Re: [GNC] Banks with OFX or CSV account data downloads

2022-08-09 Thread Tracy
As with so many things, your mileage may vary, but... I use Huntington Bank. They have the ability to download transactions (in most any date ranges you might want, up to about 2 years) as a CSV or a QFX file (QFX being the Quicken extended version of OFX, which GnuCash can import without any

Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread Gyle McCollam
Sorry Stan, I never received your question to my response. I have version 4.11. I only saw David's response about version 2.6.19 not working the same. Sent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Stan Brown Date: 8/9/22 9:54 PM (GMT-05:00) To: David

[GNC] Compiling under Ubuntu 18 thru 22

2022-08-09 Thread Stephen M. Butler
Someone on this list shared the following script with me to load the build dependencies. I ran it back around Ubuntu 18.? and now am up on 22.04 with GnuCash 4.x Come to think, there may have been a module update since then, but that will become obvious if you compile. #!/bin/bash clear #

Re: [GNC] Banks with OFX or CSV account data downloads

2022-08-09 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 20:54 wrote: > Tom, > There is another issue with putting up a list of banks known not to supply ... Okay, I'll stop fooling with that idea--you're all right. > The best place to find out what a bank website can or can't do is usually > from > their IT department, as

Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread Stan Brown
Actually there's a preference setting so that I need type only a few characters of the account name, ignoring higher levels. I believe it's associated with Register Defaults » Only display leaf account names. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2022-08-09 15:48, David Carlson

Re: [GNC] Build From Source Near Impossible

2022-08-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Yes I did, thanks Chris. I intend to play with that soon. That is an interesting approach. Regards, Adrien On 8/9/22 6:49 PM, Christopher Lam wrote: AdrienM: You may have seen my successful experiment in building on Linux (or WSL2) using Nix to load the dependencies into a temporary shell for

Re: [GNC] Banks with OFX or CSV account data downloads

2022-08-09 Thread davidcousens49
Tom, There is another issue with putting up a list of banks known not to supply OFXQFX or CSV downloads. The banks can up date there procedure and if the information put up is wrong or becomes wrong, they may take issue with an independent site posting that information particularly without some

Re: [GNC] Build From Source Near Impossible

2022-08-09 Thread Christopher Lam
AdrienM: You may have seen my successful experiment in building on Linux (or WSL2) using Nix to load the dependencies into a temporary shell for building. Note this is not considered canon. https://github.com/christopherlam/gnucash-on-nix On Wed, 10 Aug 2022 at 04:36, Adrien Monteleone <

Re: [GNC] Banks with OFX or CSV account data downloads

2022-08-09 Thread David Carlson
The best way to choose a bank is to find one close to home that has important features like types of accounts that you need and physical branch hours and locations that work for you. Whichever bank meets those requirements probably also offers file exports in several formats. On Tue, Aug 9,

Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread David Carlson
Version 2.6.19 only works the old way where you need to type a few characters of each level starting at the top. You need at least 3.x to get the better autofill in the account field. On Tue, Aug 9, 2022, 5:36 PM Stan Brown wrote: > > On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 11:31 AM UTC -800, Stan Brown

Re: [GNC] Banks with OFX or CSV account data downloads

2022-08-09 Thread David Carlson
It is incredibly easier to list banks that don't offer that service or that do it wrong. A list of banks that do would almost duplicate the yellow pages (remember them?) and would go out of date just as quickly. On Tue, Aug 9, 2022, 4:33 PM Tom Browder wrote: > On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 16:11

Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread Stan Brown
On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 11:31 AM UTC -800, Stan Brown wrote:> This may be different in more recent versions, but I've found that > the drop-down accounts list when I'm entering a transaction is still > alphabetical and does not follow [i.e. not in the order of] account > codes. However,

Re: [GNC] Banks with OFX or CSV account data downloads

2022-08-09 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 16:11 David Carlson wrote: > Tom, > > As Gyle mentioned, the vast majority of banks, credit card companies and > even online > David, that the "vast majority" allegedly provide such capability doesn't help someone looking for a local bank providing such. Why do GnuCash

Re: [GNC] Banks with OFX or CSV account data downloads

2022-08-09 Thread David Carlson
Tom, As Gyle mentioned, the vast majority of banks, credit card companies and even online merchants offer both csv and either ofx or qfx direct downloads on their website, usually through an icon near the list of recent transactions. There are a few exceptions, even a small number that say

Re: [GNC] Banks with OFX or CSV account data downloads

2022-08-09 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 15:12 John Ralls wrote: On Aug 9, 2022, at 10:10 AM, Tom Browder wrote: ... > > To continue in a more direct way to fix my problem, I would appreciate > > users who can recommend specific US banks they know that provide OFX or > CSV > > downloads for all personal accounts

Re: [GNC] Build From Source Near Impossible

2022-08-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Aha, thanks John. I wonder how much trouble it would be for a user to update their compiler or if that is just a mess for the rest of the system. (all else being equal, which I'm sure it isn't) Regards, Adrien On 8/9/22 3:06 PM, John Ralls wrote: Caveat: Check the dependency requirements in

Re: [GNC] Banks with OFX or CSV account data downloads

2022-08-09 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 15:00 Gyle McCollam wrote: > I use 6 different banks and many more credit cards and they all offer > downloads in CSV or QFX. > Gyle, can you please list them and what they provide? I understand that one may have to search around, but it would help to have a starting

Re: [GNC] Banks with OFX or CSV account data downloads

2022-08-09 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 9, 2022, at 10:10 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > > On another thread I asked for any third-party resources for converting pdf > bank statements to another format. One in particular works good enough for > my current bank, Hancock-Whitney. The resource was suggested by Christopher > Lam. >

