Re: [GNC] Saving entries and storing it on desktop

2019-01-23 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Using a Mac? You need to install the application (by copying it) to the /Applications folder on your system. Then launch it from /Applications, right-click the icon in the Dock and choose Options > Keep In Dock. After you’ve saved your file. The next time you open it (from the dock) it will

[GNC] Saving entries and storing it on desktop

2019-01-23 Thread Mazama Professional Services via gnucash-user
Please help. I have a new computer and need to put Gnucash on it and save it, so that I can use it throughout the year. I can download it, and I can set up an account for my small business, but when I go to save and close my entries, I don’t know what to do. I entered a bunch of things earlier

Re: [GNC] Fwd: [gnucash-de] Reversed banlanced accounts setting does not work in reports

2019-01-23 Thread Raimund Strehl
Thank you David, Now I found the change of subject in the thread. And there is a link to the code there as well. I agree with the thread poster that one should display the reversed subtotal amount honoring the setting and calculate the rand total with a negative sign. I am not a coder, but I

[GNC] Mortgage & Loan Repayment Crashes GnuCash

2019-01-23 Thread Don Billings
I am new to GnuCash and converting from Quicken. So far, I like the program. I am trying to set up a mortgage repayment for an old mortgage in order for GnuCash to calculate the interest each month. I enter the information on the two page (first entry page) with the original mortgage

Re: [GNC] Import QIF error (from Android to Windows)

2019-01-23 Thread michalbike
QIF file is OK in my opinion, because is opening by 2.6.21 but not by 3.0 or newer. I don't know how could I do other options :/ -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Fwd: [gnucash-de] Reversed banlanced accounts setting does not work in reports

2019-01-23 Thread Raimund Strehl
Thank you. But this thread does not handle the fact that the “reverse balanced accounts” setting is ignored in the totals. Unfortunately I am not a programmer, but if someone can point me to where the file for the general ledger report is saved, I can have a look and maybe try to figure out how

Re: [GNC] Fwd: [gnucash-de] Reversed banlanced accounts setting does not work in reports

2019-01-23 Thread Raimund Strehl
Thank you. I haven't seen the thread. Could you maybe forward it. BR Raimund -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: D Skickat: den 23 januari 2019 02:09 Till: Gnucash Users Kopia: Raimund Strehl Ämne: Re: [GNC] Fwd: [gnucash-de] Reversed banlanced accounts setting does not work in reports

Re: [GNC] Almost ready to give up

2019-01-23 Thread Dennis Powless
Personally, I gave up on it a long time ago and either download the ofx, or manually enter the transactions. This can all be done via simple key commands, and surprisingly quick. D Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 23, 2019, at 11:14 PM, Ronal B Morse wrote: > > Michael, I feel your pain. I

Re: [GNC] Fwd: [gnucash-de] Reversed banlanced accounts setting does not work in reports

2019-01-23 Thread Christopher Lam
This is now added in the FAQ. (Please note the FAQ is not necessarily the final position; reversal strategy may be improved with suitable solutions) https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_does_the_Transaction_Report_.27Sign_Reversal.27_setting_not_work_on_subtotals On 24/1/19 9:14 am, D

Re: [GNC] Almost ready to give up

2019-01-23 Thread Ronal B Morse
Michael, I feel your pain. I miss Quicken's "one click import" feature, too. I blame Intuit...they kept getting the banks to mess around with the authentication process and data formats, plus their lack of documentation and pointed desire to not help developers of other applications made things

Re: [GNC] custom .chk file crashes GnuCash 3.4

2019-01-23 Thread John Ralls
You are, but GnuCash shouldn’t crash if the .chk file is in the wrong place. Please file a bug. If you can get a stack trace of the crash that will help a lot. Regards, John Ralls > On Jan 23, 2019, at 8:01 AM, Mike stagl wrote: > > Upon further investigation, it appears that having any

Re: [GNC] How to save my file

2019-01-23 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Save the file (default format is XML) anywhere you want. Though I’d recommend *not* on the desktop as the app will generate log files in the same folder as your data file and these may quickly fill up the screen. When Gnucash is running, right-click its Dock icon and choose Options > “Keep in

[GNC] I can't get the budget feature to work.

2019-01-23 Thread Lorrie Laskey
Hi all, I created a 12 -period 2019 budget and entered child-level expenses and income. The expenses have a total in the spreadsheet but are not showing up at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Expenses still display as "0". What am I missing? ___

[GNC] How to save my file

2019-01-23 Thread mlaper
I’m not a techy. I cannot figure out how to save my workbook/record I’m on 3.4 on a Mac. I’ve used previous version without a problem. I close out; it asks me if I want to save; I say yes, it closes and the gnucash icon is on my dock for the next entries In this version, on this computer, it

[GNC] Almost ready to give up

2019-01-23 Thread Michael Mantei
I really want to get away from Quicken.  I've been trying gnucash for a little over 2 months now, but I can't get the bank transfers to work. I'm no closer now than I was 2 months ago. This is where I am at...     0. I'm using gnuCash versioin 3.4 and the bundled aqbanking on a Windows 10 PC  

Re: [GNC] Fwd: [gnucash-de] Reversed banlanced accounts setting does not work in reports

2019-01-23 Thread D via gnucash-user
Sorry. The start of the thread is misleading. Following the thread, you will see that with https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2019-January/082031.html the discussion turns to precisely the issue you're asking about. On January 23, 2019, at 8:27 PM, Raimund Strehl wrote:

