Re: [GNC] Zero balances in report

2022-08-13 Thread Michael Hendry
On 13 Aug 2022, at 14:08, Fred Tydeman wrote: > > I am running Linux and GnuCash 4.11 > I do an Account Summary report. > I have set the options to not show zero balances. > Yet, the report shows many zero balances. > The attached screen shot shows part of the report > along with the options. >

Re: [GNC] Entry of unknown transaction

2023-02-04 Thread Michael Hendry
On 4 Feb 2023, at 11:58, Jeff wrote: > > I have discovered several transactions that show up in one account but do not > show up in any other existing account. Regardless of what the bank image > shows of where the check was deposited. > > I.E. I have a deposit slip that shows it went to our

Re: [GNC] Saved Report Configurations

2023-02-13 Thread Michael Hendry
On 13 Feb 2023, at 16:39, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > I do the same. I have general configurations saved, but anything particular > to that solitary instance of the report, I do not save as part of the > configuration. Those will be one-offs so no need to save them as a config, > just run a

Re: [GNC] Question about Profit-Loss Report

2021-05-31 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 31 May 2021, at 15:10, Howard M. Fried wrote: > > I have several invoices that were issued in 2020 but paid in 2021. These > funds are not included in a P&L report for 2021, apparently because the > report is based on date of invoice issue, or have I missed something. > > Is it possible t

Re: [GNC] WHY ARE THERE "IMBALANCE ENTRIES" AT ALL ?? JUST CURIOUS

2021-06-02 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 2 Jun 2021, at 02:44, Peter West wrote: > > I’m a fairly naive user, but I find the Imbalance-XXX and Orphan-XXX accounts > (at top level in my CoA) extremely useful, and I understand why they are > there. If I ever see a balance, I know I have to fix something, which is a > good reason t

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-06-06 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 7 Jun 2021, at 06:57, flywire wrote: > > What you want is very simple, just not in GnuCash which is possibly the only > package without it. The workaround changing accounts is just not worth the > grief. > > Other software allows a category or class[ification] field on each > transaction. N

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-06-07 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 7 Jun 2021, at 17:30, John Ralls wrote: > > > >> On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:22 PM, Michael Hendry wrote: >> >>> On 7 Jun 2021, at 06:57, flywire wrote: >>> >>> What you want is very simple, just not in GnuCash which is possibly the o

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-06-08 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 7 Jun 2021, at 17:30, John Ralls wrote: > > > >> On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:22 PM, Michael Hendry wrote: >> >>> On 7 Jun 2021, at 06:57, flywire wrote: >>> >>> What you want is very simple, just not in GnuCash which is possibly the o

Re: [GNC] Big problem GC 4.6 wiping history list? Mac OS Big Sur

2021-07-01 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 29 Jun 2021, at 07:52, Anita Graves wrote: > > Please see the attached screenshot: > > I don’t know what to do but I refuse to delete the file I need to work with, > or any of the other files in the history list. This all happened to me when > I installed GC 4.6. Before I was using 4.1.

Re: [GNC] Considering upgrade from late-2012 iMac 27inch to current iMac 27inch

2021-07-15 Thread Michael Hendry
On 19 Jun 2021, at 17:49, Michael Hendry wrote: > > I’m planning to replace my current iMac with its current equivalent, which > will presumably run Big Sur. > > Although the 24 inch models use the Apple M1 chip, the 27 inch iMac has an > Intel Core i9 processor, so I’

Re: [GNC] Changing the order of splits

2021-07-29 Thread Michael Hendry
On 29 Jul 2021, at 11:53, David Sumbler wrote: > > I have a set of accounts in which some transactions have a considerable > number of splits, each one relating to an individual person. All of > these splits have the same amount in the debit column, but the number > of splits in each of these tr

Re: [GNC] Account report with transactions

2021-08-29 Thread Michael Hendry
On 29 Aug 2021, at 12:05, Manfred Usselmann wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm looking for an account report with transactions for a certain time period > with intial and final account value. > > E.g. account value at the beginning of the year, all transactions during the > year and the total value at th

Re: [GNC] Account report with transactions

2021-08-29 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 29 Aug 2021, at 13:47, Manfred Usselmann wrote: > > Thanks, this was very helpful. > > The Running Balance option on the display tab was not visible, I had to > scroll down. The window is too small to show all options at once and I didn't > notice it. > > The only issue I still have is

