Re: [GNC] Set up

[Liz]

On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:31:20 -0500
David Ridell via gnucash-user  wrote:

> Am I doing something wrong?

No, but you can do it better. See David's suggestions.

Liz
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Re: [GNC] Set up

[David Carlson]

Welcome to the Gnucash user maillist.

That is the normal way GnuCash makes automatic backups.  You can read about
the process here: <
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Basics:_Filenames.2C_Directories.2C_...>

Eventually Gnucash deletes older backups.

Most users place their data files in a dedicated subdirectory of their user
space such as Desktop/Checkbook.  You can call it whatever you want.

On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 1:09 AM David Ridell via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:

> Some additional information
>
>
> > On Jan 14, 2021, at 3:31 PM, David Ridell  wrote:
> >
> > I am a new user.
> > I set up the software/application.
> > The directory I am using in my “Desktop”.
> > Every time I safe a transaction(s) 2 “new files” are placed onto to my
> Desktop. Examples are attached.
> > Am I doing something wrong?
> >
> >
> 
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Re: [GNC] Set up

[David Ridell via gnucash-user]

Some additional information


> On Jan 14, 2021, at 3:31 PM, David Ridell  wrote:
> 
> I am a new user. 
> I set up the software/application. 
> The directory I am using in my “Desktop”. 
> Every time I safe a transaction(s) 2 “new files” are placed onto to my 
> Desktop. Examples are attached. 
> Am I doing something wrong?
> 
> 

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[GNC] Set up

[David Ridell via gnucash-user]

I am a new user. 
I set up the software/application. 
The directory I am using in my “Desktop”. 
Every time I safe a transaction(s) 2 “new files” are placed onto to my Desktop. 
Examples are attached. 
Am I doing something wrong?



Checkbook.gnucash.20210114151853.gnucash
Description: Binary data


Checkbook.gnucash.20210114152201.log
Description: Binary data
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Re: [GNC] Recent list in file menu

[David Carlson]

Maybe I searched for the wrong term.  I would never have guessed to search
for plist or mru, for example.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 6:53 PM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:

> It is a hidden preference/setting. (not normally accessible)
>
> In MacOS, there is a plist file you can edit, not sure about Windows or
> Linux.
>
> There was a thread within the last month or two with the solution. (and
> it might be on the Wiki. Did you check?)
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 1/14/21 7:32 AM, d16...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Is it possible to extend this list so that there is more than 4 items in
> the
> > file menu
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Re: [GNC] Best way to upgrade from an old version (2.6.14) to current

[D. via gnucash-user]

Adrien,

John Ralls provided advice that, because the OP had not used Gnucash much in 
version 2.x, he might, in fact, be able to jump directly from that to 4.4. That 
advice, as I noted, is non-standard, but may work-- and if it does, then 
there's no real problem. 

David T.


 Original Message 
From: Adrien Monteleone 
Sent: Thu Jan 14 20:01:52 EST 2021
To: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Best way to upgrade from an old version (2.6.14) to current

I think you misunderstood.

No, you should not 'update' your GnuCash installation *with your 
existing GnuCash file* straight from 2.x to 4.x!

You have two paths:

1. retain your existing GnuCash file and go through the multi-step 
update process outlined in this thread and in the wiki. Then when at 
4.4, start incrementally importing your Quicken/Quickbooks data from 
where you last left off when you imported to GnuCash. (note, you may 
have edited that old data in the other app, so that might not be a good 
idea)

2. ditch the (as you noted) 'stale/old' GnuCash file entirely (maybe 
save a backup in case), remove GnuCash 2.x, install GnuCash 4.4, and 
then start incrementally importing your Quicken/Quickbooks data - from 
the beginning of your use of Intuit's software into a fresh GnuCash file.

Which one you choose depends on how much you've been using the two 
side-by-side and how much you've invested in the existing GnuCash file. 
I seem to recall from your original post, it was imported long ago, you 
played around with it lightly, and you are just getting back to it now 
to make a permanent switch. If that is the case, I would go for option 
#2 as there will be no data loss and you'll get better quality imports 
now with 4.4.

Regards,
Adrien

On 1/13/21 2:16 PM, brad wrote:
> I'm a bit confused as to the best update method.   These seem to be 
> differing methods, incrementally updating GC (3 steps), or jump to 4.4 
> (1 step) and let it do the data update in one step.    Is the JR one 
> step method reliable for a big file with many accounts?

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Re: [GNC] Best way to upgrade from an old version (2.6.14) to current

[Adrien Monteleone]

I think you misunderstood.

No, you should not 'update' your GnuCash installation *with your 
existing GnuCash file* straight from 2.x to 4.x!


You have two paths:

1. retain your existing GnuCash file and go through the multi-step 
update process outlined in this thread and in the wiki. Then when at 
4.4, start incrementally importing your Quicken/Quickbooks data from 
where you last left off when you imported to GnuCash. (note, you may 
have edited that old data in the other app, so that might not be a good 
idea)


2. ditch the (as you noted) 'stale/old' GnuCash file entirely (maybe 
save a backup in case), remove GnuCash 2.x, install GnuCash 4.4, and 
then start incrementally importing your Quicken/Quickbooks data - from 
the beginning of your use of Intuit's software into a fresh GnuCash file.


Which one you choose depends on how much you've been using the two 
side-by-side and how much you've invested in the existing GnuCash file. 
I seem to recall from your original post, it was imported long ago, you 
played around with it lightly, and you are just getting back to it now 
to make a permanent switch. If that is the case, I would go for option 
#2 as there will be no data loss and you'll get better quality imports 
now with 4.4.


Regards,
Adrien

On 1/13/21 2:16 PM, brad wrote:
I'm a bit confused as to the best update method.   These seem to be 
differing methods, incrementally updating GC (3 steps), or jump to 4.4 
(1 step) and let it do the data update in one step.    Is the JR one 
step method reliable for a big file with many accounts?


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Re: [GNC] Recent list in file menu

[Adrien Monteleone]

It is a hidden preference/setting. (not normally accessible)

In MacOS, there is a plist file you can edit, not sure about Windows or 
Linux.


There was a thread within the last month or two with the solution. (and 
it might be on the Wiki. Did you check?)


Regards,
Adrien

On 1/14/21 7:32 AM, d16...@gmail.com wrote:

Is it possible to extend this list so that there is more than 4 items in the
file menu


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Re: [GNC] Printer not showing up in print dialogue box

[Geert Janssens]

Op woensdag 13 januari 2021 02:44:32 CET schreef Jean-David Beyer via 
gnucash-user:
>On 1/12/21 1:56 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> 
>  Are you using the Flatpak by chance?
>  There is a work around I believe to expose a printer to a Flatpak
>  app. (a limitation of Flatpak, not specific to GnuCash as far as I
>  am aware)
>  There were some issues with direct printing on MacOS (and I think
>  Windows) due to a problem with the Webkit version used by GnuCash,
>  and the temporary solution was to default to printing to file. But I
>  didn't think Linux suffered this issue. (or I could have my OSs
>  mixed up)
>  Also, I think I recently saw a change that put MacOS (if not all
>  systems) back on Webkit2 which should have resolved this issue.
> 
>I got GnuCash 4.something from Flatpak and it worked pretty well on my
>RHEL8.2 Linux system except it would  not  print. In my experience,
>Flatpack puts things in the wrong directories and gives them bizarre
>very-complex names. This violated many of the security constraints of
>the SELinux kernel that comes with RHEL releases since RHEL 6.
> 
Printing is indeed the major known issue with flatpak gnucash. It's due to an 
incompatibility 
between flatpak and webkitgtk. Our report system is based on WebkitGtk and 
hence printing 
is not working.

It's a bit strong to state "flatpak puts things in the wrong directories". The 
directories aren't 
wrong. It has consciously chosen to store its files in paths outside of the 
usual system 
directories. That's the whole point of flatpak - to  be independent of the 
system paths. The 
selinux violations are because RHEL has not kept up with flatpak's file system 
hierarchy rules 
(or is not really interested in doing so). That is unfortunate.

>My only  solution was  to remove all Flatkak stuff and get it
>elsewhere. That is not always easy, but  it the end, it is less
>trouble.

I can understand your choice.

Regards,

Geert
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Re: [GNC] Printer not showing up in print dialogue box

[Geert Janssens]

Op dinsdag 12 januari 2021 19:56:18 CET schreef Adrien Monteleone:
> Are you using the Flatpak by chance?
> 
> There is a work around I believe to expose a printer to a Flatpak app.
> (a limitation of Flatpak, not specific to GnuCash as far as I am aware)
> 
Close.

