Re: [GNC] New user looking for some reporting help

2024-04-02 Thread R Losey
I used Quicken, not QB, but I also became fed up with Quicken and Intuit that I changed to GnuCash and haven't missed it a bit. I really like GnuCash -- but the reports are not as out-of-the-box as they are with Quicken; you usually have to tweak things to get them to work. I don't remember what

Re: [GNC] New user looking for some reporting help

2024-04-02 Thread fromvendor
@gnucash.org' Subject: Re: [GNC] New user looking for some reporting help See attached - hope this helps. Period Duration granularity is Weekly / Fortnightly / Monthly / Quarterly / Half Yearly / Annually. You can also set specific Start and End dates. Regards Geoff = On 3/04/2024 12:04 pm

Re: [GNC] New user looking for some reporting help

2024-04-02 Thread fromvendor
esk E-Mail: helpd...@outtacyte.com Phone: 830-672-9068, Dial ext. 852 to reach a staff person during office hours -Original Message- From: Geoff [mailto:cleanoutmys...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2024 7:40 PM To: fromvendor; 'gnucash-user@gnucash.org' Subject: Re: [GNC] New user lookin

[GNC] New user looking for some reporting help

2024-04-02 Thread flywire
GnuCash reports are much more basic than QuickBooks but should be adequate and there is no sample dataset available for testing the system. If you use classes have a look at https://github.com/dawansv/gnucash-custom-reports The big advantage is you have import/export access to your data and it

[GNC] New user looking for some reporting help

2024-04-02 Thread fromvendor
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to get some reports like I used to get out of quickbooks. QB has made me so mad that I've abandoned them for this year and I'm using GNUCash. I'm using Version 5.5. (probably doesn't matter but I just today got the Quotes thing working (three failures to

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
> On 2/8/24 12:41 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: >> On 2024-02-08 08:59, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>> I'm aware of the report. There is also Tools > General Journal where you >>> can make edits and add new transactions. The view is filtered by default >>> to only 30 days, but that can be

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Nice. I'm using 5.4 and it shows all transactions. I learn something new every day. Thanks! Regards, Adrien On 2/8/24 12:41 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: On 2024-02-08 08:59, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I'm aware of the report. There is also Tools > General Journal where you can make

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-02-08 08:59, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I'm aware of the report. There is also Tools > General Journal where you > can make edits and add new transactions. The view is filtered by default > to only 30 days, but that can be changed. Unfortunately, the change is > not sticky. It was not

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Patrick James
I've been comparing and contrasting two options: 1. Reports -> Assets & Liabilities -> General Journal 2. Tools -> General Journal If the second option is selected, which is the one I generally use, then sorting by date of entry puts the transactions in date order. The General Journal (option

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm aware of the report. There is also Tools > General Journal where you can make edits and add new transactions. The view is filtered by default to only 30 days, but that can be changed. Unfortunately, the change is not sticky. Regards, Adrien On 2/8/24 8:58 AM, Michael or Penny Novack

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Derek Atkins
I presume you mean Tools -> General Journal ? -derek On Thu, February 8, 2024 9:58 am, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > On 2/7/2024 11:11 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> Michael, >> >> Transaction Journal View is simply the same full transaction >> accessible via either 'Split' or 'Auto-Split'

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-08 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 2/7/2024 11:11 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Michael, Transaction Journal View is simply the same full transaction accessible via either 'Split' or 'Auto-Split' but for all transactions - *not* one at a time. Yes of course, can have on your screen "journal view" for all transactions

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-08 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
Sure. Is that short enough for you? ⁣David T.​ On Feb 8, 2024, 8:17 AM, at 8:17 AM, Fred Bone wrote: >On 07 February 2024 at 22:17, sunfis...@yahoo.com said: > >> Agreed. >> >> ⁣David T. > >followed by 15k of someone else's message including quotes about six >levels deep featuring the

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread Fred Bone
On 07 February 2024 at 22:17, sunfis...@yahoo.com said: > Agreed. > > ⁣David T. followed by 15k of someone else's message including quotes about six levels deep featuring the whole of a messaage digest. Please trim ___ gnucash-user mailing