Re: [GNC] Cash Account Question

2019-01-23 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 1/23/2019 10:25 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Yep, I’m one of those. I track every expense, entered from *where* I spent the funds. So if the money was the green folding kind (or coin) out of my wallet or pocket, I have an account for that. If I move money to/from my wallet, I track that

Re: [GNC] custom .chk file crashes GnuCash 3.4

2019-01-23 Thread Mike stagl
Upon further investigation, it appears that having any custom check file in the folder ~/.local/share/gnucash/checks will cause this crash, even a working file copied from the GnuCash checks folder (with an altered name and GUID). I instead placed my custom file in my GNC_DATA_HOME folder (for me

Re: [GNC] New Budget Bar Chart Not Displaying

2019-01-23 Thread Adrien Monteleone
This means the date range for the report (default is start & end of current accounting period) does not match the budget. For example, I opened a chart for the 2018 budget and got a blank page. When I changed the date range to start & end of previous year, I got charts for my selected accounts

[GNC] custom .chk file crashes GnuCash 3.4

2019-01-23 Thread Mike stagl
Gnucash 3.4 on Debian 9 I have been using a custom check format (.chk) file I wrote for GnuCash 3.2. It worked fine until I upgraded to 3.4. When I go to File->Print Checks, GnuCash 3.4 crashes before the dialog box even opens. If I delete the custom .chk file and open GnuCash 3.4, it will

Re: [GNC] New Budget Data Date Range

2019-01-23 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Not the options for the Budget report, the options for the Budget. Open your budget. Click the Options icon in the toolbar. You’ll see a setting for Budget Period “beginning on” and make sure it is not for 4 years ago. (not sure why it would be without intentionally setting it.) Regards,

Re: [GNC] Cash Account Question

2019-01-23 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Yep, I’m one of those. I track every expense, entered from *where* I spent the funds. So if the money was the green folding kind (or coin) out of my wallet or pocket, I have an account for that. If I move money to/from my wallet, I track that too. And I routinely reconcile the amount. (no

Re: [GNC] New Budget Help

2019-01-23 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Lorrie, Sorry I don’t have time at the moment to watch the video to comment more specifically, but I *can* tell you that the ’Transfers’ line is to reflect amounts entered in asset and liability cells. So entering expenses should not affect it. I wouldn’t necessarily budget income to the

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation is not adding up correctly - what to do??

2019-01-23 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Sorry to break this to you after the fact, but GnuCash could have moved all those transactions for you in a second or two. In the future: 1. Create new account 2. Delete old account 3. When GnuCash asks you what to do with all those transactions, tell it the new account to move them to.

[GNC] New Budget Bar Chart Not Displaying

2019-01-23 Thread Lorrie Laskey
Hi all, Any idea why the bar chart is not displaying. The tab that opens is blank. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] New Budget Data Date Range

2019-01-23 Thread Lorrie Laskey
That is what I thought. How do I change the budget date range? I can't find such settings in the options for the budget. On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 5:26 AM David T. wrote: > > Without specifics, I'd guess that your budget is set up for a four year > period. The report time range is (I recall)

[GNC] GNUCash fails to start on Windows 10

2019-01-23 Thread Nadir Moss
Hello, I am a new GC user. I cannot start GNUCash on windows 10, I see the start image and tips of the day box for a second then nothing happens. Tried with 3.4 and 2.6... Tried comparability mode to no avail. Any suggestions will be appreciated! Thanks in advance, Nadir

Re: [GNC] Cash Account Question

2019-01-23 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Lorrie, John's suggestion will work.  Assuming of course that you spent this cash, then you create transactions of some sort that move this cash to some expense account. John's technique will work, although it doesn't provide any information about how you have spent the money.  I try

[GNC] Questions about Future Scheduled Transactions Summary

2019-01-23 Thread gnucash . dgr9z
Hi all, I've never used the Future Scheduled Transactions Summary report before and am not sure if the generated report contents I'm seeing are per design. I have a scheduled transaction that records a monthly phone expense against a bank account. It prompts for a variable. The report has a

Re: [GNC] Problems with Budget

2019-01-23 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On a side note, it turns out I was mistaken about that Mailman functionality. Apparently, if I’m in the recipient list, I get that message (no way for Mailman to prevent that as it is handled independently) but Mailmain simply doesn’t send me its own copy. As a result, and since the sender

Re: [GNC] Problems with Budget

2019-01-23 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Peter, You copied the list which is the important part. While you included me, I only get the list copy. (that used to not happen, I think a mailman bug or setting was fixed) On that note, please *DO NOT* e-mail me only (and not the list) concerning GnuCash questions unless invited to do so.

[GNC] Problems with Budget

2019-01-23 Thread Peter Jackson
Dear Adrien, Please forgive me for sending this direct to you, but I've had no reply from my posting on the 20th, which read: I have just noticed that the budget total figures are no longer correct. Thus for example, in Expenses Budget , the displayed Monthly total at the top of the column for

Re: [GNC] Import QIF error (from Android to Windows)

2019-01-23 Thread cicko
AC wrote > Version 2.3.0 (2018-01-10) > Improved #696: QIF files are now always zipped regardless of the export > destination Which would be fairly easy to diagnose by simply opening the troublesome .qif file, as advised several times in this thread. -- Sent from: