Re: [GNC] File format question

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 1:12 PM Geert Janssens wrote: [...] > There's not much documentation other than the comments in the source > files. The 'single characters' you refer to are briefly explained here: > > >

Re: [GNC] File format question

utlook....@gnucash.org> on behalf of Simon Roberts < > si...@dancingcloudservices.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 31, 2024 1:11 PM > *To:* Gnucash Users > *Subject:* [GNC] File format question > > Hi all, perhaps I should be asking this on the developer's list, but I > fig

[GNC] File format question

accounts (used in the logs) with the actual account info (which I have previously seen in a tolerably intelligible format in the XML files of old). Any pointers / references? TIA Simon -- Simon Roberts 303 249 3613 https://www.youtube.com/@DancingCloudServices https://www.linkedin.com/in

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 6:50 AM Simon Roberts < si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Does GNC provide any mechanism for comparing two versions of the same set > of accounts? > > I'll be sending my books to my accountant soon, and I imagine they will > have s

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

going forward > as GC usually opens the last saved file. > > Thank You, > > *Gyle McCollam* > > Gyle McCollam > > gmccol...@live.comemail > ------ > *From:* gnucash-user > on behalf of Simon Roberts > *Sent:* Friday, Janua

[GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

g about what changed. What ideas can you offer (or manual pages, if I've failed that embarrassingly!) TIA, Simon -- Simon Roberts 303 249 3613 https://www.youtube.com/@DancingCloudServices https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonhgroberts/ ___ gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] Can I print an account?

@gmail.com > kg...@arrl.net > 253-350-0166 > --- > GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 > > On 12/18/23 15:58, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Hi all, I'd like to be able to print a range of transactions in

[GNC] Can I print an account?

accounting background is essentially nothing, so it's entirely possible I don't know what one of them might do, though I believe I've tried all the options. Thanks for any input! Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] Payment of invoice in downloaded transactions?

Oh dear, that was embarrassingly easy in the end. Many thanks for the guidance Mattia, it's much appreciated. Cheers, Simon > > From: Mattia Rizzolo > [...] > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 03:42:29PM -0600, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Today I did an import of bank transactio

[GNC] Payment of invoice in downloaded transactions?

there's something I should have done to let the system know that this particular receipt goes against that particular invoice. Thanks for any pointers! Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org

Re: [GNC] Trouble building 5.3

off. That's what > I did with another distro. Mike > > On Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 02:15:43 PM PDT, Simon Roberts < > si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, I'm looking to build GNC 5.3 on my Ubuntu 20.04 box. I did this as > a trial run on a laptop

[GNC] Trouble building 5.3

seem that 20.04 is willing to upgrade this. Am I toast? Do I have to have Ubuntu 22.04 if I am to build this successfully? Or can anyone offer a workaround (e.g. is it perhaps practical to build the newer version of this library by hand?) Thanks for any ideas! Cheers, Simon -- Simon Robert

Re: [GNC] "Comparative" reports?

y of some reports as NoobAlice > pointed out, you can also run old-school 'Custom Multi Column' reports > which lets you put multiple reports into 'one'. You can of course > further manipulate this in a spreadhsheet app as Michael noted. > [...] Aha, also helpful to know, thank you Adrien

[GNC] "Comparative" reports?

'm using v4, but now I know they're happy I will be upgrading to 5.x in the next month or so. TIA, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or t

Re: [GNC] New tax year - unexpected GnuCash display

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Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

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Re: [GNC] Outstanding / due invoices report?

olumn. This seems wrong. Again, is this something others notice, or is this something that I've done wrong? Thanks again, Cheers, Simon On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 1:32 PM Simon Roberts < si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > Ah, many thanks. Sorry for missing that, and much appr

Re: [GNC] Outstanding / due invoices report?

s the invoice paid and also outstanding with ageing. > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > -- > *From:* gnucash-user hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Simon Roberts < > si...@dancingcloudservices.com> > *Sent:* Sunda

[GNC] Outstanding / due invoices report?

thing exist? Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember

Re: [GNC] Help with downloading transactions.

I feel compelled to add my agreement with Alan. This kind of crime is on the rise and we're all vulnerable. Credit card companies insist on giving many fiscally prudent folks much higher credit limits than they actually use, and that just adds to the risk. Debit cards are worse since the

Re: [GNC] The custom invoice problem

I second this... Even the simple ability to save the configuration of one invoice so the next one comes out the same would help. I am willing to work with the basic layout, but gave to go through all the tabs of configuration with every invoice I send. Treating each as a different report seems

Re: [GNC] Account Types -- what are the implications of getting them wrong?

word “account” in it, well, then I’d be > > > > confident assigning a type of BANK. > > > > > > > > Investment accounts will be the trickiest I believe. Heck, I’m not > sure I > > > > understand the differences. > > > > > >

Re: [GNC] Splitting an imported transaction?

Thanks John, this makes sense. I'll try it in 3 months. Cheers, Simon On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 10:17 AM john wrote: > > On Feb 4, 2023, at 7:23 AM, Simon Roberts < > si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I use a third party organiz

[GNC] Splitting an imported transaction?

gt; The edited transactions match to the bank's record of the direct debits > when they come in. > > > > On 2/4/23 11:43, gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org wrote: > > Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2023 08:23:00 -0700 &g

Re: [GNC] Splitting an imported transaction?

import if there are only two transactions once every three months. > Wouldn't it be easier to just enter them by hand the way you want > > On Feb 4, 2023, at 09:23, Simon Roberts > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I use a third party organization to run payroll, and they make two &

[GNC] Splitting an imported transaction?

no way for the system to know what to do about that, after all), but if there's a placeholder, that would be a nice start. Or perhaps there's some other approach that I've not thought of? What do folks recommend? Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613

[GNC] The wacky idea and the accountant

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Re: [GNC] Reconciliation - Again

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Re: [GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

Oh, excellent news, thank you Liz, I'll go ahead and see if I can prepare a CD on these lines, and if I can persuade them to use it :) Much appreciate the input! On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 2:36 PM Liz Dodd wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 13:38:12 -0700 > Simon Roberts wrote: > >

Re: [GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

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[GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

t such is not always possible in windows, so that alone might prevent this.). Anyway, if anyone has thoughts or relevant experience, I'd be pleased to hear from you. Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnuc

Re: [GNC] another beginner question

). > > Hope this helps, > > -derek > > On Thu, January 5, 2023 7:28 pm, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Right now I have set up my transition from quickbucks to Gnc such that > all > > the bank accounts have an opening balance, which is drawn from > >

[GNC] another beginner question

se opening balances that makes better sense, or is this really the right way to do it? Thanks for any guidance/suggestions! Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription p

[GNC] beginner bookkeeping question

Can I check an understanding? I have an account "Liabilities:CreditCard" Assuming I owe them money, the balance of this would be positive, am I correct? Thanks! Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gn

Re: [GNC] Fields present in invoices?

t invoice that places the company and addressee > properly in my window envelopes. > > > On Tue, 2023-01-03 at 10:47 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Steve, Adrien, thanks again. I think I shall have a look at hacking > > the > > source for the default invoice. It's important to

Re: [GNC] Delete / Edit invoice doesn't?

one, and thank you for all of your input Derek. Cheers, Simon On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 10:55 AM Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, January 3, 2023 12:33 pm, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Back again, and very grateful for your ongoing tolerance and help! > > > > We just c

Re: [GNC] Fields present in invoices?

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[GNC] Delete / Edit invoice doesn't?

ved gnucash file that preceded this mistake, but how should we do this, that obviously isn't what's intended. Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferen

Re: [GNC] Invoice emailing?

ton rather than print-to-file. > > > > How much of this you want to automate to reduce clicks is up to you. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 1/2/23 7:15 PM, Simon Roberts wrote: > >> Can I directly email PDF, or was Adrien correct? > > &g

Re: [GNC] Fields present in invoices?

s likely adequate to my concerns, many thanks again Adrien. On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 7:05 PM Simon Roberts wrote: > Ah yes! I just found Edit->Report Options, which at first glance looks > like it'll help a lot. > > I also found a bunch of ...hmm, looks like Lisp (which I used to kn

Re: [GNC] Fields present in invoices?

t, or do > manipulation outside of GnuCash. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 1/2/23 6:32 PM, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Still working on the invoice mechanism... > > > > Is there any control over the fields displayed, auxiliary text, and > perhaps > > the p

Re: [GNC] Invoice emailing?

at 00:23, Simon Roberts > wrote: > >> Ah well, that's a bit sad, but not the end of the world (my business >> probably sends less than six invoices per month, often only one or two). >> >> The fastest manual route certainly seems to be do use the print dialog, >&

[GNC] Fields present in invoices?

her hand it would be nice to be able to include the Job description. Thanks again, Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://li

Re: [GNC] Invoice emailing?

third option may be to script your way through it, reading the data > file directly outside of GnuCash. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 1/2/23 5:54 PM, Simon Roberts wrote: > > We're getting to the point of preparing and sending invoices, and so far > > thi

[GNC] Invoice emailing?

regarding sending emails. As usual, of course, perhaps I don't have the right search term. Is there such a thing? Thanks in advance, Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] Undo a reconciliation?

reconciliation once the import is finished if you want > to do that or you can let the items be marks as cleared until you are ready > to reconcile. > > Thank You, > > *Gyle McCollam* > > Gyle McCollam > > gmccol...@live.com email > -

Re: [GNC] Undo a reconciliation?

; > gmccol...@live.comemail > -- > *From:* gnucash-user > on behalf of Simon Roberts > *Sent:* Monday, January 2, 2023 1:05 PM > *To:* Gnucash Users > *Subject:* [GNC] Undo a reconciliation? > > Hi all, question from my bookkeeper.

[GNC] Undo a reconciliation?

zens of transactions, reverting each one by hand would be horrible, and likely error prone too. Is there a proper/better way to do this? TIA, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subs

Re: [GNC] Autofill on import OFX?

ns. > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > -- > *From:* gnucash-user hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Simon Roberts < > si...@dancingcloudservices.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, December 31, 2022 3:20 PM > *To:* Gnucash Users

Re: [GNC] Matching error in OFX import

Good to know, but for 20.04,it gave me 3.8. On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 1:27 PM john wrote: > > > On Dec 31, 2022, at 8:14 AM, Simon Roberts > wrote: > > But, I will get back when I'm not using 3.8. It's sad (but clearly nobody > here is in control of this!) that Ubuntu is

[GNC] Autofill on import OFX?

h, and if so, what's it called (so I can read about it in documentation)? Thanks for all your ongoing help everyone, it's very reassuring that there's a community as active and willing to help when making a transition as critical as this! Cheers, Simon -- Simon Ro

Re: [GNC] OFX import date questions

ore I can test this. New year - new start > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 7:25 PM Simon Roberts < > si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > >> Thank you for the help to this point. I think I've worked out the date >> issue (very embarrassing, nothing to do with GC). Now I

Re: [GNC] Matching error in OFX import

I've built 4.13 and the problem seems to have been fixed :) On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 9:14 AM Simon Roberts < si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > Gach, yes, sorry meant to reply all, will pay attention in future, > hopefully not do that again :( > > But FWIW, these

Re: [GNC] Matching error in OFX import

it confused because it finds 2 or more >> transactions in your register than seem to match 1 or more transactions >> in your OFX. In other words, GC does not have a way to figure out which >> OFX transaction should be matched with which transaction in your >> register if everythi

Re: [GNC] Config files?

looks and acts, including . custom report settings, key binding > maps…Finally there are > wiki.gnucash.org > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > ------ > *From:* gnucash-user hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Simon Roberts <

[GNC] Config files?

I've realized that GnuCash stores configuration information somewhere other than just the "account" file. Can anyone tell me where that is? (or where those places are?) Thanks! -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing li

[GNC] Matching error in OFX import

tion ID", but I could be wrong since that's just a guess!) In the interest of being clear, these "conflicting" transactions are in the *same* OFX file, it's not trying to match against something already in place. Can I do anything to get this to behave more helpfully? Cheers, Simon --

Re: [GNC] OFX import date questions

re best placed to > explain > what such discrepancies are and why they occur. > > David Cousens > > > On Fri, 2022-12-30 at 14:35 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Beginner/refugee from QuickBooks here (more context below if you > > care). I'm working in a scratch

[GNC] OFX import date questions

Beginner/refugee from QuickBooks here (more context below if you care). I'm working in a scratch file, so I can do stupid things while learning without damaging anything "important". I'm working with importing my bank transactions using OFX format (though I've also tinkered with CSV, and am

Re: [GNC] Scary moment

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