Re: [GNC] Lost my top level aka Master account

2021-09-07 Thread Michael Hendry
On 6 Sep 2021, at 15:49, Mom wrote: > > Dear All: > > I have been keeping my checkbook register on a Mac Powerbook computer via > GnuCash since at least 2014. I recently migrated to a new-to-me Mac and when > I open my GnuCash files, I no longer seem to have the top level account > (master) f

Re: [GNC] Export Current Search

2021-11-02 Thread Michael Hendry
On 2 Nov 2021, at 07:31, Mike Stillingfleet wrote: > > Dear GNUCash Forum, > > Firstly I how that I have posted this correctly. > > I have read in the GNU Cash help that if I have focus on the current search I > should see 4 export options and one of those will be File->Export->Export > Acti

[GNC] Has bugs-admin been hacked? Re: [Bug 797953] RFE: provide access to filter-by on right-mouse-click in Accounts register

2021-11-05 Thread Michael Hendry
I’ve received several emails like this recently, all ostensibly related to bugs I had reported, but the text is not relevant to the bug, and has numerous suspicious URLs which I haven’t followed. The text doesn’t appear in the comments section relating to the bugs. Michael Hendry > On 4

Re: [GNC] Has bugs-admin been hacked? Re: [Bug 797953] RFE: provide access to filter-by on right-mouse-click in Accounts register

2021-11-05 Thread Michael Hendry
g SEOs are thieves stealing developer time! > > Am 05.11.21 um 11:22 schrieb Michael Hendry: >> I’ve received several emails like this recently, all ostensibly related to >> bugs I had reported, but the text is not relevant to the bug, and has >> numerous suspiciou

Re: [GNC] question from newbie

2021-11-07 Thread Michael Hendry
On 6 Nov 2021, at 21:40, Shevach Pepper wrote: > > Hello there, > 'I'm having trouble on how to record buying groceries on Jan. 1 with a > head check for Feb. 1 > What I understood from the manual that this is not an expense but a > liablity but I don't understand if I should make two

Re: [GNC] Report printing of annual transactions

2021-11-07 Thread Michael Hendry
On 7 Nov 2021, at 17:37, sydnorbill...@bellsouth.net wrote: > > I had posted previously in trying to print a volume of year/y transactions > for a reference compilation in black and white of all entries in account > number order for any given year, I couldn't get the amounts to be included, > and

Re: [GNC] Where would enter revenue that could be paid to shareholders?

2021-12-05 Thread Michael Hendry
On 5 Dec 2021, at 11:39, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > If a company can potentially pay out X pounds, but has not paid out any at > all, where would that be entered in GnuCash? I assume its a liability, but > should it be entered into liabilities, or perhaps retained earnings? I’m not an account

[GNC] Repeatable segmentation fault

2021-12-19 Thread Michael Hendry
Here is the most recent crash report following a change to the date range of a saved report: Process: Gnucash [13484] Path: /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash Identifier:org.gnucash.Gnucash Version: 4.4-1 (4.4-1) Code Type:

Re: [GNC] Repeatable segmentation fault

2021-12-19 Thread Michael Hendry
split the single deposit from the Club’s bank account into the Charity’s as ten individual transactions, and experiment with various combined deposits into BookA. Michael > On 19 Dec 2021, at 08:06, Michael Hendry wrote: > > Here is the most recent crash report following a change to the d

Re: [GNC] Managing multiple vehicles

2022-02-09 Thread Michael Hendry
I do the bookkeeping for my Rotary Club, and have to keep track of individual donations from members in order to claim Gift Aid on these donations. I’m constrained in that I need to keep the donors’ names confidential in reports to the club but need to identify the donors for the claim to HMRC.

Re: [GNC] change default behavior of ctrl-PgDn

2022-03-25 Thread Michael Hendry
On 25 Mar 2022, at 01:45, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > I don't think the date itself is relevant. What you want is to get to a new > blank transaction, correct? > > I have the same problem using 4.9 on MacOS BigSur. I'm not sure when this > started. As far as I know, there is no preference.

Re: [GNC] change default behavior of ctrl-PgDn

2022-03-25 Thread Michael Hendry
As an alternative way to enter several transactions earlier than the current date and leave the cursor at the bottom, you could try filtering the current view of an account in the register so that only the most recent transactions are visible. That way, when you complete the historic transaction

Re: [GNC] How to manage multiple accounts (as in separate gnucash databases)?

