Re: [GNC] GnuCash 2.6.12 aborts (core dump) on Ubuntu 16 "hash table assertion failed"

2019-09-15 Thread John Ralls
Gordon, GnuCash files are completely portable between operating systems. See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup for the details of which files need to be copied. The code to upgrade the saved reports and similar stuff kicks is driven by the location of the files, so copy your 2.6 config

Re: [GNC] v.3.7 font size

2019-09-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The answer is found from the FAQ, though it doesn’t jump out at you. Section "3.3 Customizing the Appearance" will refer you to the GTK3 page: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GTK3 On that page, section "5 Typefaces" is what you are looking for. The more direct answer is: create a file called

[GNC] v.3.7 font size

2019-09-15 Thread kblaine
Just updated to 3.7 from 3.6. But the font size of 3.7's Checking register is smaller than 3.6 and very hard for me to read. I've spent 3 hours over 2 days examining File/Properties, Edit/Preferences, Edit/Style Sheets and the Help file. I tried every possible choice. Some of which had dialogs to

Re: [GNC] Credit Card Format Good?

2019-09-15 Thread Adrien Monteleone
In addition to the info David & Peter offered, I see an issue with the ‘Bills:Credit Card Charge’ account. That shouldn’t be there. Bills that you owe *are* your liabilities. Normally, recurring bills like utilities, phone, tv, and rent would fall under ‘Accounts Payable’ which is a Liability

Re: [GNC] Credit Card Format Good?

2019-09-15 Thread Peter West
Hi, I can’t be of much help, because my accounts setup is different from yours, but if you run Reports > Assets & Liabilities > Balance Sheet, the Balance Sheet will show total assets, total liabilities and total equity. It also shows the sum of Total Liabilities and Total Equity. The sheet is

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 2.6.12 aborts (core dump) on Ubuntu 16 "hash table assertion failed"

2019-09-15 Thread GWB
Hello, John, I'm up and running on Windows 7 in a VirtualBox host, which should work because that's the same machine which runs the tax and compliance software (CCH). I'm turning compression off for now, and saving it as an xml file without the gzip. I'll try to transfer over my reports from

Re: [GNC] Credit Card Format Good?

2019-09-15 Thread David Cousens
To treat a credit card properly you will need to setup accounts .GnuCash has basic account types (Assets, Liabilities, Equity and Income and Expenses and the top level accounts in your Chart of accounts will normally have these names. Your credit card account is a liability and will appear as a

[GNC] Credit Card Format Good?

2019-09-15 Thread ornd25
I've just recently started with GnuCash and decided to treat credit cards as liabilities rather than expenses as I did previously. To that end I've migrated my accounts, but since I don't know how the result should appear I'd like to ask if I have it done properly. Right now I've set it up

Re: [GNC] AQbanking setup crash

2019-09-15 Thread aegross
Thanks John. Upgraded to v3.7.1 and aqbanking is running without crashing, although the one account I wanted to use not just yet working perfectly. Log file says... The server successfully processed the request. Status for transaction statement request: Account not found (Code 2003, severity

[GNC] pixel chromebook re-visited

2019-09-15 Thread randix
Chromebook pixel, re-visited. a year or more ago, i got a pixel chromebook, and with the help of the great folks here, got 3.2 installed on linux on the chromebook. didn't work 100%, but thrilled that i could access my accounts. 3.6 came out, and i managed to install that, although my ability to

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread David Cousens
Daniel The updated documentation on import matching is available https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k0vy82he9g46wdc/AADfnttumgC71eZfJWGHfRuDa?dl=0 here. If you point your browser at the file help.html it will open an updated version of the help manual. The chapter on Transactions has the importer

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread David Cousens
Daniel, Have you read the first few chapters of the guide which will help with understanding how GnuCash works. The section headed "The Basics" (https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/index.html)> is an introduction to the conceptual basis. Unllike many programs GnuCash's operation is

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Daniel Wieberdink
Thanks Derek. Very helpful. On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 12:23 PM Derek Atkins wrote: > Use File - > Export Accounts. > It will create a new data file with just your account tree without any > transactions. > Then File - > Open the new file. > > The issue you are seeing is that when you delete the

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 9/15/19 2:19 PM, Daniel Wieberdink wrote: > Thanks Mike. It's just that the expense of the Aplos subscription is a > significant burden for our small church at the moment. > I'm also not a fan of the cloud-centric approach. I much prefer having > everything contained in one local file as

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Daniel Wieberdink
Thanks David. Can I ask which alternative church-centric accounting packages you found? I might be OK with different features if it saved us a significant amount of money. Thanks again. On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 12:23 PM Derek Atkins wrote: > Use File - > Export Accounts. > It will create a new

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Daniel Wieberdink
Thanks Mike. It's just that the expense of the Aplos subscription is a significant burden for our small church at the moment. I'm also not a fan of the cloud-centric approach. I much prefer having everything contained in one local file as Gnucash does and having it run from my PC rather than a

Re: [GNC] U.S. Small Biz Question: Keeping Original Printed FI Statements

2019-09-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 15 Sep 2019, Greg Feneis wrote: If any of you in the US has been audited recently, and don't mind writing about it, did they require everything be printed on paper for them to look at? Did they require everything be the originally printed paper item issued by the financial institution

[GNC] U.S. Small Biz Question: Keeping Original Printed FI Statements

2019-09-15 Thread Greg Feneis
Hi Folks, I started a sole proprietorship in the US in 1997. Based on my best understanding of advice I got back then, I've always kept/stored paper financial statements, cash receipts, etc. in case a taxing entity audits me. If any of you in the US has been audited recently, and don't mind

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Derek Atkins
Use File - > Export Accounts. It will create a new data file with just your account tree without any transactions. Then File - > Open the new file. The issue you are seeing is that when you delete the Imbalance account it is trying to reassign all your transactions To Imbalance. So it

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread David Carlson
GnuCash will not easily handle church related data such as tracking individual donations, but some users have been very creative and may have suggestions for you. You may prefer to stay with church-centric accounting packages. In my very cursory search, I think I found some that cost much less

Re: [GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 9/15/2019 9:15 AM, Daniel Wieberdink wrote: I was hoping to transition to Gnucash to track finances for the small church we belong to. I started by optimistically trying to import about 3 years worth of transactions from Aplos into GC via a CSV file. That didn't go as smoothly as I hoped. Let

Re: [GNC] Gnucash doesn't load American Express QFX files

2019-09-15 Thread John Ralls
> On Sep 14, 2019, at 9:50 PM, Jim Leek wrote: > > > An update on this. The development branch, at least, on the libofx github > https://github.com/libofx/libofx can parse the American Express OFX files. > I'm not sure when that ability was added, I didn't try any releases, just the >

[GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

2019-09-15 Thread Daniel Wieberdink
I was hoping to transition to Gnucash to track finances for the small church we belong to. I started by optimistically trying to import about 3 years worth of transactions from Aplos into GC via a CSV file. That didn't go as smoothly as I hoped. Most of the transactions ended up in the

Re: [GNC] STP (Australia only)

2019-09-15 Thread elvis
On 15/9/19 12:05 pm, David Cousens wrote: Liz, Possible more significant will be the SBR (standard Business Reporting) of which the STP is one of the first installments. It will have an extension of the MyGov ID which will be used for reporting to multiple agencies which will replace AUSkey