You are correct that flatpak gnucash won't see your system printers when you 
try to print a 
report (you can however print checks). This is not a flatpak limitation per se, 
but an 
incompatibility between webkitgtk and flatpak. Our report system is built on 
webkitgtk so 
for now we have no way around this.

> There were some issues with direct printing on MacOS (and I think
> Windows) due to a problem with the Webkit version used by GnuCash, and
> the temporary solution was to default to printing to file. But I didn't
> think Linux suffered this issue. (or I could have my OSs mixed up)
> 
I don't remember that, but I'm currently not following this closely either.

> Also, I think I recently saw a change that put MacOS (if not all
> systems) back on Webkit2 which should have resolved this issue.

WebKit2 is the step forward from Webkit1. Windows is still on webkit1.

If I remember correctly with webkit1 we had the option to directly create a pdf 
from a report. 
That feature is no longer available with webkit2 and hence dropped on MacOS and 
Linux.
Webkit1 on the other hand doesn't handle page breaks properly, so text may be 
split in the 
middle on page ends. Windows users will still experience this issue.
And lastly, Webkit1 is no longer available on linux, so we were forced to 
upgrade to webkit2.

Regards,

Geert
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Re: [GNC] Changing end date on a saved report config option

[Michael Hendry]

> On 14 Jan 2021, at 15:45, Mahon Finbar  wrote:
> 
> Sorry for the bother, the usual end of year issue
> 
> I have an income report in the saved report configuration with an end date of 
> 1.09.2020.
> 
> I need to change the end date to 31.12.2020.
> 
> I thought I only needed to change the option, but it doesn't seem to be 
> working.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> TIA, Barry

Open your saved report.

Click “Options” button.

Click “General” button in the window this brings up.

Adjust Start Date and End Date to your requirements.

Click “Apply”.

If you want to use the adjusted report, using “Save Config”.

HTH

Michael
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Re: [GNC] Changing end date on a saved report config option

[D. via gnucash-user]

Well, I'd open the saved report, then the options for that report, select the 
proper date, and click OK. If I wanted that change permanently, I'd then save 
the new configuration. 

In what way is this not working for you? 

Best, 
David T.


 Original Message 
From: Mahon Finbar 
Sent: Thu Jan 14 10:45:10 EST 2021
To: Gnucash Users 
Subject: [GNC] Changing end date on a saved report config option

Sorry for the bother, the usual end of year issue

I have an income report in the saved report configuration with an end 
date of 1.09.2020.

I need to change the end date to 31.12.2020.

I thought I only needed to change the option, but it doesn't seem to be 
working.

What am I doing wrong?

TIA, Barry





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[GNC] Changing end date on a saved report config option

[Mahon Finbar]

Sorry for the bother, the usual end of year issue

I have an income report in the saved report configuration with an end 
date of 1.09.2020.


I need to change the end date to 31.12.2020.

I thought I only needed to change the option, but it doesn't seem to be 
working.


What am I doing wrong?

TIA, Barry





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Re: [GNC] UK specific: MTD - Making Tax Digital

[Derek Atkins]

Chris,

As someone sitting across the pond from you... I think there is definitely
interest in MTD in GnuCash.  The issue, I think, is going to be the GPL
nature of anything you would contribute to GnuCash, and the challenge of
obtaining the API key for said GPLed code.  Having said that, I suspect
the developers would welcome a PR that includes this functionality.

-derek

On Thu, January 14, 2021 10:42 am, chr...@floatdene.com wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> This is a bit of Java code that takes a csv input and then submits to HMRC
> and has been approved for production for over a year. I have been
> impressed
> with GnuCash and surprised that it does not have a MTD VAT submission
> option. It will require a bit of work to integrate with GnuCash and I am
> reluctant to do this if there is very limited interest!
>
> Thanks to all who have responded so far. Let's leave it out there for a
> couple of weeks and see if there is any more interest.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
>
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Re: [GNC] Commission sales

[Adrien Monteleone]

I forgot to mention, you can skip that last bill from the neighbor if 
you prefer and just enter a manual transaction paying them like so:


Cr. Bank/Cash/etc.
Dr. Sales-Payable

Regards,
Adrien

On 1/14/21 9:48 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
The usual "I am not an accountant and this is not accounting advice" 
applies here. The following is simply how *I* would approach this:



Some questions would need to be answered first.

