Re: [GNC] Reporting transactions

2020-04-30 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Christopher, I think the point Ruaraidh is making here is that *their* contribution isn't income-- not the government piece. I agree this can easily be handled in one file though. Original Message From: Christopher Lam Sent: Thu Apr 30 19:57:36 GMT+05:30 2020 To: Ruaraidh

Re: [GNC] Reporting transactions

2020-04-30 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Hamilton Sent: Thu Apr 30 19:42:46 GMT+05:30 2020 To: "D." Cc: "D. via gnucash-user" Subject: Re: [GNC] Reporting transactions Sorry David, I didn't mean to imply I prefer the second to the first option. I just thought it easier to show by editing one of your versions,

Re: [GNC] Reporting transactions

2020-04-30 Thread D. via gnucash-user
??? Perhaps this is a terminology thing, but aren't you just re-presenting the second option I gave originally? Think of it another way: there are two sources for the funding of your SIPP: your contribution, and the government's. How you handle your own contribution depends on your workflow;

Re: [GNC] Reporting transactions

2020-04-30 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Set up an independent income account for the government contributions: Income:GovContrib Then add either a split to your contribution for the government, 01-01-2020 SIPP Contribution   Assets:SIPP  £125 My contribution  Income:Me  £100 Government contribution Income:GovContrib

Re: [GNC] Gnucash logs

2020-04-29 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Chris, No doubt I agree that your approach is easier, but... users aren't going to follow that. As I am not going to be the one coding, I can only offer observations. If you build out, you get to decide how it works. David T. Original Message From: Chris Good Sent: Wed

Re: [GNC] Gnucash logs

2020-04-28 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Michael, I purposefully *didn't* say in this email "almost all users have only one set of books"; I said "I believe that many users only keep one set of books," and I very specifically noted that I do not have statistics regarding the uses to which gnucash is put. Neither do you. Your use

Re: [GNC] Volunteers for a triage teem; was: Gnucash logs

2020-04-28 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Frank, I don't understand; comment number 2 on https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638858 was written by Jeff on 2016-04-28, and reads in its entirety: Yes this would be a great option! Is is also listed on the GnuCash Feature Requests here:

Re: [GNC] Gnucash logs

2020-04-27 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Michael, I take your point; we users will often create duplicated file names for different content. I believe that many users only keep one set of books. I don't have any statistics on general GnuCash usage to be able to say whether more users have one file or many. However, given that

Re: [GNC] Volunteers for a triage teem; was: Gnucash logs

2020-04-27 Thread D. via gnucash-user
" , stepbystepf...@comcast.net Cc: Gnucash Users Subject: [GNC] Volunteers for a triage teem; was: Gnucash logs Hi David et.al. Am 27.04.20 um 18:47 schrieb D. via gnucash-user: > It's too bad the RFE had never been taken up. It doesn't seem like it would > be that insurmountable

Re: [GNC] Gnucash logs

2020-04-27 Thread D. via gnucash-user
I agree that the setting sounds broken in Rich's case, although it's generally worked for me. However, the preference setting and storage location of log files is comparing apples and oranges, regardless of whether the setting works or not. Many people want to have their primary data file in

Re: [GNC] notify when new version is available?

2020-04-27 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Every release is announced in this user list. Does that notification not reach you? Original Message From: Ed Love Sent: Mon Apr 27 10:45:00 GMT+05:30 2020 To: Gnucash Users Subject: [GNC] notify when new version is available? Is this possible? It would be useful! I

Re: [GNC] Gnucash logs

2020-04-25 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Unfortunately, no. This is a long standing feature request. See: https://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature-request/suggestions/1470507-configuration-option-for-backup-location David T. Original Message From: Tom Browder Sent: Sat Apr 25 21:31:57 GMT+05:30 2020 To:

Re: [GNC] Keeping Imported Transactions from Overwriting Data?

2020-04-12 Thread D. via gnucash-user
David, Thanks for taking this on. I'd noticed as well that the Guide was rather limited in its explanation for these settings. Explaining what each option does as will as offering some ideas why a user might want one setting over another would be advisable. Frank, As I mentioned, I no

Re: [GNC] Keeping Imported Transactions from Overwriting Data?

2020-04-12 Thread D. via gnucash-user
be taught to not overwrite existing data. There are win32 builds; do try a master release. More features are upcoming, and all need beta testing. On Sun, 12 Apr 2020, 10:21 pm D. via gnucash-user, wrote: > Frank, > > On the first point, I'd note that the books in question

Re: [GNC] Keeping Imported Transactions from Overwriting Data?

2020-04-12 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Frank, On the first point, I'd note that the books in question are mine; changing the transaction date from MY date to the bank's date would seem to contradict that. I was unaware that the matcher would match transactions that have different amounts. That seems worrying. Generally

Re: [GNC] Keeping Imported Transactions from Overwriting Data?

2020-04-11 Thread D. via gnucash-user
It's been a while since I imported transactions, but I seem to recall there being a point where you could tell the matcher to (R)econcile or (U)pdate the existing entry.  Choosing R should set the transaction to cleared and leave your manually-entered data intact. Now,  why that matcher

Re: [GNC] Auto-delete imbalance with no value in split

2020-04-10 Thread D. via gnucash-user
I have used empty splits to anchor a transaction for a stock spin off to the originating company. Say IBM spun off shares for AAPL. Without an empty split for IBM in the new AAPL shares-in transaction, there's no way to see the connection between the original company and the new one. I wouldn't

Re: [GNC] Starting Balance in Reconciliation Window wrong

2020-04-09 Thread D via gnucash-user
gt;> On Apr 9, 2020 w15d100, at 1:10 AM, D via gnucash-user > wrote: >> >> So, David, you're saying you edited the data file directly in order >to fix the new reconciliation problem? >> >> If so, that's a pretty strong indication to me that this change >should

Re: [GNC] Starting Balance in Reconciliation Window wrong

2020-04-09 Thread D via gnucash-user
So, David, you're saying you edited the data file directly in order to fix the new reconciliation problem? If so, that's a pretty strong indication to me that this change should get rolled back. There is no situation in which I think an end user should have to edit the data directly in order

Re: [GNC] How To Set Tax Report Options

2020-04-04 Thread D. via gnucash-user
There is one exception I know: you can set an account and all its children to the same TXF category. Otherwise, Adrien is correct. David T. Original Message From: Adrien Monteleone Sent: Sat Apr 04 21:56:32 GMT+05:30 2020 To: Gnucash Users Subject: Re: [GNC] How To Set Tax

Re: [GNC] The Tutorial and Concepts Guide

2020-03-08 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Frank, You're right. My perspective on the documentation is beside the point now, and I have to remind myself not to engage in these discussions any more. Maybe the German users have a need for the xslt; haven't seen much traffic on the English lists on the topic. David T.

Re: [GNC] The Tutorial and Concepts Guide

2020-03-07 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Honestly? That appendix should be deleted. Everything is covered in other places, or is incredibly dated. Original Message From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" Sent: Sat Mar 07 14:49:38 GMT+05:30 2020 To: Rick Squires , 'David Cousens' Cc: GnuCash Subject: Re: [GNC] The Tutorial

Re: [GNC] Edit number of recently opened books

2020-01-30 Thread D via gnucash-user
Ok. Thanks. On Jan 31, 2020, 08:53, at 08:53, John Ralls wrote: > >GnuCash pays no attention at all to that setting. > >Regards, >John Ralls > > >> On Jan 30, 2020, at 7:17 PM, D via gnucash-user > wrote: >> >> Have you tried this: >> &g

Re: [GNC] Edit number of recently opened books

2020-01-30 Thread D via gnucash-user
Have you tried this: https://www.howtogeek.com/231700/how-to-change-the-number-of-recent-items-in-os-x/ On Jan 31, 2020, 01:43, at 01:43, Greg W wrote: >I've tried searching around and haven't found anywhere that seems to >suggest how to edit then number of recently opened books that show up

Re: [GNC] Foreign Currencies in one account

2020-01-27 Thread D via gnucash-user
If the extent of the transactions is small, a separate spreadsheet might suffice, but I imagine it wouldn't scale much, if at all. As I have reached the point in my life where I try not to focus on small balance differences between friends, I might not be the one to advise you here. Perhaps

Re: [GNC] Foreign Currencies in one account

2020-01-27 Thread D via gnucash-user
If it were me, I'd simply record everything in HUF, unless one of the aforementioned accounts is actually denominated in CAD. David On Jan 27, 2020, 14:50, at 14:50, Marcell Madar wrote: >Hello everyone, > >Our family has one common GnuCash account in Hungarian Forints (HUF) >that is >used to

Re: [GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 202, Issue 66

2020-01-26 Thread D via gnucash-user
Indeed, Bruce's own citation at 3.13 states: "/opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software packages." That would preclude a user's data files. On January 26, 2020, at 11:29 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: But /opt isn’t for user data files according to that standard.

Re: [GNC] since Catalina, unable to open gnucash

2020-01-26 Thread D via gnucash-user
t;> Peter West >> p...@pbw.id.au >> …he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because >they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. >> >>> On 26 Jan 2020, at 2:02 pm, D via gnucash-user > wrote: >>> >>> It migh

Re: [GNC] since Catalina, unable to open gnucash

2020-01-25 Thread D via gnucash-user
. On 26 Jan 2020, at 2:02 pm, D via gnucash-user wrote: It might be worth asking why OP is using /opt for their data files in the first place. It is more usual for users to place their personal files in the /users hierarchy (i.e., ~/). On January 26, 2020, at 8:33 AM, Bruce Schuck wrote

Re: [GNC] since Catalina, unable to open gnucash

2020-01-25 Thread D via gnucash-user
It might be worth asking why OP is using /opt for their data files in the first place. It is more usual for users to place their personal files in the /users hierarchy (i.e., ~/). On January 26, 2020, at 8:33 AM, Bruce Schuck wrote: It seems that maybe the /opt directory tree is being

Re: [GNC] Scripted price editing and adding

2020-01-17 Thread D via gnucash-user
A few versions back, I pieced together a Perl script that rebuilt the price history for a Gnucash SQL file, replacing the existing history table with monthly prices for the duration that a given commodity was held. It worked fine for me, and cleaned up years of erratic pricing info, although it

Re: [GNC] General accounting question about Assets = Liabilities + Equity

2020-01-15 Thread D via gnucash-user
Brandon, The Guide at section 2.2 says: "Assets - Liabilities = Equity + (Income - Expenses)" In your case: 209.01 - 1497.72 = -18818.74 + (22975.27 - 5445.24) Or: -1288.71 = -1288.71 Yay! HTH, David On Jan 15, 2020, 13:13, at 13:13, Brandon Captain wrote: >Hello, > >I have a rather

Re: [GNC] (no subject)

2020-01-10 Thread D via gnucash-user
I like your thinking! On January 10, 2020, at 10:26 PM, John Ralls wrote: A# ? > On Jan 8, 2020, at 11:42 PM, D via gnucash-user > wrote: > > Bb > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your

[GNC] Date Column Width (Was: Re: Chaning left sidebar spacing)

2020-01-10 Thread D via gnucash-user
The bug (whose number you haven't provided) is more of an inconvenience than a block to basic functionality. That brings the relative importance of the issue way down in priority. David T. On January 10, 2020, at 6:34 AM, David Carlson wrote: Jack, There are many bugs open that long or

Re: [GNC] (no subject)

2020-01-10 Thread D via gnucash-user
Either it was connectivity issues, or I'm getting senile... On January 10, 2020, at 11:32 AM, D via gnucash-user wrote: Bb ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https

Re: [GNC] Gnucash Reports - Comparative Income Statement

2020-01-09 Thread D via gnucash-user
Bill, You might explore creating several 2 x 2 multi column reports with the individual reports embedded--one for each of your entities, with each row  putting current and previous year in a column.  Although the multi column report can be picky and slow at times, it might meet your needs in

Re: [GNC] Anyone noticing an issue with list messages 'un-threading'?

2020-01-07 Thread D via gnucash-user
would let me combine and split conversations at will >when they come in wrong. (or are handled by the client improperly) > >Regards, >Adrien > >> On Jan 7, 2020 w2d7, at 1:23 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I anm using Thunderbi

Re: [GNC] Corrupt security information

2020-01-05 Thread D via gnucash-user
Historical price data is available on the web (e.g., Yahoo! or Alphavantage), and can be imported into the price db from csv or tab files pretty easily. On January 5, 2020, at 11:09 PM, Bruno Acklin wrote: Hi John, Thanks for the impressively quick reply - and yes, I agree this looks like the

Re: [GNC] Chaning left sidebar spacing

2020-01-04 Thread D via gnucash-user
Adrien, I'm intrigued. You have given the relevant css nodes simply as "tab" off "tabs". The earlier thread that I cited had the nodes as "notebook tab" and "notebook tabs". Has the css been changed, are these different elements, or does the difference not matter, I wonder? David T. On

Re: [GNC] Chaning left sidebar spacing

2020-01-03 Thread D via gnucash-user
Oh. Ok. I'm sorry it's not working for you; I'm pretty sure that, prior to my leaving the Apple world, I was able to change the appearance of Gnucash by following the css styling instructions. That included the tab height. Unfortunately, for this discussion, I no longer have my Mac to look at

Re: [GNC] GC CTD lost saved reports

2020-01-01 Thread D via gnucash-user
Elmar, I've had my saved reports disappear in the past, but never did figure out what precisely caused it; the most likely culprit (I think) was some kind of invalid character in the saved reports file. Saved reports on Windows is in (I believe) %HOME%\AppData\Roaming, although it could be

Re: [GNC] Chaning left sidebar spacing

2020-01-01 Thread D via gnucash-user
William, Did the discussion on css styling not work for you? David T. On January 2, 2020, at 4:05 AM, Colin Law wrote: I see what you mean. On Ubuntu with Waterfox browser they are much tighter packed (gnucash 3.6). Colin On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 at 17:00, William Marshall wrote: > Colin, > >

Re: [GNC] Gnucash keeps crashing with Online Banking Setup Wizard

2019-12-31 Thread D via gnucash-user
Chase has been a problem for several years. Multi factor authentication has been one source of trouble, which Traveler12 might explore. I seem to recall also that some have had troubles with Chase's OFX, but that may be an outdated problem. On January 1, 2020, at 8:28 AM, Greg Feneis wrote:

Re: [GNC] Chaning left sidebar spacing

2019-12-31 Thread D via gnucash-user
I think https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GTK3 will help the OP adjust the tab heights, as will (especially) https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2018-June/077390.html David T. On January 1, 2020, at 8:10 AM, Greg Feneis via gnucash-user wrote: I think the items in that list are

Re: [GNC] HTML Chart exports are blank on MacOS/Windows browsers

2019-12-30 Thread D via gnucash-user
I may be a little slow here, but it seems to me this is something of an edge case. Isn't this analogous to sending an html file without including embedded images? Very efficient; not very informative. Finally, from my perspective, a 100kb pdf is not a huge payload to be sending, but I

Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account

2019-12-20 Thread D via gnucash-user
Set the account as Hidden and Placeholder. On December 20, 2019, at 10:01 PM, David Carlson wrote: Alan, A very simple method that I use is to append the word - Closed to the account name. If you want, you could also change the account to read only. David Carlson On Fri, Dec 20, 2019,

Re: [GNC] Invoice date field starts too narrow

2019-12-14 Thread D via gnucash-user
Why would the format of the date have any effect on this? Whether it is 12/12/2019 or 12/12/2019, the sequence of elements is immaterial. I should clarify that I see this in the registers, not invoices. I should also say that it appears to me that the column width gets set, and then the drop

Re: [GNC] Invoice date field starts too narrow

2019-12-12 Thread D via gnucash-user
Axel, Just to confirm that you're not going crazy, I've seen the same behavior on the date field for a long time. As you describe, the date field width is optimized for display without the drop down triangle; the triangle causes erroneous display as you describe. I seem to fecal that the

Re: [GNC] how to migrate data to new computer

2019-12-08 Thread D via gnucash-user
The short answer is: "No." Gnucash data files end with ".gnucash" Gnucash *settings* files use gcm. Go back to the first machine and locate the file named {MYACCOUNTS}.gnucash (usually in your home directory) and copy that. Note that you should not look for MYACCOUNTS, but rather the file

Re: [GNC] "?" symbol pre fixed with all balances in my account balances

2019-12-01 Thread D via gnucash-user
That usually means that the currency you are using does not have a character in the display font. Check your currency, try a different font, and report back. David T. P.s. When you report back, do let us know what OS you are using, what Gnucash version you are using, and what your locale is.

Re: [GNC] Removing Orphan components from transaction

2019-11-18 Thread D via gnucash-user
If you delete every data element in the anchor split, and TAB of the end, the split will be deleted, and the transaction will disappear from the register. I've been using this technique for years to clear out the Imbalance-USD account when items appear there. D. On November 18, 2019, at 11:25

Re: [GNC] Locked out of gnucash

2019-11-18 Thread D via gnucash-user
Clearly, I am in the minority here. I'll drop out of this conversation now. David T. On November 18, 2019, at 10:26 PM, Stan Brown wrote: On 2019-11-18 08:56, D wrote: > Adding to the error message to account for when the software crashes > seems like overkill (as does linking to the

Re: [GNC] Locked out of gnucash

2019-11-18 Thread D via gnucash-user
On November 18, 2019, at 9:12 PM, Colin Law wrote: >Perhaps a message saying "Error 5135 if you don't understand what this >means then you should have read the wiki" would be a solution. >Colin Certainly, it could be. But it wouldn't be a good one, and I think you should know I wasn't

Re: [GNC] Locked out of gnucash

2019-11-18 Thread D via gnucash-user
On November 18, 2019, at 8:02 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: >Hi, >I think I have a suggestion for some better wording.  See below. >How about: >The data file is currently in use.  Most likely this means that the data >file was not cleanly closed (due to a crash) after it was last opened. >If you are

Re: [GNC] Locked out of gnucash

2019-11-18 Thread D via gnucash-user
I don't really agree. David's wording identifies one situation for this dialog, and not even the primary reason for the lock file in the first place. Remember that the lock file and this check exist firstly to prevent multiple users from opening the file at one time--and that is still a

Re: [GNC] Archiving transactions

2019-11-17 Thread D via gnucash-user
Rizwan, I am intrigued. You say you're a new user, but you have 500,000 transactions. Wow! You've been getting the usual kinds of responses to your question: how fast is your computer, how many reports are you running, be patient, don't close Gnucash, etc. But it sounds as if you're pushing

Re: [GNC] QIF import - Failed

2019-11-16 Thread D via gnucash-user
Louis, Lots of things can cause a QIF import failure. It's usually a formatting problem--a tag where one isn't expected, for example. One common problem is that the dates in the file do not match the locale settings. That is, your file has DD-MM- but your locale uses MM-DD-. If the

Re: [GNC] Transaction Associations

2019-11-15 Thread D via gnucash-user
Perhaps "link" would better convey what these are--links to external resources. On November 16, 2019, at 12:03 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Hmm... Okay then. I don’t get ‘external’ from the name as-is, but that’s just me. Regards, Adrien > On Nov 15, 2019 w46d319, at 12:03 PM, Geert

Re: [GNC] Problem with reconciling

2019-11-14 Thread D via gnucash-user
Sounds like the window is on a phantom screen, still running but not visible. Have you used a second monitor on this system? I don't recall the fix for this problem... David BTW, operating system and Gnucash version number usually help list users help you. On November 15, 2019, at 2:41 AM,

Re: [GNC] Server

2019-11-10 Thread D via gnucash-user
It's a known issue that is being addressed. On November 11, 2019, at 8:35 AM, Phillip Walsh wrote: Have been trying to open www.gnucash.org since last week get message This site can’t be reached Phillip Walsh 4/2 Kenneth Road Bayswater VIC Australia 3153 Mobile 0419 320 393 Home 03 9720

Re: [GNC] Problem with Saved Report

2019-11-09 Thread D via gnucash-user
Further, is there some magical aspect to the number 5 that would suggest it to be the 'ideal' maximum depth for this setting? Why have a maximum at all? On November 9, 2019, at 10:34 PM, D via gnucash-user wrote: Christopher, It's a saved report configuration, not a custom report. I did

Re: [GNC] Problem with Saved Report

2019-11-09 Thread D via gnucash-user
Christopher, It's a saved report configuration, not a custom report. I did not and do not code Scheme. Any value saved is based on what I was given by the UI. If I saved '6', it's because Gnucash gave me that option. So, someone changed the definition somewhere along the line, it would seem.

Re: [GNC] Saved Reports Disappearing

2019-10-30 Thread D via gnucash-user
Fran, First off, what version of Gnucash, on what OS? On October 31, 2019, at 1:49 AM, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote: >1 - I began saving recent report configurations with a dash like in order to >distinguish them from other reports... >But, some of them disappear later on when I attempt to

Re: [GNC] Search within search not opening new tab

2019-10-22 Thread D via gnucash-user
I haven't tried this, but... Perhaps in this situation, barring a restart, you could use the transaction report, using the credit card as the source and the checking as a filter by account. This could further be refined by description, or sorted in a way that could ease the editing burden.

