Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-30 Thread Derek Atkins
Jack Slater writes: > my reconciled transactions display a Y not an R??? Correct, Y == YES, it is Reconciled Other values are: C == Cleared N == Neither cleared nor reconciled V == Voided (I think -- not 100% sure of this one) > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-29 Thread David Carlson
Dave, you got me! I didn't look carefully before replying. I too get 'y' as a result of a reconcile! :-) David C On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 10:48 PM, Dave H wrote: > My workflow is remarkably similar but my transactions are marked as "y" > when they get reconciled :-) > > I wouldn't mind also be

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-29 Thread Dave H
My workflow is remarkably similar but my transactions are marked as "y" when they get reconciled :-) I wouldn't mind also being able to flag a transaction as 'p' = pending for the pending credit card transactions and 's' = scheduled when I have scheduled a future transaction in online banking but

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-29 Thread Buddha Buck
Here's the workflow that I ideally go through. During the month, I order something online using a credit card. When I enter the transaction into GnuCash, the split associated with the transaction in the credit card account is tagged "n". The next day, I check my online banking, and I see that th

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-29 Thread David Carlson
The letter c is applied to transaction splits by GnuCash either when the user imports a transaction from a QIF, OFX or QFX file that was probably downloaded over the Internet from a banking website or manually by clicking in the appropriate box. This is interpreted to mean that the information in

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-29 Thread ihaveanotherchance
An item that is cleared means that your bank has cashed it. An item that is reconciled means that at the end of the month the balance of the bank and your checking account match for all item that have cleared. That is the difference between the two. I hope my explanation is simple enough. Sent

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-29 Thread Mark Hedges
Thanks all. I don't understand the difference between "cleared" and "reconciled" in Gnucash context. Someone mentioned that one changes R from "n" to "c" when they see the charge in their bank statement or online banking. How is that different in terms of information flow from using the reconcil

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-26 Thread Jack Slater
LOL - OK - got scared I was doing more wrong than right! Thanks. On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 10:12 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jan 2018, Jack Slater wrote: > > my reconciled transactions display a Y not an R??? >> > > Jack, > > Could be. I was working from memory. > > Rich > _

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-26 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 26 Jan 2018, Jack Slater wrote: my reconciled transactions display a Y not an R??? Jack, Could be. I was working from memory. Rich ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-u

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-26 Thread Jack Slater
my reconciled transactions display a Y not an R??? On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 6:49 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jan 2018, Mark Hedges wrote: > > It also shows an "Action" field underneath the "Num" field. Where is this >> described in the manual? What is the purpose of the Action field? >>

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-25 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Geert, Could the install not include a particular required font as a dependency or as part of the installer? Perhaps even better would be to use a GPL licensed icon font, though I’m not sure if you can specify different fonts for different cells in the register. Doing so would provide a cleane

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-25 Thread Geert Janssens
Op woensdag 24 januari 2018 23:14:29 CET schreef Tommy Trussell: > Geert: > > Maybe the legacy register code cannot handle icons, but instead of using a > letter such as "F", can it handle Unicode glyphs? > > Here are a few of many available glyphs (including example URLs in case > they get mangl

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-24 Thread Tommy Trussell
On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Geert Janssens wrote: > I think the file association feature is currently pretty basic, but useful. > > The most common complaints about the initial implementation were > - the lack of an indication of whether a file was associated with it or not > - a way to rem

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-24 Thread Geert Janssens
Op maandag 22 januari 2018 17:30:32 CET schreef David T.: > Geert, > > What is the current status on the File Association feature set? I know that > there was a wave of activity a few years back when the feature was first > added, but I haven’t seen anything about it since. My recollection of the

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 21 Jan 2018, Mark Hedges wrote: It also shows an "Action" field underneath the "Num" field. Where is this described in the manual? What is the purpose of the Action field? Mark, Use this for the type of transaction; e.g., payment, refund, transfer. At least, that's what is entered i

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-22 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Geert, What is the current status on the File Association feature set? I know that there was a wave of activity a few years back when the feature was first added, but I haven’t seen anything about it since. My recollection of the traffic at the time was that it had potential to be very useful,

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-22 Thread Geert Janssens
Op maandag 22 januari 2018 01:03:19 CET schreef Mark Hedges: > Hi. I view my checking account ledger in Basic Ledger mode. I choose > View > Double Line View. This opens up the "Notes" line for each > entry, which is helpful. > > It also shows an "Action" field underneath the "Num" field. Wher

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-21 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
The num field[*] is for the check number or other accounting document.  (In a business situation, you always need to have some unique identifier between accounting entries and the physical or electronic documents that justify them in case of control (=audit). [*] I say this because it makes s

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-21 Thread Dave H
Yes, if you use the Reconcile process it puts the "R" in for you :-) Cheers Dave. On 22 January 2018 at 11:47, Mark Hedges wrote: > Oh so I should use the R column for checking against the bank web site > or statement, instead of putting a checkmark in the notes column like > I have been :-) >

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-21 Thread Mark Hedges
Oh so I should use the R column for checking against the bank web site or statement, instead of putting a checkmark in the notes column like I have been :-) Still not sure what 'Action' is supposed to describe on an entry that is not split, or even what it means on a split item, but thanks for the

Re: info about action field in double-line view

2018-01-21 Thread Dave H
Try clicking in the Action field - it displays a drop down for transaction type etdc. R = Reconciled and has values of N (New ?) / C = Cleared / R = Reconciled. A dunno I only ever use "Basic Ledger" view :-) Check out https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-guide/txns-registers1.html for a bit