2022-04-28 Thread Michael Hendry
In the process of examining a bug in the MRU a couple of years ago, I asked about adjusting the maximum number of files in the MRU, and was told (by John Ralls?) how to do this on my iMac - I now have 6. Unfortunately, I can’t trace the correspondence now, and no doubt the configuration of “max

Re: [GNC] How to manage multiple accounts (as in separate gnucash databases)?

2022-04-28 Thread Michael Hendry
On 28 Apr 2022, at 11:00, David H wrote: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/search/?idxinfo=gnucash-user > Thanks, David, Here’s a link into the thread I was looking for: https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2021-January/094869.html Michael _

Re: [GNC] Disappearing entries

2020-06-18 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 18 Jun 2020, at 17:22, Derek Atkins wrote: > > Hi, > > On Thu, June 18, 2020 11:48 am, Carl wrote: > >>Here's the command that's used- gnucash %f > > Hmm.. This could be part of the issue. %f probably means "filename". So > if you click a file it'll open that one directly and no

[GNC] Keep the Reconciliation Feature (was Re: Gnucash 4.0 Paper Clip and Link glyphs for file/web transaction associations)

2020-07-03 Thread Michael Hendry
e nominal sums for the service it is a matter of common courtesy to minimise (if not abolish altogether) any queries. One particular example from last year was an unpresented cheque which had been sent to another charity for a joint project and recorded through our

Re: [GNC] Reconcile also opens Interest Payment box?

2020-07-12 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 12 Jul 2020, at 17:38, John Ralls wrote: > > Frank and I have both opined on > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797854 that the whole interest > payment as part of reconciling is stupid. I want to add to that opinion that > so is the payment transfer that optionally pops up when o

[GNC] Version 4.1 - Check & Repair problem and segfault on close GnuCash

2020-08-06 Thread Michael Hendry
I’ve just installed version 4.1, and opened each of my .gnucash files in turn, in case there was some need for file modifications in the transition from 3.9 to 4.1. I noticed that the Save button became active on all of them, except for one which had only the Accounts tab open. I then opened o

Re: [GNC] Version 4.1 - Check & Repair problem and segfault on close GnuCash

2020-08-06 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 7 Aug 2020, at 05:05, John Ralls wrote: > > To be sure I understand, it crashed after you told GnuCash to quit. How did > you do that? Quit or Force Quit from the Dock or command-q or Gnucash>Quit in > GnuCash? > > The stack trace indicates that a pointer got corrupted, but I don't see >

[GNC] Recently Opened list not updated until Gnucash restarted

2020-08-07 Thread Michael Hendry
Following a problem I encountered after installing version 4.1, I made copies of the last-known-good .gnucash files (four in total) in a ./TEST subdirectory, and opened them using File->Open. I expected the Recently Opened list to reflect this, but found that one particular file wasn’t appearin

Re: [GNC] Version 4.1 - Check & Repair problem and segfault on close GnuCash

2020-08-07 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 7 Aug 2020, at 20:10, John Ralls wrote: > > Michael, > > Yes, please do file a bug report. > > Regards, > John Ralls Thanks, have done so. Michael ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or

Re: [GNC] Recently Opened list not updated until Gnucash restarted

2020-08-07 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 7 Aug 2020, at 20:13, John Ralls wrote: > > Michael, > > That seems to be new (mis)behavior in 4.1. I noticed the same thing yesterday > as I went through my monthly reconciles: The MRU list in the file menu didn't > update at all until I quit and restarted GnuCash. > > Regards, > John R

Re: [GNC] Version 4.1 - Check & Repair problem and segfault on close GnuCash

2020-08-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 9 Aug 2020, at 21:31, Frank H. Ellenberger > wrote: > > Hello Michael, > > Am 07.08.20 um 23:08 schrieb Michael Hendry: >> Thanks, have done so. >> >> Michael > > it helps other readers, if you add the link to the bug entry. > You can also a

Re: [GNC] Version 4.1 - Check & Repair problem and segfault on close GnuCash

2020-08-09 Thread Michael Hendry
>> > > Thanks, Frank. > > Here is the link to my bug report: > > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797900 > > It’s not immediately obviously how to get a link to the thread on the mailing > list, but I’ll work it out… > > I see that you’ve already put a link to 797901 in the thread I