Re: [GNC] Build From Source Near Impossible

2022-08-09 Thread John Ralls
Caveat: Check the dependency requirements in README.dependencies for the GnuCash version you're trying to build against what a particular OS release provides. Pay particular attention to the C++ standard level supported by the compiler, Boost, Cmake, and GLib. You can't build GnuCash 4.x on

Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread Gyle McCollam
Stan, Just wanted to let you know that you don't even have to type the first few letters, any part of the account name will do, GNC will find the account name. Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam gmccol...@live.com email

Re: [GNC] Banks with OFX or CSV account data downloads

2022-08-09 Thread Gyle McCollam
Tom, I use 6 different banks and many more credit cards and they all offer downloads in CSV or QFX. As another user pointed out and I responded to flywire, in regards to Citi Bank, you won't find that option in the statements part of their website. If you go to the transaction page on many

Re: [GNC] Build From Source Near Impossible

2022-08-09 Thread Stephen M. Butler
Last build I did was on 21.10 (for 4.10-65-g7e4fcc7af+(2022-04-29)). Now running 22.04 but haven't built the latest release yet -- may be a bit before I do.  Maybe 5.0 will come out first <>. --Steve On 8/9/22 11:37, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Seems reasonable to me. I'd think the only

Re: [GNC] Build From Source Near Impossible

2022-08-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'll add that maybe a note should be made for non-LTS (rather than provide special instructions) that GnuCash is available to Ubuntu repos from upstream Debian Testing that is current as of the Ubuntu release date. (or is that the freeze date?) So conceivably, since Ubuntu releases every 6

Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
As Michael noted, Transaction order is up to you. They appear as you enter them. You can 'sort' by various means, see View > Sort. I abuse the NUM field to enter a 'time stamp' to intentionally order my transactions so I don't have to worry about the entry order. There is no auto-numbering

Re: [GNC] Build From Source Near Impossible

2022-08-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Seems reasonable to me. I'd think the only versions with instructions that are useful are those still supported by Canonical, namely, these LTS releases: 14.04 - EOL 4/24 (ESS 4/19) 16.04 - EOL 4/26 (ESS 4/21) 18.04 - EOL 4/28 (ESS 4/23) 20.04 - EOL 4/30 (ESS 4/25) 22.04 - EOL 4/32 (ESS 4/27)

Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread Stan Brown
On 2022-08-09 00:55, John C Simpson via gnucash-user wrote: > How do I set up my accounts in an order that I prefer rather than > alphabetical? Use the Account Codes. All reports (at least all the ones I use) will be sorted by Account Code. A recommendation I adopted from this list was to use

Re: [GNC] Build From Source Near Impossible

2022-08-09 Thread david whiting
I think we should remove the instructions from https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_On_Ubuntu for 21.10. Anyone have any objections to that? David On Mon, 8 Aug 2022 at 16:26, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > Ditto concerning Ubuntu versions. > > In my experience so far building on older versions

[GNC] Banks with OFX or CSV account data downloads

2022-08-09 Thread Tom Browder
On another thread I asked for any third-party resources for converting pdf bank statements to another format. One in particular works good enough for my current bank, Hancock-Whitney. The resource was suggested by Christopher Lam. To continue in a more direct way to fix my problem, I would

Re: [GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers

2022-08-09 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 09:32 Tom Browder wrote: > On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 09:09 Christopher Lam > wrote: > >> You may try this service which is free for personal use. (Not mine) >> >> https://bankstatementconverter.com/ >> > That does a good job, at least on my test pdf statements from

Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
First two questions below. How do I set up my accounts in an order that I prefer rather than alphabetical? You have received one answer for this (using account numbers). Account numbering is rather common in accounting, but can involve significant work when/if major changes to the CoA

Re: [GNC] License (was Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 233, Issue 27)

2022-08-09 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi James, First, please remember to CC the list on all replies. On Tue, August 9, 2022 8:17 am, James Baxter wrote: > Sir,Thanks for the email. the address to what I saw > is.Https://Github.com/akaunting/akaunting/blob/master/license.tetI > read most of this(I ope I spell it right.) so

Re: [GNC] License (was Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 233, Issue 27)

2022-08-09 Thread Derek Atkins
HI James, On Tue, August 9, 2022 7:47 am, James Baxter wrote: > David.Sorry I came across with something as I need to understand what is > said. Thanks for what you said. That said, is there a license to us the > program. Is there more to it. > ThanksJames Baxter kangaro...@yahoo.com  I think

Re: [GNC] License (was Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 233, Issue 27)

2022-08-09 Thread James Baxter via gnucash-user
David.Sorry I came across with something as I need to understand what is said. Thanks for what you said. That said, is there a license to us the program. Is there more to it. ThanksJames Baxter kangaro...@yahoo.com  Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 8:43 PM, Derek

Re: [GNC] Backup files in another folder - solution for Windows

2022-08-09 Thread Char_GNC
Thanks for replies. 1) My approach was to leave the GNC backup process as is and handle the files only (moving them out of the base dir). 2) I have many other files also in a folder where my budget database file resists, so I wanted to move backups instantly. 3) I also wanted not to

Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
To use a different sort order, assign account codes to your accounts, add the Account Codes column to the Chart of Accounts screen, and click that column header to sort on it. For further references, each of these is covered in various places in the documentation and the lists. On Aug 9,

[GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

2022-08-09 Thread John C Simpson via gnucash-user
I have just started trying to set up my new GnuCash accts file. I have been using MYOB for 20+ years so I will need help occasionally when I can’t find an answer in the manual. First two questions below. How do I set up my accounts in an order that I prefer rather than alphabetical? How do I