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
No, you're not seeing the entire transaction in the view you are using, so you think you need to enter both splits as separate lines. That's not how GnuCash works by default and had you read the manual, you'd know this. If you want to see both splits in a simple transaction, you need to use

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Michael, Transaction Journal View is simply the same full transaction accessible via either 'Split' or 'Auto-Split' but for all transactions - *not* one at a time. Regards, Adrien On 2/7/24 4:26 PM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: IF you select "journal view" you can enter transactions that

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread David Cousens
As Adrien mentions in another post, the transaction journal can be displayed. It is also useful to select View-> Autosplit register when working in an account register as this displays the two (or more) entries associated with a selected transaction on succeessive lines. GnuCash is designed around

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-07 Thread Patrick James
Two questions: 1. What is "interactive mode," how does it differ from other modes, and where do I find the different modes? > There IS however a report which will show you the journal (the date > ordered transactions) if for some reason you wanted to look at that. 2. While I understand

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-07 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 2/7/2024 4:59 PM, R Losey wrote: I was intrigued by the Transaction Journal mentioned, but I don't have a Transaction Journal in my View menu... after additional digging, I discovered it doesn't show up on the Accounts page; one must be in one of the accounts to see it. Gnucash is "virtual

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-07 Thread R Losey
I was intrigued by the Transaction Journal mentioned, but I don't have a Transaction Journal in my View menu... after additional digging, I discovered it doesn't show up on the Accounts page; one must be in one of the accounts to see it. On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 10:14 AM Adrien Monteleone <

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread G R Hewitt
It sounds like you may have a filter in operation. Have a look in View>Filter By then choose the 'Status' tab and make sure they are all ticked. On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 at 18:41, accounting Billing < account...@rapidroutelogistics.com> wrote: > I think this is a technical difficulty. Because none of

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
Agreed. ⁣David T. ​ On Feb 7, 2024, 10:02 PM, at 10:02 PM, Patrick James wrote: >After suggesting that the manual was read, and that "the double entry >is understood," at some point the best answer becomes "it's time to >hire an accountant." > >> On 02/07/2024 10:50 AM PST sunfish62--- via

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread Patrick James
After suggesting that the manual was read, and that "the double entry is understood," at some point the best answer becomes "it's time to hire an accountant." > On 02/07/2024 10:50 AM PST sunfish62--- via gnucash-user > wrote: > > > Your register shows transactions. They add up to zero (as

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
Your register shows transactions. They add up to zero (as I and others have noted)  and so don't show in the Chart of Accounts. RTFM ⁣David T. ​ On Feb 7, 2024, 9:40 PM, at 9:40 PM, accounting Billing wrote: >I think this is a technical difficulty. Because none of the >transactions >are

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread accounting Billing
I think this is a technical difficulty. Because none of the transactions are showing at all. On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 11:02 AM sunfis...@yahoo.com wrote: > You keep entering the second entry in your transaction **into the same > account you're in. ** > > Think of it this way, you take $20 out of

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread Patrick James
This message is only about "recording and showing any transactions." The recording of transactions is separate from the showing of transactions. The transactions could be recorded, but not shown. What I suggest is looking at all the options under the "View" pull-down menu, especially the

Re: [GNC] New user error

2024-02-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
In both situations where you provided screenshots (Equity & Expenses) you have recorded equal and offsetting transactions, which balance to ZERO, which is why you see $0.00 on the Accounts tab. (note the respective account balance columns - that is what is reported on the Accounts tab) While

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
You keep entering the second entry in your transaction **into the same account you're in. ** Think of it this way, you take $20 out of your right pocket, and then put $20 into your right pocket. Assuming your right pocket started with $20, how much is left after this transaction? ($20)

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread accounting Billing
I did read the manual and understand the double entry. But how come the software is not recording and showing any transactions? If anyone can get a zoom call and help us to set this up. We will donate and compensate for their time. My name is Beck, Cell 347-206-1096. On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 9:38 

Re: [GNC] New user error (was: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 251, Issue 12)

2024-02-07 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
Also, you need to read the manual to understand double entry accounting and its implementation in GnuCash. (Stephen's previous reply to your question about Equity applies here as well.) And GnuCash list etiquette. ⁣David T. ​ On Feb 7, 2024, 5:27 PM, at 5:27 PM, accounting Billing wrote:

Re: [GNC] new user woes

2023-03-12 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 3/11/2023 4:58 PM, Jamie Tolbert via gnucash-user wrote: Its been a number of years, but I did take a few accounting classes in college..so I have an idea of WHAT I want to do, but unclear on HOW to do it in gnucash.I will continue to fumble my way thru it, the tutorial is rather

[GNC] new user woes

2023-03-11 Thread flywire
> the tutorial is rather cumbersome to read thru Certainly, so don't. It's learn by example and it works, so open up a file and enter the transactions. Try this layout based on an old guide: https://gnucash-docs-rst.readthedocs.io ___ gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] new user woes

2023-03-11 Thread Tommy Trussell
I'm copying the list I've been using GnuCash for many many years and it is possible something has changed so you cannot delete it, but I have never had any trouble adjusting entries in it. But it doesn't come up much! So try it, and if your experience varies, report to the list! - Please

Re: [GNC] new user woes

2023-03-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 11 Mar 2023, Jamie Tolbert via gnucash-user wrote: how do I edit it to put my opening balance in ?!?!?! Jamie, You understand double-entry accounting, so an opening balance in an asset account is a debit, while a withdrawal is a credit. The off-setting account for that asset opening

Re: [GNC] new user woes

2023-03-11 Thread Jamie Tolbert via gnucash-user
nucash.org Date 3/11/2023 2:40:23 PM Subject Re: [GNC] new user woes On 2023-03-11 10:23, Jamie Tolbert wrote: Originally , I thought I would just pay each bill, and credit owner equity and debit the bill, but that seems very cumbersome and confusing, I mean no disrespect -- every one of us Gnu

Re: [GNC] new user woes

2023-03-11 Thread Stan Brown
On 2023-03-11 10:23, Jamie Tolbert wrote: > Originally , I thought I would just pay each bill, and credit owner > equity and debit the bill, but that seems very cumbersome and confusing, I mean no disrespect -- every one of us GnuCash users had to learn these things at some point, if we didn't

Re: [GNC] new user woes

2023-03-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 11 Mar 2023, Jamie Tolbert wrote: I dont have another asset account,yet...soon I will have a business checking account, but in the meantime, I do I tell the software I started a business with an initial investment of 500.00, and that money should be in petty cash? Jamie, Adding

Re: [GNC] new user woes

2023-03-11 Thread Jamie Tolbert
epard" To gnucash-user@gnucash.org Date 3/11/2023 1:51:40 PM Subject Re: [GNC] new user woes On Sat, 11 Mar 2023, Jamie wrote: its really a question on the software, not accounting practicesmy initial investment, for now, is 500.00..how can I get the 500.00 into Owner equity, an

Re: [GNC] new user woes

2023-03-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 11 Mar 2023, Jamie wrote: its really a question on the software, not accounting practicesmy initial investment, for now, is 500.00..how can I get the 500.00 into Owner equity, and then get it into petty cash, like I said I tried the transfer button on the toolbar, and when I

Re: [GNC] new user woes

2023-03-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 11 Mar 2023, Jamie Tolbert wrote: Started a new property rental business, and for now, am on a cash basis, Originally , I thought I would just pay each bill, and credit owner equity and debit the bill, but that seems very cumbersome and confusing, so before I get into the actual

[GNC] new user woes

2023-03-11 Thread Jamie Tolbert
Still having trouble wrapping my head around my issue(s). I tried the tutorial under HELP, is there a better new user guide? Started a new property rental business, and for now, am on a cash basis, Originally , I thought I would just pay each bill, and credit owner equity and debit the

Re: [GNC] NEw user assistance

2023-01-07 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Karl: I understand your situation. I also keep my books primarily in Canadian dollars, but track investments in US dollars. On 2023-01-07 09:56, Karl wrote: …If I purchase foreign stocks (foreign to Canada), my broker automatically converts my CAD "broker cash account" to USD to purchase the

Re: [GNC] NEw user assistance

2023-01-07 Thread Karl
Thanks, John. I am a self-directed investor, using an online broker. My structure would be something like this: Bank account ---> transfer funds to ---> online broker cash account (all in CAD $) > all my investments I then use my single online broker cash account to purchase my investments

Re: [GNC] NEw user assistance

2023-01-06 Thread john
GnuCash prioritizes direct prices over indirect ones, so if you have a single AAPL-CAD price in your price database and a bunch of AAPL-USD and USD-CAD ones the latter will be ignored when trying to price AAPL in CAD and you'll almost always get the single direct price. Two more important

Re: [GNC] NEw user assistance

2023-01-06 Thread Christopher Lam
I would think that if your home currency is CAD and you buy some USD stocks, you'd first transfer some cash from your CAD bank into your brokerage account in USD, then immediately use the latter to purchase your AAPL. On Sat, 7 Jan 2023, 5:46 am Karl, wrote: > Hi there John, > > Thanks for the

Re: [GNC] NEw user assistance

2023-01-06 Thread Karl
Hi there John, Thanks for the information. Very helpful! Perhaps I am setting up my foreign (USD) investment accounts all wrong. I'm trying to follow the instructions and examples in Chapters 9.5 and 9.6, but I can't reconcile the instructions with your explanation. So if I set-up the account

Re: [GNC] NEw user assistance

2023-01-06 Thread john
That's a very long-running discussion with another Canadian CPA, see https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797796 and https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798004. The simplest workaround is to set up an account structure that looks like Assets Investments Stocks

Re: [GNC] NEw user assistance

2023-01-06 Thread Karl
Hello David and everyone, Thank you for your messages. A little background about myself: I'm a Canadian (born and raised), and a CPA. I have been using GnuCash for a while now, but am interested in delving deeper into its functions that can be useful to me. I use GnuCash only for personal and

Re: [GNC] NEw user assistance

2023-01-05 Thread Geoff
Welcome to GnuCash Karl! > Specifically, I am trying to set-up the online pricing list for stock > quotes. Have a read of these topics: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Stocks/add_stock https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes Regards Geoff = On 6/01/2023 12:30 pm, Karl wrote: Hello

Re: [GNC] NEw user assistance

2023-01-05 Thread David H
Welcome to gnucash Karl. I think from memory Nabble went away during the pandemic about 12 months ago, so maybe forget that one :-) If you have any questions, post them here to the gnucash user list (gnucash-user@gnucash.org) and you'll get all the help you need. Also just a heads up do NOT use

[GNC] NEw user assistance

2023-01-05 Thread Karl
Hello there! I am a new user to GnuCash and am looking for some assistance. I have subscribed to the mailing list and am attempting to access the Web Forum (Nabble) for further assistance from other users. Specifically, I am trying to set-up the online pricing list for stock quotes. Please

Re: [GNC] new user, new file

2023-01-04 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
In your example, you would not credit Equity ("my owner account") when you pay a bill. Crediting an equity account increases its balance, and you don't own anything more than you did before you paid the bill. Your equity in the business is the net of assets minus liabilities, but it's quite

Re: [GNC] new user, new file

2023-01-04 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 1/3/2023 4:15 PM, Jamie Tolbert wrote: Starting a new business. For the next month or so, what few bills I have will be paid by me, until I get my business checking set up. Its been years since I studied double entry accounting, but I thought if I paid a bill for lets say 100.00, I would

Re: [GNC] new user, new file

2023-01-03 Thread Jamie Tolbert
I got it, thanksjust need to wrap my head around the software, -- Original Message -- From "Adrien Monteleone" To gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org Date 1/3/2023 5:12:36 PM Subject Re: [GNC] new user, new file Strange. Placeholder would stop you from editing

Re: [GNC] new user, new file

2023-01-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Strange. Placeholder would stop you from editing or adding transactions in the account, but it doesn't stop me from creating a sub-account. Try creating Owner's Capital as a sub of the parent: Equity instead. Also, what version of GnuCash and what OS? Regards, Adrien On 1/3/23 4:07 PM,