[GNC] Bug 797918 - Crash caused by starting GC with most recently opened file and immediately opening another

2020-08-21 Thread Michael Hendry
"Having a quick enquiry to make from an account that wasn't the most recently opened, I started GC and (after checking the the Save button was greyed out) I opened a different one via File->Open. I hadn't been able to reproduce the crash until this morning, when I tried saving the first account

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

2020-08-26 Thread Michael Hendry
On 26 Aug 2020, at 11:21, Chris Green wrote: > > I have just taken over as treasurer of a (very) small church Parochial > Church Council. The existing accounts are all wholly manual and I > want to move to some level of computerisation. > > I am a long time Linux user and was, before I retired,

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

2020-08-29 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 29 Aug 2020, at 10:39, Chris Green wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 12:16:43PM +0100, Michael Hendry wrote: >> On 26 Aug 2020, at 11:21, Chris Green wrote: >>> >>> I have just taken over as treasurer of a (very) small church Parochial >>> Chur

Re: [GNC] Is there an 'easy' way to have a transaction with 'sub-transactions' as it were?

2020-09-08 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 8 Sep 2020, at 16:42, Chris Green wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 01:15:00AM +1000, John Angelico wrote: >> Chris, I would also recommend asking why the amounts are separated, because >> there may be a reason for reporting the income lines separately. Then if >> the reason no longer appli

Re: [GNC] Be careful with `petty cash'

2020-09-09 Thread Michael Hendry
ugh, someone has to nip out for supplies part of the way through an event, and it’s convenient to be able to deal with that in cash on the day. This probably won’t be an issue for Chris Green, who would be better served by an Undeposited Funds asset account. Regards, Michael Hendry _

Re: [GNC] Be careful with `petty cash'

2020-09-10 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 10 Sep 2020, at 09:52, Chris Green wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 05:42:05PM +0100, Michael Hendry wrote: >> >> This probably won’t be an issue for Chris Green, who would be better served >> by an Undeposited Funds asset account. >> > Yes, I t

Re: [GNC] Be careful with `petty cash'

2020-09-10 Thread Michael Hendry
he bank tears of the clip then stamps and returns the counterfoil as a receipt. For paying-in slip read Bank Giro Credit slip - or deposit slip as you describe it. Michael > > On 9/10/20 4:34 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: >>> On 10 Sep 2020, at 09:52, Chris Green wrote: >&

Re: [GNC] Is there an 'easy' way to have a transaction with 'sub-transactions' as it were?

2020-09-13 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 13 Sep 2020, at 08:54, Doug wrote: > > Chris, > I am no Gnucash or accounting x-pert, but how I perform a similar task is to > just do a total import, to ´Unspecified´. > Then I duplicate another transaction with similar splits, to the same date > (so in you case, the previous weeks transa

[GNC] Viewing Hidden Accounts

2020-09-25 Thread Michael Hendry
My bank recently cancelled my Visa Credit Card and replaced it with a Mastercard, which prompted me to hide the redundant Liabilities:Visa account. Realising that I might want to examine that account in future, and noticing the pop-up help that advised me to use “Filter By” to bring it back into

Re: [GNC] Checking account withdrawals for cash boxes

2020-09-29 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 29 Sep 2020, at 21:16, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: > > Good day to all. > > I have a question that may require me contacting an accountant but this is my > first pass. > > First I am the Treasurer for a small US 501c3. Never been an accountant nor > played one on TV. ;-) > > We have an

Re: [GNC] 8.1.1. Find Transaction

2020-10-03 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 3 Oct 2020, at 11:46, Chris Green wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 08:28:43PM +1000, Liz Dodd wrote: >> On Fri, 02 Oct 2020 23:02:05 -0400 >> Derek Atkins wrote: >> >>> You must be in your 60s or 70s (or older) if you think you were >>> around before the term regex was created. >> >> Ok

Re: [GNC] Managing UK Gift-Aid

2020-10-29 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 29 Oct 2020, at 11:37, Chris Green wrote: > >> > It's not that easy! > > For us it's mostly collections in church that are affected (at least > they're the ones that I'm dealing with), each member of the > congregation who wants ( and can) get their donation gift aided `puts > their coll

