years now) Regards, Adrien On 12/6/22 7:07 AM, Stan Brown wrote: (And anyway, my version of GC doesn't have Edit » Find Account.) ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To u

Re: [GNC] Same security, two namespaces

2022-12-06 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The method Stan described only works for 'visible' text in that tab. Thus, you need to have the entire chart expanded. (or at least the portion where those accounts exist) Regards, Adrien On 12/6/22 9:06 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: Edit -> Find Account works fine for finding 'KOF' and 'coca coca

Re: [GNC] Net Worth Barchart

2022-12-06 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Thanks for the clarification. I think you're on the right track now. Regards, Adrien On 12/6/22 2:55 AM, Liz wrote: Thanks Adrien No I didn't have any reversed balance accounts set and it wasn't the Payroll tax, that was OK. 'Super' is the standard way of pronouncing 'Superannuation' here, an

Re: [GNC] Net Worth Barchart

2022-12-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Liz, I just ran the chart for myself and indeed, it appears your Liabilities are backwards. That is, if you owe money, they should have a Credit balance, but yours show as Debit balance. (The *normal* balance of a Liability account is Credit, not Debit) What is your preference setting for Ac

Re: [GNC] Same security, two namespaces

2022-12-05 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If you are searching for Accounts and not Transactions use Edit > Find Account. Regards, Adrien On 12/5/22 11:05 PM, Fred Tydeman wrote: Another issue I have noticed: If I change what is being searched from Description to Account, and change Selected Accounts to select some, then there is no

Re: [GNC] searching for inventory tags -- bind keys -- best ways

2022-12-04 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I would absolutely *not* edit directly in AR. (I'm surprised they are even editable) If you want to change them, you need to unpost the invoice, edit, then repost. Any changes you make otherwise might cause havoc. If you do not 'consolidate splits on posting' (that's a per invoice or book-w

Re: [GNC] New user: how to migrate Quicken checking account as a single, flat, checking account

2022-12-04 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Let's get this cleared up: You're telling us that *all* of your expense accounts are *not* under the top-level 'Expenses' account but exist as each their own top-level account? (but maybe of 'type' Expense) If so, that sounds like an error (I'll hazard, user) in the import. The easiest thing

Re: [GNC] Disabling Lots Manager

2022-12-04 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If I understand correctly, the AR & AP accounts use them to track links between payments and bills/invoices. If you don't use the Business Features, then those two shouldn't be an issue. I'm not so sure simply using View Lots is how they are activated for an account. Some accounts have none an

Re: [GNC] Can I add to Equity?

2022-12-02 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Correct, There's nothing special about the 'opening balance', it is just a regular transaction that you can enter when you set up the account/book. You can always edit or add more transactions just like any other account later. Regards, Adrien On 12/2/22 10:42 AM, Maf. King wrote: On Frid

Re: [GNC] can't create a transaction report

2022-12-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Sometimes Check & Repair can take a while, some folks have reported an hour or more in rare cases. It has always been a second or two for me. - Usually when apps close unexpectedly like that, your Mac will generate a Crash Report and show it on screen. (and give you the option to relaunch

Re: [GNC] Shortcut key to today's date

2022-12-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
It's also always available on the GnuCash website either for separate download in various formats, or to view on the web. I know I looked for key combo info for many months before I happened to stumble on the Help document! (it wasn't installed by default on my machine either) Regards, Adrie

Re: [GNC] Shortcut key to today's date

2022-12-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
It's covered in the Help file along with other ways to increment/decrement the date by set amounts. (day, month, etc.) Regards, Adrien On 12/1/22 8:09 AM, MW via gnucash-user wrote: Thanks. I thought it would be some key combination. ___ gnucash-us

Re: [GNC] Carry over losses

2022-12-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Those are very much accounting questions, *and* tax advice, not a GnuCash question. Regards, Adrien On 12/1/22 7:40 AM, Fred Tydeman wrote: As a USA taxpayer, how should I record long term and short term carryover losses from stock sales? And, how do I show that they get used up or added to? A

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: IRC: irc.gnome.org Alias Changed

2022-11-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Thanks Derek, As you could see in the channel, that helped. I notice I had changed the Network Name but not the server. I now have them both as 'irc.gimp.org' and I'm now in the right channel. For anyone else seeing this, I got a bit confused with the various aliases and the page on the Wiki.

Re: [GNC] can't create a transaction report

2022-11-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Do other reports work? If so, the devs may be interested in why this one in particular doesn't. Regards, Adrien On 11/30/22 9:55 AM, ph hermes wrote: today, i started with my file and opened it from there. today i could create a report, but when i went to look at it, i couldn't scroll and when

Re: [GNC] can't create a transaction report

2022-11-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Hmm... First, since you upgraded, if you didn't already do so, run: Actions > Check & Repair > Check & Repair All If something is off with the underlying data, it could be wrecking havoc with report code as that seems to be the area at issue. Run from the Terminal to see if there is any usef

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: IRC: irc.gnome.org Alias Changed

2022-11-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
John, I'm a bit confused. I originally had the network & server name set to irc.gnome.org. I could see activity just fine. I switched the network name to irc.gimp.org as advised, had to re-register my nick, and now the channel is quiet. Am I missing something? Now I see warlord is advising

Re: [GNC] monthly balance report

2022-11-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You could do a Multi-Column report. Place an Account Summary report in one section with just your selected accounts. Place a Transaction Report in another section, again, with selected accounts, sort by Account as PrimaryKey, and play with the Display tab to remove clutter as desired. Then

Re: [GNC] Should one use Accounts Payable if a vendor is paid immediately ?

2022-11-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I was about to reply the same. I've never had an issue in many years of using GnuCash because I start typing a Payee/Payor and Autofill keeps my fingers/brain from flubbing the remainder. If Autofill appears to not be 'responding' as I type someone I've entered many times before, that's a sure

Re: [GNC] can't create a transaction report

2022-11-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
That's normal. You are 'installing' it, correct? That is, opening the .dmg you downloaded, then dragging and dropping the GnuCash icon to your /Applications folder, then running it from /Applications or via Launchpad or your Dock. (you will likely have to open it twice, the first time is just

Re: [GNC] can't create a transaction report

2022-11-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Where did you download GnuCash from? The correct location is gnucash.org. It is not in the App Store. Regards, Adrien On 11/27/22 7:43 PM, ph hermes wrote: i installed 4.12 for mac. having same issues. can't create a transaction report. i can open the initial window, choose options, get to sc

Re: [GNC] Should one use Accounts Payable if a vendor is paid immediately ?

2022-11-27 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Either you use the business features for a transaction or you don't. You can certainly enter a *regular* transaction for any entity, including vendors you normally raise a bill for first, but as noted, those regular transactions won't show up in a Vendor Report. But you can certainly pay such

Re: [GNC] importing simple investment account

2022-11-19 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I can't speak to your main question, but significant changes were made to the importer(s) in the 4.x series. If you can run the latest, 4.12, that would be a better start. Regards, Adrien On 11/19/22 8:43 PM, ar wrote: Hi, I am downloading my data in the form of .csv file and I have a simple

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