Are you taking possession of the goods from your neighbor, or is this 
just a consignment type operation? (meaning, do you have any financial 
or legal interest in the goods, can you walk away with them, or can they 
take them back with no issue?) I understand this might be quite an 
informal arrangement, but unless you are buying the goods from the 
neighbor, I wouldn't think there is an occasion for entering a bill for 
them.


I would think a holding/suspense liability account for the funds 
collected on behalf of the neighbor would work, named something like 
'Sales-Payable'. (similar concept to sales tax collection) The full 
amount collected from the end customer drops here first from their 
invoice. (posted against AR, which itself is reduced as the end customer 
pays you.)


Result: Dr. AR, Cr. Liabilities:Sales-Payable

Note, if transactions take place on the spot, and they don't need some 
other 'invoice' than their credit card receipt, you can do this with 
manual transactions and avoid the Business Features and AR. The Autofill 
& Duplicate Transaction function can help cut down on data entry.


Do a manual transaction periodically or each time, reducing the holding 
account balanced against an income account. (Dr. Sales-Payable, Cr. 
Income:Commission)


If you didn't issue invoices in the first place, but used manual 
transactions, you can use a single transaction for this at each sale, 
but you'll have to employ some math. (GnuCash can do math in the amount 
fields)


Dr. Bank/Cash/etc. (however you immediately received funds)
Cr. Income:Commission (entered as the sale amount * commission %)
Cr. Sales-Payable (amount collected, minus the commission split, if you 
enter splits in this order, this amount will already be filled in.)


Then periodically or as needed, issue a bill 'from' the neighbor (as a 
vendor) for the amount you collected for them minus the commission, 
which should be the balance of the Sales-Payable account. (Dr. 
Sales-Payable, Cr. AP)


Then pay them the balance of funds. (Dr. AP, Cr. Bank/Cash, etc.)


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Re: [GNC] Tax details on invoice (again)

[Adrien Monteleone]

Bill, as long as the list address is included, that is fine. (so 
everyone can benefit from the discussion, this is a group list, not a 
one-to-one discussion just between you and I, though it may turn out 
that way)


I don't think you needed to create a new stylesheet, just edit the 
original. (unless you need different footers for different use cases)


A printable invoice is just a report, and like all reports, has a 
General tab in Options where you can select the Stylesheet. Change it to 
your new or edited Footer stylesheet and you should see the result with 
the bank info.


Unfortunately, there is no way to make the Footer stylesheet or any 
custom stylesheet, the default. You *can* save the resulting report as a 
Saved Report Configuration, but this requires you first pull that up 
next time you need an invoice, then go back to Options to select your 
Customer and Invoice#. I find it less clicks to just change the 
stylesheet each time.


Regards,
Adrien

On 1/13/21 11:13 PM, Bill Turner wrote:

Thanks Adrien for your reply. I hope this is the right way to respond to
you again.

I'm still floundering with this. I created a new footer style sheet called
"invoice"  containing the bank info text but I can't see how to access that
when I print or create a pdf.
What am I missing?


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Re: [GNC] Commission sales

[Adrien Monteleone]

The usual "I am not an accountant and this is not accounting advice" 
applies here. The following is simply how *I* would approach this:



Some questions would need to be answered first.

Are you taking possession of the goods from your neighbor, or is this 
just a consignment type operation? (meaning, do you have any financial 
or legal interest in the goods, can you walk away with them, or can they 
take them back with no issue?) I understand this might be quite an 
informal arrangement, but unless you are buying the goods from the 
neighbor, I wouldn't think there is an occasion for entering a bill for 
them.


I would think a holding/suspense liability account for the funds 
collected on behalf of the neighbor would work, named something like 
'Sales-Payable'. (similar concept to sales tax collection) The full 
amount collected from the end customer drops here first from their 
invoice. (posted against AR, which itself is reduced as the end customer 
pays you.)


Result: Dr. AR, Cr. Liabilities:Sales-Payable

Note, if transactions take place on the spot, and they don't need some 
other 'invoice' than their credit card receipt, you can do this with 
manual transactions and avoid the Business Features and AR. The Autofill 
& Duplicate Transaction function can help cut down on data entry.


Do a manual transaction periodically or each time, reducing the holding 
account balanced against an income account. (Dr. Sales-Payable, Cr. 
Income:Commission)


If you didn't issue invoices in the first place, but used manual 
transactions, you can use a single transaction for this at each sale, 
but you'll have to employ some math. (GnuCash can do math in the amount 
fields)


Dr. Bank/Cash/etc. (however you immediately received funds)
Cr. Income:Commission (entered as the sale amount * commission %)
Cr. Sales-Payable (amount collected, minus the commission split, if you 
enter splits in this order, this amount will already be filled in.)


Then periodically or as needed, issue a bill 'from' the neighbor (as a 
vendor) for the amount you collected for them minus the commission, 
which should be the balance of the Sales-Payable account. (Dr. 
Sales-Payable, Cr. AP)


Then pay them the balance of funds. (Dr. AP, Cr. Bank/Cash, etc.)


Regards,
Adrien

On 1/13/21 12:09 PM, R. Victor Klassen wrote:

Since early in the pandemic we’ve been selling some of our neighbour’s stuff, 
charging a few percent commission, mostly to cover credit card fees.

Our income here is really just the commission since the end customer knows it 
isn’t ours and we aren’t providing any value add othe than facilitating the 
order and delivery process.

The only way I have figured out to account using the business features is to 
enter an invoice to the end customer and a bill for the full amount from the 
neighbour.  Then I have to hack around in the income and expense accounts to 
make the difference between the two show up as commission.

This is because I can’t put an income account in a bill.

Is there a more elegant way of handling this?


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Re: [GNC] UK specific: MTD - Making Tax Digital

[chr...@floatdene.com]

Hi Mark,

This is a bit of Java code that takes a csv input and then submits to HMRC
and has been approved for production for over a year. I have been impressed
with GnuCash and surprised that it does not have a MTD VAT submission
option. It will require a bit of work to integrate with GnuCash and I am
reluctant to do this if there is very limited interest!

Thanks to all who have responded so far. Let's leave it out there for a
couple of weeks and see if there is any more interest.

Thanks,
Chris



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Re: [GNC] Styles of different items in GNUcash reports

[Adrien Monteleone]

Raimund, you can change that address in your mailman preferences if you 
like. No matter to us, register whichever address you prefer.


To your original question though, I already answered it. Please read 
over my reply from 1/11/21. (at about 20:11, UTC-5)


The short version is, no, because of the way the report is designed, 
your best/only bet is using a spreadsheet for that level of styling for now.


Regards,
Adrien

On 1/13/21 8:20 AM, Raimund Strehl wrote:

I was advised by the moderator that I could only post from the registered mail 
address. That is why I reposted from 
mumm...@gmx.net,which is the registered one.


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Re: [GNC] Recent list in file menu

[David Carlson]

I seem to recall that question came up recently but I cannot find the
answer for releases after 2.3.x, which is incredibly stale.

At any rate, the answer probably varies depending on which release of
GnuCash you are using and which operating system you have on your machine.
If you tell us that information someone with a better memory than I have
might be able to answer.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 7:33 AM  wrote:

> Is it possible to extend this list so that there is more than 4 items in
> the
> file menu
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
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Re: [GNC] UK specific: MTD - Making Tax Digital

[Mark]

Hi Chris,

FYI, I've got a bridge which takes data out of Gnucash accounts and
submits. It's Python code which  uses the  GnuCash Python modules at the
moment.

https://github.com/cybermaggedon/gnucash-uk-vat

I've initiated a submission to get production credentials which is with
HMRC, we're testing Fraud  API compliance at the moment.

How far did you get? Have you got HMRC production signoff yet?

Mark.

Hi,
> Is anyone interest in having a MTD bridge for GnuCash for VAT submissions?
> I
> have developed a bridge and would be happy to integrate it with GnuCash if
> there is still any interest.
> Kind regards,
> Chris
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[GNC] Recent list in file menu

[d16pmg]

Is it possible to extend this list so that there is more than 4 items in the
file menu

 

Thanks

Peter

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Re: [GNC] UK specific: MTD - Making Tax Digital

[Maf. King]

On Thursday, 14 January 2021 09:26:01 GMT chr...@floatdene.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is anyone interest in having a MTD bridge for GnuCash for VAT submissions? I
> have developed a bridge and would be happy to integrate it with GnuCash if
> there is still any interest.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Chris
> 

Hi Chris,

Yes, I'd be interested.  I'm presently using a CSV import to the LibreOffice 
spreadsheet bridge by CHM Software, but having a bridge integrated into GC and 
saving a few steps would be nice indeed!

thanks,
Maf.