Re: [GNC] Managing UK Gift-Aid

2020-10-31 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 29 Oct 2020, at 14:29, Edward Bainton wrote: > > I'm also a charity treasurer in the UK (tho I think officially I'm called the > secretary...). I'm on this list because I'd love to be able to use GC for the > charity finances, but the Gift Aid thing is a significant hurdle to clear. > >

Re: [GNC] Possible Jump Enhancement

2020-12-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 8 Dec 2020, at 23:26, David Carlson wrote: > > I have not looked at customization, I wanted to stay with pre-defined > shortcuts and wondering why they disappeared in recent GnuCash releases. I > now see that they just got harder to find. Having first cut my teeth in > CPM, then dos, I ha

Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 4.4 Released

2020-12-29 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 29 Dec 2020, at 09:27, Alan A Holmes wrote: > > Problems with the links for downloading the Windows version. The GitHub link > is incorrect, and the Sourceforge link is still making 4.3 available for > download. > > The GitHub link should be :- > > https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucas

Re: [GNC] Can't get GNUCASH to work on OSX

2020-12-29 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 29 Dec 2020, at 12:08, Ralph Musto via gnucash-user > wrote: > > HI all, > I have been trying to install GNUCASH on OSX 10.14.6 but with no success. New > set-up, fresh install. > > After download and moving the app to Applications. When I run it the Icon > bounces in the dock for a seco

Re: [GNC] Can't get GNUCASH to work on OSX

2020-12-29 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 29 Dec 2020, at 20:58, David H wrote: > > Ralph, > > Go to system prefs under Security and Policy and see if there's a prompt to > allow Gnucash to run - working from memory here so I think that's where it > used to show up for me. > > Michael, > > Check your system prefs under Securit

Re: [GNC] Changing end date on a saved report config option

2021-01-14 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 14 Jan 2021, at 15:45, Mahon Finbar wrote: > > Sorry for the bother, the usual end of year issue > > I have an income report in the saved report configuration with an end date of > 1.09.2020. > > I need to change the end date to 31.12.2020. > > I thought I only needed to change the o

Re: [GNC] Recent list in file menu

2021-01-16 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 15 Jan 2021, at 03:30, David Carlson wrote: > > Maybe I searched for the wrong term. I would never have guessed to search > for plist or mru, for example. I’ve found the relevant file here: ~/Library/Preferences/org.gnucash.Gnucash.plist but I can’t locate the Key that defines the maximu

Re: [GNC] Recent list in file menu

2021-01-17 Thread Michael Hendry
:53:30.036 defaults[27141:944194] Unexpected argument 6; leaving defaults unchanged. Michael > On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 12:51 PM Stephen M. Butler < > stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 1/16/21 9:15 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: >>>> On 15 Jan 2021, at 03:30, D

Re: [GNC] Recent list in file menu

2021-01-17 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 17 Jan 2021, at 16:07, Chris Graves wrote: > > defaults write -app Gnucash "/org/gnucash/history/maxfiles” 6 Well spotted! I think I tried every other possible combination I could find in the man page for “defaults”. Thanks, Michael ___ gnuca

Re: [GNC] Recent list in file menu

2021-01-17 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 17 Jan 2021, at 18:03, Michael Hendry wrote: > >> On 17 Jan 2021, at 16:07, Chris Graves wrote: >> >> defaults write -app Gnucash "/org/gnucash/history/maxfiles” 6 > > Well spotted! > > I think I tried every other possible combination I co

Re: [GNC] Recent list in file menu

2021-01-18 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 17 Jan 2021, at 20:11, David H wrote: > > You can easily check the mru details by doing the following... > > defaults read -app Gnucash > > or > > defaults read -app Gnucash | grep history > > Cheers David H Yes, I discovered how to read and write the relevant plist using “defaults”, v

Re: [GNC] Recent list in file menu

2021-01-18 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 18 Jan 2021, at 16:32, Chris Graves wrote: > > If you open the plist file with Xcode or bbedit or ... you may see that the > maxfiles key is of type string, instead of integer. It may look like: > /org/gnucash/history/maxfiles > 6 > > Instead of > /org/gnucash/history/ma

[GNC] Filtering reports on contents of Memo field

2021-02-06 Thread Michael Hendry
Our Rotary Club hasn’t been able to meet in the flesh since the beginning of Covid, and we haven’t been able to run any fundraisers. One of our members suggested that each of us might consider donating the cost of the meal (and the associated glass or two of wine|) to the club’s charity account

