This thread seems like deja vu to me. I thought this was discussed before and the result was that GnuCash changed the name of one or the other in release 2.6.18 or thereabouts.
Am I dreaming? David C On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 3:52 PM, Buddha Buck <blaisepas...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suspect that GnuCash terminology regarding journals and ledgers is > somewhat confused and non-standard. > > My basic understanding of classical accounting is that transactions were > first entered into journals, and then posted into ledgers, one per account. > The collection of ledger books was the "general ledger", while the nominal > time-ordered collection of journal entries was the "general journal" (or > the "general journal" was the journal in which transactions which didn't > belong in the sales journal, purchase journal, etc were recorded). > > In GnuCash terms, a classical account ledger would correspond to a GnuCash > account register. And the classic general journal would correspond to > GnuCash's general ledger. The classic general ledger might even be a > GnuCash book as a whole. I don't know what GnuCash is calling a general > journal. > > > > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:43 PM Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Stan, > > > > No I knew you were referring to the Ledger and I think David did also > > though he linked to the help on the Journal. > > > > Unfortunately, it seems the Help file needs a tweak. (or the software) > The > > link he gives describes in fact, the General Ledger. The terminology on > the > > title and within the help article are inconsistent with the naming in the > > software. (though Journal is probably the more historically correct term, > > the two might be interchangeable) > > > > In the software, the General Journal is a report you can run that shows > > ALL transactions. (under the Assets & Liabilities sub-menu) You can’t > enter > > anything into it. There is no date selector in the options, and the > Filter > > By… in View is not available. > > > > Since I don’t close books I see everything when I look at either. Perhaps > > someone who uses that procedure might see only the current accounting > > period - I’m not sure. > > > > To add to the confusion, there is also a General Ledger report located in > > that same menu. However, it seems to be the same as the Transaction > Report > > and is much more versatile than the General Journal report. > > > > For the record, I don’t see any separate ‘tool’ or ‘register’ called > > General Journal at least not in my copy of 2.6.19. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > > On Feb 23, 2018, at 9:42 AM, Stan Brown <the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm> > > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks, Adrien. > > > > > > Please note that I asked about the general ledger, not the general > > journal, but I see that the filter works the same way (now that I know to > > try it). > > > > > > As the documentation mentions only the general journal, maybe "and > > general ledger" should be added, for the benefit of folks who are > searching > > for it? > > > > > > -- > > > Stan Brown > > > the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm > > > http://BrownMath.com > > > http://OakRoadSystems.com/ > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018, at 7:52 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > >> And unfortunately, this filter change is not sticky. You’ll have to > > >> reset it each time you load the GL. This is already a filed bug. > > >> > > >>> On Feb 23, 2018, at 5:47 AM, David T. via gnucash-user < > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > >>> "The General Journal defaults to showing only the previous month of > > transactions. This is changeable by using the "Filter By..." on the View > > menu." > > >>> > > >>>> On Feb 23, 2018, at 4:27 PM, Stan Brown <the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm > > > > wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> There doesn't seem to be any documentation of Tools » General > Ledger, > > >>>> neither in the Help Manual nor in the Concepts Tutorial. (I couldn't > > >>>> find an answer in the FAQ or Using GnuCash either.) > > >>>> > > >>>> I have transactions entered from 2017-12-31 though 2018-01-31. But > for > > >>>> some reason, the General Ledger shows only 2018-01-23 through > > >>>> 2018-01-31. ... > > >>>> > > >>>> Please note: I'm talking about the General Ledger _tool_, not the > > >>>> report. 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