Re: [GNC] register column sizes

2019-10-21 Thread D via gnucash-user
Well, then you couldn't hide columns. David On October 22, 2019, at 5:01 AM, David Carlson wrote: Jim, Glad that you solved your problem. Others, I think that the current release behaves exactly the same way. Would it be worth while to propose an enhancement to have some minimum column

Re: [GNC] Just updated to MacOSX Catalina and GnuCash will not open.

2019-10-21 Thread D via gnucash-user
Installation is covered in the wiki, and linked directly on www.gnucash.org on the navigation menu (4th item under "Information")--"Installation". David On October 22, 2019, at 3:48 AM, David H wrote: I copy everything to Applications/GnuCash and run it from there, you can't run it from the

Re: [GNC] Why I create a new datafile each year for GnuCash

2019-10-21 Thread D via gnucash-user
On October 21, 2019, at 10:40 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >Certainly, to each their own. I enjoy reading of other’s process and workflows >and why they make certain decisions. Thanks for offering yours. >My own experiences are in-line: >> On Oct 21, 2019 w43d294, at 2:15 AM, James Thorpe

Re: [GNC] Error message

2019-10-13 Thread D via gnucash-user
Reading the error, I'd say you have a scheduled transaction named "CHECKING STATEMENT" that refers to a no-longer-valid account ID. Did you by chance delete your checking account at some point and then create a new account for it? David On October 14, 2019, at 10:19 AM, RICHARD YENTZER

Re: [GNC] When reconciling an account, the proper interest account should come up

2019-10-08 Thread D via gnucash-user
David, Paul's description is accurate, so your expectation would not be met. The dialog defaults to creating a circular transaction. Paul's remedy is the same as my own. David T. On October 8, 2019, at 7:18 AM, David Carlson wrote: I have not used that interest feature in the reconcile

Re: [GNC] When reconciling an account, the proper interest account should come up

2019-10-08 Thread D via gnucash-user
Paul, I confirm the behavior you describe, and I can tell you that it's been in that dialog for a very long time. I believe it has always behaved that way for me (and I've been using Gnucash over a decade). It probably is a bug, but I just used the same workaround that you found, and moved on.

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] Yahoo blocking GnuCash Email

2019-09-23 Thread D via gnucash-user
Maybe not, but Adrien hypothesized that users may report Gnucash mail as spam because they ask us to unsubscribe, when they are subscribed to nabble. I was responding to that, prematurely. David On September 23, 2019, at 10:13 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: HI, D via gnucash-user writes

Re: [GNC] How to enter the gain on sale of shares

2019-09-21 Thread D via gnucash-user
Start with chapter 9.7 in the Tutorial https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/invest-sell1.html On September 22, 2019, at 9:26 AM, TAKASHI KANAMORI wrote: Hello. In addition to entering the number of shares, the stock price, and the total amount when posting the gain on sale of

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] Yahoo blocking GnuCash Email

2019-09-20 Thread D via gnucash-user
Perhaps it's time to look into ways to decouple our mailing list more fully from nabble (which is where the biggest misunderstandings seem to originate with regards to list subscriptions). Gnucash.org shouldn't suffer because of nabble's practices. David On September 21, 2019, at 5:08 AM,

Re: [GNC] Simple Reports

2019-09-09 Thread D via gnucash-user
Rich, Not quite. Using your method, open the account, open View->Filter by, set your dates, then run the account report. Alternatively, open the generic Transaction report, in options, choose the account in question, and set the dates. I prefer option 2, inasmuch as I don't have to remember

Re: [GNC] Bar chart reports

2019-07-27 Thread D via gnucash-user
John, The chart reports include an option on the Display tab, Show table, which will include the data table. Checking that option displays the data upon which the chart is built. Then you can copy and paste those data directly into your spreadsheet. David On July 27, 2019, at 2:15 AM, John

Re: [GNC] Use of "dash" as a Separator Character

2019-07-23 Thread D via gnucash-user
It uses the existing ones. I wouldn't have mentioned it otherwise. On July 23, 2019, at 11:20 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: What happens if you accidentally trigger Imbalance or Orphan, does they go to your custom accounts or does GC re-create them? Regards, Adrien > On Jul 23, 2019, at