Re: [GNC] Filtering reports on contents of Memo field

2021-02-08 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 7 Feb 2021, at 18:22, Stephen M. Butler > wrote: > > On 2/7/21 10:10 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> If you are treating members as 'customers' then you may have other options. >> Otherwise, you'd have to go through the equally tedious task of setting up >> sub-accounts for each member, o

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-02-08 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 8 Feb 2021, at 04:56, Andrew Ralph via gnucash-user > wrote: > > Hi team > I am trying to achieve what I think should be a simple process, to complete > yearly accounts for tax purposes for 4 seperate rental properties > All I want to do is be able to save the previous years accounts and

Re: [GNC] Filtering reports on contents of Memo field

2021-02-10 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 8 Feb 2021, at 15:40, Michael Hendry wrote: > >> On 7 Feb 2021, at 18:22, Stephen M. Butler >> wrote: >> >> On 2/7/21 10:10 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>> If you are treating members as 'customers' then you may have other options. &g

Re: [GNC] Filtering reports on contents of Memo field

2021-02-10 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 10 Feb 2021, at 18:47, Stephen M. Butler > wrote: > > On 2/10/21 12:38 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: >>> On 8 Feb 2021, at 15:40, Michael Hendry wrote: >>> >>>> On 7 Feb 2021, at 18:22, Stephen M. Butler >>>> wrote: >>>>

Re: [GNC] Filtering reports on contents of Memo field

2021-02-11 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 11 Feb 2021, at 00:36, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > Transaction Report, not Account Report. > > Regards, > Adrien Thanks, Adrian. D’oh! I don’t know why I’ve never used the Transaction Report before, it provides all the sorting and totalling I need (by intended destination for report

Re: [GNC] Lost Files update

2021-02-20 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 20 Feb 2021, at 16:10, Mahon Finbar wrote: > > Hello again, > > No reaction to my previous post. > > The list of files under gnucash are all dated 5 Feb 2018 should there be > something more recent? > > TIA for any reply Adrien responded yesterday at 19:33 (GMT), looking for more in

Re: [GNC] Scheduled transaction frequency?

2021-03-16 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 16 Mar 2021, at 17:13, Derek Atkins wrote: > > I don't think you can do that with the current implementation. > > -derek > As a workaround, could you simply set up a monthly transaction for the last day of the month, or for the 3rd day of the month? If it’s an expense you would use the

Re: [GNC] Items not appearing in P&L report

2021-03-30 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 30 Mar 2021, at 10:07, Mahon Finbar wrote: > > Hi, > > I get reimbursed a certain amount of electricity costs each month, as a > separate transaction in to my bank a/c. I enter them as income:reimbursement > in the gnucash transaction. > > However, nothing appears in my P&L report under

Re: [GNC] Entering A Scheduled Transaction Early

2021-04-04 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 4 Apr 2021, at 15:30, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user > wrote: > > That's not what I was trying to do. Is this scheduled transaction (Sx) the first of a series (A), or is it part of an existing series which is to be paid earlier than normal? (B) If (A): create the Sx with the early start

[GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-07 Thread Michael Hendry
I’m shortly to undergo surgery, and although I expect to be home in three or four days, it’ll be several weeks before I’m fully up and running again. As a retired doctor, I’m well aware that bad stuff can happen during or after surgery. As well as managing my personal accounts, I’m treasurer of

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-08 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 8 Apr 2021, at 10:36, Christopher Lam wrote: > > Michael > First, good luck and hope all goes well. > Second, you can 'describe' a custom report by the following process. This > uses the gnucash-cli tool. > > $gnucash-cli -R list > > This will list all built-in and saved reports, the latt

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-08 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 8 Apr 2021, at 21:28, David Cousens wrote: > > Michael, > > The location of the saved reports files is OS dependent. Full infor on the > location sis given at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations > although it takes a bit of sorting through but I think the saved reports >

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 9 Apr 2021, at 08:15, Geert Janssens wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > That should work. > > There is one pitfall with the way saved report configurations are handled in > gnucash, but that is in general and not specific to your situation: saved > rerport configurations are shared by all yo

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 9 Apr 2021, at 09:57, David Cousens wrote: > > Michael > I have to confess I don't know if you can edit the saved-reports-2.8 file. > As it is a text file, it should be OK. I would keep a copy of the original > just in case. It may be worth taking a good look at the first and last > entries

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> > Hi Michael, > > Yes, the base template id's shouldn't change in future gnucash versions. Once > a report template gets an id (assigned by the developer that creates this > report template) it will be fixed. This is not dependent on your installation > or your accounting data. The only thi

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 9 Apr 2021, at 13:34, D. wrote: > > I'll jump in just to say that it is perfectly fine to copy and paste saved > report configurations into and out of saved-reports-2.8. For a while, I had a > strange problem where my reports file kept being truncated, and I had to copy > in my reports nu

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-09 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 9 Apr 2021, at 14:27, Michael or Penny Novack > wrote: > > On 4/9/2021 8:34 AM, D. via gnucash-user wrote: >> I'll jump in just to say > > Computers do not know who owns them. > > That means that what you need to do to transfer to another person's computer > is in no way different from t

Re: [GNC] Hand-over on Succession or Short Term Absence

2021-04-10 Thread Michael Hendry
I think I’ve developed a reasonable hand-over method, thanks to members of the Gnucash Users. I’m sending this partly as a record for me of what I’ve done, and partly in case anyone else has a similar succession problem. Let’s say I have two books - BookA.gnucash and BookB.gnucash. I did the f

Re: [GNC] Trying to download Gnucash data Files

2021-04-11 Thread Michael Hendry
ggest you put any recovered files in Documents/Accounts (Documents\Accounts if you’re a Windows user), make backups!, and then open them with Gnucash in the normal way. Good luck! Michael Hendry PS If you have created Custom Reports and saved them, they’ll be in a file called “saved-report

[GNC] "No suitable backend" message trying to open an alias to a gnucash file

2021-04-26 Thread Michael Hendry
I’m using GC 4.4 on iMac, running OS X Catalina. I want to place a book (say “BookA.gnucash”) in a Dropbox folder so that a deputy can take over in the event of my not being available at short notice. Dropbox now requires original files, not aliases, in the Dropbox directory, so I can’t keep my

Re: [GNC] "No suitable backend" message trying to open an alias to a gnucash file

2021-04-26 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 27 Apr 2021, at 00:57, John Ralls wrote: > > > >> On Apr 26, 2021, at 2:00 PM, Michael Hendry wrote: >> >> I’m using GC 4.4 on iMac, running OS X Catalina. >> >> I want to place a book (say “BookA.gnucash”) in a Dropbox folder so that a >

Re: [GNC] "No suitable backend" message trying to open an alias to a gnucash file

2021-04-28 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 27 Apr 2021, at 19:07, John Ralls wrote: > > > >> On Apr 26, 2021, at 11:41 PM, Michael Hendry >> wrote: >> >>> On 27 Apr 2021, at 00:57, John Ralls wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 26, 2021, at 2:00 PM,

Re: [GNC] "No suitable backend" message trying to open an alias to a gnucash file

2021-04-28 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 27 Apr 2021, at 22:12, Michael Hendry wrote: > >> On 27 Apr 2021, at 19:07, John Ralls wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Apr 26, 2021, at 11:41 PM, Michael Hendry >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 27 Apr 2021, at 00:57, John Ralls wrote

[GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-24 Thread Michael Hendry
I’ve been promoting GnuCash to incoming Rotary Club Treasurers, and I’ve just been informed that www.gnucash.org is being flagged up as dangerous because its site certificate expired recently. I can get through by overriding the warnings, but I don’t think I should be advising others to do so.

[GNC] Lost Keyboard Accelerator feature

2023-05-04 Thread Michael Hendry
On Tuesday (2nd May) I upgraded to version 5.1.1 on my iMac (Ventura 13.3.1), and have lost the use of Cmd-1, Cmd-2 and Cmd-3 as keyboard accelerators to change between Basic Ledger, Autosplit Ledger and Transaction Journal views. Cmd-j switches between accounts, as before. The accelerator-map

Re: [GNC] Lost Keyboard Accelerator feature

2023-05-04 Thread Michael Hendry
combination is commented out in the accelerator map file. I’ll have a look at the release notes. Regards, Michael > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 5/4/23 9:12 AM, Michael Hendry wrote: >> On Tuesday (2nd May) I upgraded to version 5.1.1 on my iMac (Ventura >> 13.3.

