[GNC] Trouble importing .qif into Guncash

2024-05-04 Thread David Wasserman via gnucash-user
Recently upgraded to 24.04 LTS.  Gnucash Version: 5.6. Build ID: Flathub 5.6-2. Gnucash Import fails at final screen with error message.  Is there a fix? David W ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription

Re: [GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-04 Thread flywire
David, the guide even warns that accounting debits and credits are used contrary to the way most people understand them. The average punter will be wrong, and if they get it right the next punter will likely bet they are wrong.

[GNC] Filter Reports

2024-05-04 Thread flywire
Reporting other than by a normal COA structure has always and continues to be in demand. The latest dev decision seems to be: https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/1623#issuecomment-1585771847 > ...if we take out the language about multidimensional analysis and... tags > and do it as a report

Re: [GNC] Help Transferring saved reports to another computer

2024-05-04 Thread David Carlson
Aha! I was careless and I put the reports file in the books subdirectory by mistake. It helps to take a break and look again. All is well now. On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 7:59 PM David Carlson wrote: > I am trying to copy saved reports from a computer running GnuCash 4.8 to a > windows computer

[GNC] Help Transferring saved reports to another computer

2024-05-04 Thread David Carlson
I am trying to copy saved reports from a computer running GnuCash 4.8 to a windows computer running GnuCash 5.6.1. I successfully copied the .gcm files that I wanted but the saved-reports-2.8 file did not bring the saved reports. Is this a problem with release 5.6.1 or did I do something wrong?

Re: [GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-04 Thread David Cousens
Understood that those without an accounting background often misunderstand what debits and credits actually mean.  I don't know whether the thread you referenced reached a conclusion but the accounting definitions of debit and credit and how they are used in accounting is however formally

Re: [GNC] Account Hierarchy

2024-05-04 Thread Patrick Skelton
Thank you for the reply, Frank. To take the second half of your reply first, there won’t be many products. I used the word ‘product’ for illustration; in actual fact, these are product groups or types. That said, your other suggestion, to treat shops as assets, is something I will look into. My

[GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-04 Thread flywire
> > You need to get a grasp of double entry bookkeeping concepts... I agree but I wouldn't focus on the formal meaning of Credit/Debit, even if you understand it most people have the wrong understanding - https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-May/106929.html - and following the

Re: [GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-04 Thread David Cousens
Brian, The entry recording your opening balaces will have debit amounts to your asset accounts and equal credit amounts to the Equity:Opening Balance accounts. For Liability accounts the entry will be credit amounts with corresponding debit amounts to the Equity:Opening Balances.  This is how

Re: [GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-04 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/4/2024 1:18 PM, Brian Higgins via gnucash-user wrote: I really need to talk with someone to get this right. My equity opening balance is $ 6802.59 ( close enough) on 1/1 24,  and my check register is $3892.258 on 1/1/24 and my petty cash is $5 on 1/1 /24, so why does my equity account

[GNC] Help request starting out with Gnucash

2024-05-04 Thread Brian Higgins via gnucash-user
I really need to talk with someone to get this right. My equity opening balance is $ 6802.59 ( close enough) on 1/1 24,  and my check register is $3892.258 on 1/1/24 and my petty cash is $5 on 1/1 /24, so why does my equity account value on show up as equal to the assets?  I thought the equity

[GNC] aqbanking date offset in GnuCash

2024-05-04 Thread John Vermeer
When I import from my Credit Union to GnuCash using AqBanking there seems to be a date offset. I suspect this may be due to UTC vs Local Time. When I import, I do not see the the current transactions unless I set the "To" date in the "Get Transaction Online" dialog to 'tomorrow'. So, I

Re: [GNC] Transaction Report Shortcomings

2024-05-04 Thread Christopher Lam
Hi, yes, that is correct. On Sat, 4 May 2024 at 21:05, Paul Kroitor wrote: > So if I understand correctly, you’re saying the there’s already a setting > (Sorting/Show Account Description) that is supposed to address this, but it > doesn’t currently work properly. And that the bug was recently

Re: [GNC] Export Transactions to CSV - Exclude Assets entry

2024-05-04 Thread Wesley Werner
Hi all, I'd like to apologize for my silly question from yesterday. The problem was that the option to export with the "simple layout" was unchecked without me realizing. I won't make that mistake again :) Regards -- Regards Wesley Werner On Fri, 3 May 2024 at 18:58, Wesley Werner wrote: >

Re: [GNC] Transaction Report Shortcomings

2024-05-04 Thread Paul Kroitor
So if I understand correctly, you’re saying the there’s already a setting (Sorting/Show Account Description) that is supposed to address this, but it doesn’t currently work properly. And that the bug was recently or is about to be fixed. Also, I should look for the fixed version in the