Re: [GNC] Use of "dash" as a Separator Character

2019-07-23 Thread D via gnucash-user
Derek, I don't know about renaming, but you certainly can move them! I've had my Imbalance accounts placed in a different top level account (Special Accounts) for years. David T. On July 23, 2019, at 9:13 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: I don't think that would work. If you change a name of the

Re: [GNC] Concern with the lengthy list of "Known Issues"

2019-07-21 Thread D via gnucash-user
I'll chime in here to say that I've had no significant problems using 3.4 or later. I've been using Gnucash for many years, and recently moved from using a Mac to using Windows. That transition left a few preferences for me to rediscover, but otherwise was smooth. As for the migration of

Re: [GNC] Fwd: how to copy "Customers Overview" table for spreadsheet.

2019-07-08 Thread D via gnucash-user
Oh. Sorry for the noise. I clearly misunderstood. David On July 9, 2019, at 1:17 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: David, The OP was asking about the Customer Overview, not Customer Summary Report. The Customer Summary Report doesn’t show the same info as the Customer Overview. Notably,

Re: [GNC] Fwd: how to copy "Customers Overview" table for spreadsheet.

2019-07-08 Thread D via gnucash-user
Sorry. I thought I hit Reply All. On July 9, 2019, at 1:07 AM, Greg Feneis wrote: Seems like the following was meant for the OP. Kind regards, Greg Feneis (Pixel 3) -- Forwarded message - From: Date: Mon, Jul 8, 2019, 11:07 Subject: RE: [GNC] how to copy "Customers Overview"

Re: [GNC] Balance sheet report period

2019-07-02 Thread D via gnucash-user
Rich, Although it might not be fully clear, the Guide states that the Balance Sheet report "provides totals as of a given date." Therefore, there is no starting date; it covers everything up to the date you provide. That is how it is designed and how it is meant to be. Best, David On July 3,

Re: [GNC] Disappointing Screen Display on Windows

2019-06-29 Thread D via gnucash-user
Geert, Thank you. That was the problem. I don't remember setting those preferences! David On June 29, 2019, at 1:51 PM, Geert Janssens wrote: Op zaterdag 29 juni 2019 09:25:59 CEST schreef D T via gnucash-user: > Hello, > > I thought I’d follow up on a thread I started a little ways back

Re: [GNC] Odd Error

2019-06-25 Thread D via gnucash-user
Chris, Could you explain what the error is telling me with regard to option 7 and option 2? Perhaps the error might be refactored to give the user a little more context? Like, maybe to say which option is in play? Furthermore, I'm not sure what you're asking me to provide. Do you want the

Re: [GNC] Upcoming report deprecation

2019-05-24 Thread D via gnucash-user
Just noting that when I suggested originally that these reports be stored on the wiki, rather than in the application, I was told unequivocally that the wiki was NOT the proper place for these files. On May 24, 2019, at 9:51 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: Hi, On Fri, May 24, 2019 12:12 pm, Adrien

Re: [GNC] Upcoming report deprecation

2019-05-21 Thread D via gnucash-user
Adrien, I'll note that Geert's proposal only requires the user to add a switch at run time--i.e., "gnucash --extra". There is no need for the prospective report writer to recompile.I David On May 21, 2019, at 9:43 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I’m in agreement there. If someone did take the

Re: [GNC] Export from Android can't open XML on Windows

2019-05-20 Thread D via gnucash-user
Not sure, but XBT is not listed as a valid ISO4217 code, so it's likely Gnucash doesn't like it. What would you use it for? What did you use it for last July 29th? David On May 20, 2019, at 11:35 PM, dragospuri wrote: >Ok. I believe I have found it. It wasn't a transaction, but a .