Re: [GNC] new user, new file

2023-01-03 Thread Stan Brown
On 2023-01-03 13:15, Jamie Tolbert wrote: > Starting a new business. For the next month or so, what few bills I have > will be paid by me, until I get my business checking set up. Its been > years since I studied double entry accounting, but I thought if I paid a > bill for lets say 100.00, I

Re: [GNC] new user, new file

2023-01-03 Thread Jamie Tolbert
I tried that, same results.screenshot attached. I did find where to remove the placeholder option, but same result: -- Original Message -- From "Adrien Monteleone" To gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org Date 1/3/2023 5:03:54 PM Subject Re: [GNC] new user, new file Jamie,

Re: [GNC] new user, new file

2023-01-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Jamie, Please use Reply-List or Reply-All to keep the discussion on the list. I've copied your personal reply below. I'm not sure why that would happen. I just added an Equity account with no issue. Let's be sure we're discussing the same thing. At initially creating a new book with

Re: [GNC] new user, new file

2023-01-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
It sounds like you are considering your current personal payments as your equity investment as you pay, rather than fronting the money and then using it from there. You should be able to simply: Dr. Expense Cr. Equity:Owner's Capital (or whatever you determine is the best name for that

[GNC] new user, new file

2023-01-03 Thread Jamie Tolbert
Starting a new business. For the next month or so, what few bills I have will be paid by me, until I get my business checking set up. Its been years since I studied double entry accounting, but I thought if I paid a bill for lets say 100.00, I would credit my owner account for 100.00 and debit

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

2022-12-18 Thread Eric Chapman
Hello, Jim, Thanks for your response, and thank you to the others who responded! I appreciate it a lot! Below in blue are my answers & comments. Eric On 12/18/22 15:53, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: On 2022-12-18 12:20, Eric Chapman wrote: Tell me, what gives you the impression that GnuCash "is for

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

2022-12-18 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2022-12-18 12:20, 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. Hello, Eric, and

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

2022-12-18 Thread David H
Probably also a good idea to post something along the lines of "I'm migrating from software package xyz to gnucash - any suggestions on the best way to do this?" Plenty here have migrated from the likes of Quicken/Quickbooks etc. They'll generally tell you to start small with perhaps a month's

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

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

2022-12-18 Thread Eric Chapman
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 questions: (1) Is it likely that Gnucash will be

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

2022-12-04 Thread David Cousens
Scott You can edit the accounts and in the dialoguechange the account type to Expense and the parent to the top level expenses account.Unfortunately its a one at a time operation David Cousens On Sun, 2022-12-04 at 13:39 -0500, Scott Traurig wrote: > So I did the import wrong. Crap. Too late, I

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

2022-12-04 Thread Scott Traurig
So I did the import wrong. Crap. Too late, I already gutted it out and manually rearranged it all! Thanks, Scott >> ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:

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

2022-12-04 Thread David Carlson
What you need to do is start a new file and position those expenses correctly under the the top expense level during the import process. That is not really very hard with a couple of expendable tries to see how it works. On Sun, Dec 4, 2022, 12:17 PM Scott Traurig wrote: > Nope, sorry, you

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

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

2022-12-04 Thread Scott Traurig
That was the politest "No, you are stuck doing it manually" response I've ever seen ;-) Thanks, Scott On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 1:25 PM David Carlson wrote: > Scott, > > If I understand correctly, what you expected was a chart of accounts with > one asset account for checking and all other

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

2022-12-04 Thread David Carlson
Scott, If I understand correctly, what you expected was a chart of accounts with one asset account for checking and all other accounts lumped under expenses. Maybe one account for income. You should be able to get to that result with an import from Quicken but it may take some or perhaps a lot

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

2022-12-04 Thread Scott Traurig
Nope, sorry, you gents did not understand my question. I don't have any unwanted accounts. Indeed, all of my categories in Quicken were well thought out and organized, and well replicated as separate expense accounts in GnuCash via the import process. But with some 100 different, well organized

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

2022-12-04 Thread Fred Bone
On 04 December 2022 at 11:54, Scott Traurig said: > I do understand double-entry accounting and that it is the GnuCash > paradigm. > > What I didn't understand is that on the import GnuCash did create the > requisite checking account, plus all the expense accounts. I did not see > the checking

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

2022-12-04 Thread Keld Sorensen
An easy way to "move" many entries is to *delete* the offending account and let GnuCash move it to another account. Say you have utilities:water as an account but also utilities:Watercompany. Then you simply delete one and ask GnuCash to move all transactions to the other. All in one fell swoop.