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Re: [GNC] Styles of different items in GNUcash reports

[Raimund Strehl]

I was advised by the moderator that I could only post from the registered mail 
address. That is why I reposted from 
mumm...@gmx.net,which is the registered one.

Raimund

From: Alan A Holmes 
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 14:46
To: 'mummins heitzel'; gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: RE: [GNC] Styles of different items in GNUcash reports

This is a repeat of the question originally posted on 11th January from
Raimund Strehl, presumably the same person now using a different e-mail
address and name. Adrien Monteleone responded to the original. If you're
unhappy with the original response it would have be polite to continue the
original thread rather than start a new one from different credentials.


Alan A Holmes

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From: gnucash-user
[mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+gnucash=alanaholmes.me...@gnucash.org] On
Behalf Of mummins heitzel
Sent: 13 January 2021 09:41
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: [GNC] Styles of different items in GNUcash reports

   I am trying to fix an issue with the formatting of different items in a
   simple journal or general ledger.

   What I am trying to achieve is to format the primary sorting key in
   BOLD, but it appears that this item does not have s style of its own.

   In my case the primary sorting key are the accounts The primary sorting
   key in the generated report seems to be using the background color as
   defined for the subheader (in e.g. the technicolor style).

   But it does not appear to have a text style of its own, it appears to
   use the test style as defined for the normal text field Example of
   report


   1000 Bank account One <-- I want this bold

   01.01.2020 Transfer 2000 EUR

   02.01.2020 Transfer 1000 EUR

   Total 3000 EUR

   1100 Bank account Two <-- I want this bold

   03.01.2020 Transfer 6000 EUR

   05.01.2020 Transfer 4000 EUR

   Total 1 EUR


   Does anyone have an idea of a workaround or any ongoing improvement to
   allow this in GNUcash.

   Right now my only option is to export the HTML, import in Excel and do
   this manually.

   Feels like a waste of time as the report function in GNUcash is
   otherwise very nice and easy.

   Anyone who can point to a GNUcash developer forum, for these types of
   issues.


   Thank you for all advice


   Ray
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Re: [GNC] Styles of different items in GNUcash reports

[Raimund Strehl]

Yes, that’s where I am making the adjustments.
But there is no adjustment for the “primary sorting key”


Från: Christopher Lam 
Skickat: den 13 januari 2021 11:17
Till: mummins heitzel 
Kopia: GnuCash users group 
Ämne: Re: [GNC] Styles of different items in GNUcash reports

Check the style sheets on the edit menu.

On Wed, 13 Jan 2021, 5:41 pm mummins heitzel, 
mailto:mumm...@gmx.net>> wrote:
   I am trying to fix an issue with the formatting of different items in a
   simple journal or general ledger.

   What I am trying to achieve is to format the primary sorting key in
   BOLD, but it appears that this item does not have s style of its own.

   In my case the primary sorting key are the accounts The primary sorting
   key in the generated report seems to be using the background color as
   defined for the subheader (in e.g. the technicolor style).

   But it does not appear to have a text style of its own, it appears to
   use the test style as defined for the normal text field Example of
   report


   1000 Bank account One <-- I want this bold

   01.01.2020 Transfer 2000 EUR

   02.01.2020 Transfer 1000 EUR

   Total 3000 EUR

   1100 Bank account Two <-- I want this bold

   03.01.2020 Transfer 6000 EUR

   05.01.2020 Transfer 4000 EUR

   Total 1 EUR


   Does anyone have an idea of a workaround or any ongoing improvement to
   allow this in GNUcash.

   Right now my only option is to export the HTML, import in Excel and do
   this manually.

   Feels like a waste of time as the report function in GNUcash is
   otherwise very nice and easy.

   Anyone who can point to a GNUcash developer forum, for these types of
   issues.


   Thank you for all advice


   Ray
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Re: [GNC] UK specific: MTD - Making Tax Digital

[chr...@floatdene.com]

Hi,

Is anyone interest in having a MTD bridge for GnuCash for VAT submissions? I
have developed a bridge and would be happy to integrate it with GnuCash if
there is still any interest.

Kind regards,
Chris



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