Re: [GNC] Upcoming report deprecation

2019-05-18 Thread D via gnucash-user
Well, as a Mac user, you can run Gnucash from a terminal prompt and add the switch, if that's what you want. In my 13 plus years of using Gnucash, I've never needed these reports. David On May 18, 2019, at 10:50 PM, "Stephen C. Camidge" wrote: I am a Mac user - I like options. No, I do not

Re: [GNC] Upcoming report deprecation

2019-05-18 Thread D via gnucash-user
Steve, Do you use any of these reports? If not, then you won't suffer from the loss. The whole point of hiding these reports is that they aren't generally used. David On May 18, 2019, at 9:27 PM, "Stephen C. Camidge" wrote: How will this work for those of us who do not use a command line? A

Re: [GNC] Manual Exchange rates

2019-05-15 Thread D via gnucash-user
The price database allows a user to track, roughly speaking, the value of a holding in a different commodity. For example, a user might purchase a stock at 10 per share. Whilst owning this stock, the price goes up to 15. The user may wish to have a sense that the potential value of her holding

Re: [GNC] QFX vs OXR/QXF

2019-05-15 Thread D via gnucash-user
Alton, On May 15, 2019, at 10:12 PM, Alton Brantley wrote: >You should be aware that the OFX import will use the posting date only as its >import date. Your statements will list the transaction date, so your >statements and your ledger will not match directly. I don't understand. First off,

Re: [GNC] De-Reconciliation Settings

2019-05-01 Thread D via gnucash-user
On May 1, 2019, at 11:55 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >Justin, >> On May 1, 2019, at 11:46 AM, Justin Vallon wrote: >> >It is trivial to re-reconcile a period if the edit was minor and you do this >quickly after the edit. (which is why the warning is there, and probably >should not be

Re: [GNC] Account remains red after void that would put it in black

2019-05-01 Thread D via gnucash-user
Jeff, Assuming that you're referring to the figures in the reconciliation window, I have noticed that issue as well. It seems that once they are displayed as red, the color setting is never revisited. I just ignored it, knowing that the color was wrong; since a red zero (I never knew that

Re: [GNC] Tips for reporting

2019-04-27 Thread D via gnucash-user
Maf, The transaction report capabilities have changed dramatically between 2.x and 3.x, so the OP would need to be using 3.5 to get those features. But otherwise you are correct. David On April 27, 2019, at 9:29 PM, "Maf. King" wrote: On Saturday, 27 April 2019 15:53:38 BST V. Vatsal via

Re: [GNC] Changing account tree on large database

2019-04-27 Thread D via gnucash-user
Good points, Greg. I believe that echoes what the wiki says on the subject. David On April 27, 2019, at 8:01 PM, Greg Feneis wrote: Alternatively, Cricket, instead of exporting from Quicken, then arranging things as you like, then importing to GnuCash, or some variation of that, you could make

Re: [GNC] Quicken import and duplicate records

2019-04-27 Thread D via gnucash-user
Priit, I suspect you imported the transactions for Swedbank, and then imported ones from LHV, correct? When you do this, you must ensure that you take the time in the second import to ensure that the transaction from Swedbank to LHV is matched to the transaction from the first import. They

Re: [GNC] Entering paycheck details of Employer sponsored deductions

2019-04-20 Thread D via gnucash-user
the institution's every time is extremely low. I gave up on that long ago, and instead enter such information from the statement. David On April 20, 2019, at 6:27 PM, D via gnucash-user wrote: I track various such items on my own books. I probably wouldn't have separate accounts for the mandatory

Re: [GNC] Entering paycheck details of Employer sponsored deductions

2019-04-20 Thread D via gnucash-user
I track various such items on my own books. I probably wouldn't have separate accounts for the mandatory and the voluntary contributions; they are calculated as one. I would enter each contribution type as a separate split, though. That's how I've done it myself. For what it's worth, I enter

Re: [GNC] Column Width

2019-04-18 Thread D via gnucash-user
Which is again covered in the documentation at https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/chapter_txns.html#txns-register-oview On April 18, 2019, at 3:59 PM, Art Chimes wrote: Another date tip: You can increment/decrement your date using the plus and minus keys. > Message: 1 > Date:

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-15 Thread D via gnucash-user
Two logins? On April 15, 2019, at 11:09 PM, David Carlson wrote: Greg, The only way I know is to use two different computers and two different data files. David Carlson On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 11:00 AM Greg Feneis wrote: > Win 7-64, GnuCash 6.2.21 > > Hi Folks, > > Is there a way to install

Re: [GNC] Don't understand why I have what I have

2019-04-13 Thread D via gnucash-user
This. On April 14, 2019, at 10:44 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: I understand you don’t care for the official documentation, but how much frustration have you endured by not reading it and just trying to plow through? How many times have you asked for help or for understanding that would have

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