Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 184, Issue 22

[Plutocrat]

gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org wrote on Sunday, 08 July, 2018 12:00 AM:
> Gnucash V3.2 is available in the Software Manager in Linux Mint 18.3
> downloading from the flatpack form from the flathub
> website(https://flathub.org/apps/search/GnuCash).

Interesting. And if its in the flathub website then it can be installed on 
almost any major Linux distribution. 

https://flatpak.org/setup/

I didn't think I'd ever use one of these container things, but its starting to 
make sense here. 

P.
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Re: [GNC] Imbalance-

[John Ralls]

> On Jul 7, 2018, at 4:42 PM, Hmm  wrote:
> 
> I have just installed GnuCash and I am importing Quicken (QFX) files from my
> bank (chequing, savings, credit cards etc.) and I have a separate account
> name for Imbalance. 
> 
> How can I delete this or prevent it from populating in the future whenever I
> download transactions?

Stop skipping the matcher. Import in small batches--one month at a time is a 
good size--to train the matcher. After you’ve imported enough batches the 
matcher should be matching most of your transactions by itself, at which point 
you can make the batch size larger.

Regards,
John Ralls
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Re: [GNC] Alphavantage quote displaying wrong currency and value

[Mark Blakeney]

Chris,

Yes thanks. I actually discovered that myself later on. Obviously it was
picking up some other US stock called WES.

I find this online quote stuff needlessly confusing though. I fretted
trying to work out what to configure as the "Type" for my stocks given none
of the default ones (NASDAQ, EUREX, etc) seemed appropriate to my ASX
stocks. Also, that field is confusingly called "Namespace" when you look in
the securities editor. Then I eventually discovered the Type/Namespace
field serves no purpose whatever and can be configured to whatever you want
to make up! That field should be removed. Also, why is it required to
configure a timezone? The software is only after the latest quote price and
should be able to hide that complexity from the user.

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On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 9:29 AM Chris Good  wrote:

> > Message: 5
> > Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2018 10:59:33 +1000
> > From: Mark Blakeney 
> > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
> > Subject: [GNC] Alphavantage quote displaying wrong currency and value
> > Message-ID:
> >> ail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm new to gnucash and trying to set up online quotes via Alphavantage. I
> am
> > using Arch Linux with stock versions gnucash 3.2-1 and perl-finance-quote
> 1.47-
> > 1. I have my API key configured etc and gnc-fq-dump works correctly as
> seen at
> > https://imgur.com/a/swf5xto.
> >
> > I have the stock configured in gnucash as https://imgur.com/a/mblUFvj.
> My
> > default currency is Australian dollars (AUD) everywhere.
> >
> > However the online quote is displayed with the wrong currency (US) and
> value as
> > seen at https://imgur.com/a/gnS8Aau.
> >
> > Does anybody know why?
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> You need to add suffix ".AX" to the "Symbol" in the Security Editor.
> E.g. CBA.AX
> This tells Finance::Quote to use the price from the ASX using currency AUD.
>
> Regards, Chris Good
>
>
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Re: [GNC] 529 Help New

[David Carlson]

Khristine Ann,

Gnucash is able to track the value of nearly any arbitrary stock or mutual
fund portfolio, including downloading prices from the Internet as often as
you care to do that, up to once a day.  That detail is probably more than
you need.  There is a very detailed section in the Tutorial about how
GnuCash can do that.

I suggest doing one of two things.
Easy.  Just set up a simple long term asset bank type account and every
three months declare some income or expense equal to the change shown on
your quarterly statement.  You can still show contributions and eventually
disbursements.

Harder.  Go to your library or community college and find an adult ed
course for beginning investors.  Use that knowledge to set up GnuCash to
your preference.

David C

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 4:43 PM, Khristine Ann Ramella 
wrote:

> Super clueless new Gnu User seeks someone to help explain 529. I asked for
> help before and was directed to various places which gave a little insight,
> but not as much as I need.
>
> Here is what I have done:Created a Mutual Fund for 529 A and
> one for 529 B—I believe I have done this right but it is open to debate
> since I don’t understand a lot of the specifics required to open the
> accounts (security/commodity?) Yikes!
>   Created a cash
> account to transfer the money out of my checking. Then I went in to the
> mutual fund and made the purchase out of the cash. That seemed to go well.
> The info on my 529 web site/statement and the ledger of my 529 seem to add
> up/match in terms of shares, price paid-HOWEVER the totals don’t add up. My
> gnu total  shows for example 4503 , while my account online total shows 4392
> Also, on my main gnu page instead of showing the total in each account, it
> shows the shares and the account number and then the total is shown
> (incorrectly as mentioned before) under mutual fund in general.
>
>
> I have scoured the internet for videos, articles related to this and no
> luck. I really don’t understand, but would like to if someone can explain
> in simple terms. Open to email lessons or anything
>
> Many thanks
>
>
> Sent from Mail for
> Windows 10
>
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[GNC] Imbalance-

[Hmm]

I have just installed GnuCash and I am importing Quicken (QFX) files from my
bank (chequing, savings, credit cards etc.) and I have a separate account
name for Imbalance. 

How can I delete this or prevent it from populating in the future whenever I
download transactions?

Thanks



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Re: [GNC] Alphavantage quote displaying wrong currency and value

[Chris Good]

> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2018 10:59:33 +1000
> From: Mark Blakeney 
> To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
> Subject: [GNC] Alphavantage quote displaying wrong currency and value
> Message-ID:
>ail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to gnucash and trying to set up online quotes via Alphavantage. I
am
> using Arch Linux with stock versions gnucash 3.2-1 and perl-finance-quote
1.47-
> 1. I have my API key configured etc and gnc-fq-dump works correctly as
seen at
> https://imgur.com/a/swf5xto.
> 
> I have the stock configured in gnucash as https://imgur.com/a/mblUFvj. My
> default currency is Australian dollars (AUD) everywhere.
> 
> However the online quote is displayed with the wrong currency (US) and
value as
> seen at https://imgur.com/a/gnS8Aau.
> 
> Does anybody know why?

Hi Mark,

You need to add suffix ".AX" to the "Symbol" in the Security Editor.
E.g. CBA.AX
This tells Finance::Quote to use the price from the ASX using currency AUD.

Regards, Chris Good

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[GNC] Saving in GnuCash painfully slow: what can I do?

[Hmm]

What can I do to speed things up? I am using GnuCash on a Windows 7 system.

Thank you



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[GNC] 529 Help New

[Khristine Ann Ramella]

Super clueless new Gnu User seeks someone to help explain 529. I asked for help 
before and was directed to various places which gave a little insight, but not 
as much as I need.

Here is what I have done:Created a Mutual Fund for 529 A and one 
for 529 B—I believe I have done this right but it is open to debate since I 
don’t understand a lot of the specifics required to open the accounts 
(security/commodity?) Yikes!
  Created a cash 
account to transfer the money out of my checking. Then I went in to the mutual 
fund and made the purchase out of the cash. That seemed to go well.
The info on my 529 web site/statement and the ledger of my 529 seem to add 
up/match in terms of shares, price paid-HOWEVER the totals don’t add up. My gnu 
total  shows for example 4503 , while my account online total shows 4392
Also, on my main gnu page instead of showing the total in each account, it 
shows the shares and the account number and then the total is shown 
(incorrectly as mentioned before) under mutual fund in general.


I have scoured the internet for videos, articles related to this and no luck. I 
really don’t understand, but would like to if someone can explain in simple 
terms. Open to email lessons or anything

Many thanks


Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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Re: [GNC] Flatpack GnuCash v3.2 available in Linux Mint and flathub website

[Les]

Thanks for posting the Flatpack information.  I have a test machine 
running Linux Mint 19 on an older Dell laptop.  I went to the Flatpack 
site and installed GC 3.2.  The install went without a hitch.  I 
transferred my latest GC file on my production machine running GC 2.6.21 
and Linux Mint 18.2, to that machine and opened the file.  Everything 
looked great except:


there are no totals for Assets, Current Assets, Investments and several 
other accounts.  Also there was a $4.70 difference in Profits.  I 
haven't taken the time to track that down as yet.


I really like the ease of installation that Flatpack provides.

Thanks,

Les


On 07/05/2018 07:39 PM, DaveC49 wrote:

Gnucash V3.2 is available in the Software Manager in Linux Mint 18.3
downloading from the flatpack form from the flathub
website(https://flathub.org/apps/search/GnuCash).

Installs OK and indistinguisable from my own build on my system. Can be
downloaded from the flathub site directly if you're not on Linux Mint.

The flatpack runs as  /usr/bin/flatpack --b. Not sure how that handles other
flatpack software? This is my first flatpack installation. whereis gnucash
does not return anything so the flatpack obviously hides the installation.

The flathub version may be a good option for Linux users not interestedin
building from scratch but wanting the latest stable version. It seems to
distribute up to date Linux packages independent of the distribution
packagers, which some recent posters have been seeking.

David Cousens



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Re: [GNC] Building v3 - Wiki entry for Ubuntu

[Colin Law]

Hi David

I have changed the text on usr/local. I haven't changed the title as it was
not immediately clear to me how to do that.  It probably doesn't matter
anyway.

Cheers

Colin

On 5 July 2018 at 11:12, DaveC49  wrote:

> Hi Colin,
>
> I'm responsible for m,ost of the update  on the build Ubuntu. No problem
> for
> me with a more generic page name at all. I had stuck with the names that
> were there as I updated it with the more recent build instructions. I have
> tried to generalise the page and make it a bit more user oriented and less
> specifically developer oriented than it was originally.
>
> I have always wondered about the /usr/local/ as I also personally have a
> lot
> of home built software which installs there by default and the Ubuntu File
> System Heirarchy lists the two most common install points other than the
> users home directory as:
>
> /opt :- This directory is reserved for all the software and add-on packages
> that are not part of the default installation
>
> /usr/local :- The /usr/local hierarchy is for use by the system
> administrator when installing software locally. It needs to be safe from
> being overwritten when the system software is updated.
>
> Please feel free to modfy the text as you feel fit. I did not find the FHS
> exactly illuminating.
>
> The Linux Mint and I presume Ubuntu distribution versions of GnuCash
> install
> into /usr/local. I have always installed there and as long as I don't
> install over it from the software manager, it has never been a problem for
> me. I modified that from an earlier version which primarily recommended
> installing into $HOME/.local as the preferred option. I do use that if I
> have built a version from the  github master or maint for testing so it was
> possibly more developer oriented. T times I have had 3 versions of GnuCash
> up and running
>
> David
> Cousens
>
>
>
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