Re: [GNC] Lost Keyboard Accelerator feature

2023-05-05 Thread Michael Hendry
On 5 May 2023, at 03:10, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: > > added note this was installed as per 4.9 release notes. > > --- > Change the handling of accelerator maps. Gtk no

Re: [GNC] Lost Keyboard Accelerator feature

2023-05-05 Thread Michael Hendry
Thanks all, I eventually found this line in the accelerator-map file ; (gtk_accel_path "/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/JumpLinkedInvoiceAction" “”) and edited it so that it now reads (gtk_accel_path "/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/JumpTransactionAction" "j”) If I remember correctly, the accele

[GNC] Dealing with discounts when not using Business Features

2023-05-31 Thread Michael Hendry
More of a bookkeeping query than a GnuCash problem, but here goes… I am a trustee of a local jazz education charity, the main event being a jazz summer school with residential and non-residential options. We offer discounts of 5% for two or more family members attending, 10% for group bookings,

Re: [GNC] Dealing with discounts when not using Business Features

2023-05-31 Thread Michael Hendry
On 31 May 2023, at 20:46, Vincent Dawans wrote: > > Personally I would create your Discounts and Bursary accounts as income > accounts, possibly even as subaccounts of your main income account for that > product/service. Yes they will only have rebates (debits) in them, but they > are not an

Re: [GNC] Dealing with discounts when not using Business Features

2023-06-01 Thread Michael Hendry
On 1 Jun 2023, at 02:50, Murugan Muruganandam wrote: > > michael > > for Bursary accounting purposes you can use the liability option > > Bursary account funding from the donor > Cr Liability: Bursary:Donor 1 : $1000 > Dr Assets: Bank : $ 1000 > Payment to student invoice > Dr Assets: Bank :

Re: [GNC] Dealing with discounts when not using Business Features

2023-06-01 Thread Michael Hendry
Thanks, Michael. IIRC, we exchanged some posts on the list some years ago, when I created Liability accounts for donations that were earmarked by the donors for particular purposes and later had to backtrack, following the advice of the accountant who examines our books. Indeed, I think you may

Re: [GNC] How to record 'balancing' trnsactions?

2023-07-13 Thread Michael Hendry
On 13 Jul 2023, at 08:01, Chris Green wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 02:51:39PM -0700, Vincent Dawans wrote: >> Leaving aside the why you need 2 sets of books, I'll just focus on the how. >> >> First you need to decide if the money in and money out really needs to be >> classified as income

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-15 Thread Michael Hendry
On 14 Jul 2023, at 13:24, Chris Green wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 01:06:36PM +0100, Maf. King wrote: >> On Friday, 14 July 2023 12:34:28 BST Fross, Michael wrote: >>> I run multiple instances at the same time, but you have to open different >>> data files. I’d keep them in different dire

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-16 Thread Michael Hendry
On 15 Jul 2023, at 11:28, Chris Green wrote: > >> > I occasionally run two copies of GnuCash and there don't appear to be > any significant issues when I do this. It's quite a rare occurrence > though as, with small (one year only) database files a GnuCash > instance starts very quickly so I j

Re: [GNC] How to record payments for several items paid with a single transaction?

2023-07-21 Thread Michael Hendry
Hello again Chris. Comments inserted below: On 21 Jul 2023, at 09:09, Chris Green wrote: > > I quite often seem to have cases where several 'items' (see below for > the type of thing I mean) are paid for with a single payment to/from a > bank account. What is a good way to record this sort of

Re: [GNC] How to record payments for several items paid with a single transaction?

2023-07-22 Thread Michael Hendry
On 22 Jul 2023, at 17:58, c...@isbd.net wrote: >> > But what if one has cash from two collections to go to the same account. > I.e. a collection on 22nd July and a collection on 29th July both > paid in at the same time? > Record the collections individually as Assets:Current Assets:Cash recei

Re: [GNC] How to record payments for several items paid with a single transaction?

2023-07-23 Thread Michael Hendry
On 23 Jul 2023, at 10:03, Chris Green wrote: > >> > Petty Cash is also used in the UK for this. …but is primarily a mechanism used for staff to make small purchases of office sundries where setting up an account with the vendor is unnecessary and it’s not appropriate for the member of staff

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