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

2022-12-04 Thread Scott Traurig
I do understand double-entry accounting and that it is the GnuCash paradigm. What I didn't understand is that on the import GnuCash did create the requisite checking account, plus all the expense accounts. I did not see the checking account as it was lost in a sea of expense accounts. Now that

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

2022-12-04 Thread Ken Farley
This is a common concern whenever someone (including me) is migrating to Gnucash. As is noted elsewhere, it's a conceptual change based on Quicken Category => Gnucash Account. What I realized when I converted years and years of data over is just how terrible I was at maintaining some sort of

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

2022-12-04 Thread Ken Pyzik
Behalf Of Scott Traurig Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2022 7:45 AM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC] New user: how to migrate Quicken checking account as a single, flat, checking account Hi all: New user questions follow, I'm afraid... I have no trouble following the directions in the wiki for

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

2022-12-04 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Scott, This took some getting used to when I moved from Quicken 7 years or so ago. The categories become accounts. This is required for double entry accounting and makes sense. When you pay your electric bill, money moves from checking to the electric company. GNUCash has to show money

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

2022-12-04 Thread Scott Traurig
Hi all: New user questions follow, I'm afraid... I have no trouble following the directions in the wiki for migrating from Quicken. I made the QIF file, imported it into GnuCash, and watched it very unhelpfully create 100 different accounts. The instructions do mentions this, and it's ability to

Re: [GNC] New User Oh boy I need an accountant

2022-07-19 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Second thoughts. I decided to go with QFX files and they are much easier to deal with. Thanks again for your help. On Jul 19, 2022, at 5:11 AM, Phyllis Bruce wrote:  Thank you all for your quick responses. Viewing the splits in the bank ledger is very helpful too. I'm going to start over

Re: [GNC] New User Oh boy I need an accountant

2022-07-19 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Thank you. I will take your advice and try again to make sense of the help manual On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 8:10 PM flywire wrote: > Firstly, an accountant won't know how to use GnuCash unless they are a > user. > > Have you done the GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide as an introduction > for

Re: [GNC] New User Oh boy I need an accountant

2022-07-19 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Thank you all for your quick responses. Viewing the splits in the bank ledger is very helpful too. I'm going to start over at the CSV level. It will go quickly now. I also see I had a transfer to cash that I entered improperly. FYI, I've used Microsoft Money for 30 years so I have some

Re: [GNC] New User Oh boy I need an accountant

2022-07-19 Thread Fred Bone
On 18 July 2022 at 17:32, Phyllis Bruce said: > I am getting too many unanticipated results. Watched many YouTube videos > since I cannot make sense of the Help manual. I have added accounts where > they appear to belong, added my opening balances, and imported a couple > CSV files from a bank

Re: [GNC] New User Oh boy I need an accountant

2022-07-18 Thread davidcousens49
Phyllis, The problem with the import is the negative sign on the Debit/Withdrawal column. GnuCash expects this to be a positive quantity when the debits and credits are in separate columns, i.e if both columns are specified then both columns are positive. If the data is in a single column then

Re: [GNC] New User Oh boy I need an accountant

2022-07-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Someone who is more familiar with the importer can help, but from what I see in the screenshots: The first image looks reasonable. You just need to assign the 'transfer' accounts in the first column. (the sources or destinations for funds in/out of the bank account) The second screenshot

[GNC] New User Oh boy I need an accountant

2022-07-18 Thread flywire
Firstly, an accountant won't know how to use GnuCash unless they are a user. Have you done the GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide as an introduction for Getting Started and Managing Personal Finances? Put it in a window on one side of your screen and start a new GnuCash file in a window on the

Re: [GNC] New user account setup question

2020-12-29 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 12/29/2020 2:17 PM, Charles Hudson wrote: First post: Greetings to all and thanks for your help. Because I have never used GNUCASH before, am unfamiliar with its reporting capabilities and am only conversant with basic accounting principles, I have a couple of questions about how to set up

Re: [GNC] New user account setup question

2020-12-29 Thread David Carlson
Charles, Welcome to Gnucash and the Gnucash-user mail list. You are generally on the right track. If you follow the examples in the Tutorial you will see that your brokerage account should not be a placeholder type because it will be the conduit for funds in and out of investment s. Also,

[GNC] New user account setup question

2020-12-29 Thread Charles Hudson
First post: Greetings to all and thanks for your help. Because I have never used GNUCASH before, am unfamiliar with its reporting capabilities and am only conversant with basic accounting principles, I have a couple of questions about how to set up the chart of accounts. Briefly: I want to

Re: [GNC] New User

2020-10-13 Thread Peter West
OSF? Peter -- Peter West p...@pbw.id.au “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.” > On 14 Oct 2020, at 5:42 am, Paul Konnersman wrote: > > I am a new user trying to run GnuCash 4.2 on a Mac

[GNC] New User

2020-10-13 Thread Paul Konnersman
I am a new user trying to run GnuCash 4.2 on a Mac PowerBook running MacOS 10.15.7. I did manage to get it running briefly, put my chart of accounts in manually and then tried to instal OSF using the OSF installation tool. I succeeded only in corrupting the file. I I wiped all GnuCash files from

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-09-23 Thread doncram
About invoicing making GnuCash show assets (accounts receivable) when the dues are billed (or pledges receivable), I don't see why that would be much of a problem. Couldn't that be addressed by your entering a journal entry to zero out the asset balance and reverse the income recognized, whenever

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-09-23 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 9/22/2020 11:20 PM, doncram wrote: About invoicing making GnuCash show assets (accounts receivable) when the dues are billed (or pledges receivable), I don't see why that would be much of a problem.  Couldn't that be addressed by your entering a journal entry to zero out the asset balance

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-09-21 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 9/20/2020 10:47 PM, doncram wrote: Just to say GnuCash could serve churches and other nonprofits much better if Job Costing were supported.  And relatedly, more churches and other nonprofits could use GnuCash if Job Costing were supported.  Thank you Jacob Oomen for sharing the links to

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-09-21 Thread doncram
Just to say GnuCash could serve churches and other nonprofits much better if Job Costing were supported. And relatedly, more churches and other nonprofits could use GnuCash if Job Costing were supported. Thank you Jacob Oomen for sharing the links to your extensive past work to help accountants

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-09-20 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
If one has a lot of separate restricted and/or designated funds it must be very difficult to keep track of them all. And don't forget GRANTS. Those are very much like restricted funds if the money is received ahead of use AND are almost, if not quite as much work, even when in the form of

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-09-20 Thread w...@theprescotts.com
The group I keep books for has a policy of only accepting restricted or directed donations in the case where the donation is very large. Large in our case is over $10,000 or $20,000 Mexican pesos, $500 or $1000 US dollars. So far we have not had to deal with any. We have had a couple of

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-09-20 Thread Chris Green
On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 03:10:51PM -0400, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > > > > The "restricted account" you are referring to is probably a "fund". Monies > > collected for a specific purpose and meant to be used for that specific > > purpose only. These are accounts that need to be kept in

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-09-19 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
The "restricted account" you are referring to is probably a "fund". Monies collected for a specific purpose and meant to be used for that specific purpose only. These are accounts that need to be kept in the Equity section. Actually, there are SEVERAL ways restricted funds may be

Re: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) accounts? Advice?

2020-09-19 Thread Jacob Oommen
:11 +0100 > From: Chris Green > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: [GNC] New user - anyone else using GnuCash for PCC (church) > accounts? Advice? > Message-ID: <20200826102111.GA997230@esprimo> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I have just

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