[GNC] Wacky idea

[rsbrux via gnucash-user]

As an alternative, you could export your reports as HTML.
This will give you better control over the formatting and the resulting reports 
can be navigated by hyperlinks.  I am not sure hyperlinks work in a PDF export.
Kind Regards, Roger
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Unless your accountant is familiar w/ GnuCash, they usually don't want to
> learn another program.
> However, you mentioned you give then your report on paper. Why not just get
> them a PDF copy? You eliminate the physical copy and they don't have to
> worry about loading GnuCash.
> 
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 3:38 PM Simon Roberts <
> si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'm aware I could work this out for myself, but it could involve a lot of
>> wasted time if the answer is no, and this list might have a quick answer
>> either way.
>> 
>> At some point, I'll need to submit my books to my CPA. They'll take the
>> usual reports (general ledger, trial balance, stuff like that) on paper,
>> but is seems that GNC is not that hard to navigate around, and it might be
>> worth giving them, or offering them at least, a "live" set of books along
>> with GNC to interact with them.
>> 
>> I envisage burning a CDROM with the books, and a Windows distribution of
>> GNC, hopefully so they can simply put the disk in and click to run.
>> Obviously, the books will be read-only in that event, but they'd be
>> navigable.
>> 
>> Has anyone tried this? Is such an installation a possibility? (I'm a Linux
>> user, and it's not unusual to run software that's just "sitting around in a
>> directory tree", but 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
> 
>> I envisage burning a CDROM with the books, and a Windows distribution
>> of GNC, hopefully so they can simply put the disk in and click to run.
>> Obviously, the books will be read-only in that event, but they'd be
>> navigable.
>> 
>> Has anyone tried this? Is such an installation a possibility? (I'm a
>> Linux user, and it's not unusual to run software that's just "sitting
>> around in a directory tree", but such is not always possible in
>> windows, so that alone might prevent this.).
> 
> 
> I do it, and the year I didn't provide the .exe file I got asked for
> it. That was related to Covid lockdown and sending the files
> electronically, instead of my usual CD-ROM
> 
> 
> Liz
> 

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Re: [GNC] gnu cash creates a ton of files.

[Stephen]

Look at the Gnucash Tutorial and Concepts Guide. Shows Gnucash file 
extensions and what each is designed to do.

https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html

On 1/28/2023 4:25 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 at 22:04,  wrote:


I get a lot of files in my documents folder that are like this:

"X"Books.gnucash."Y"   where "X" is the name of my database and "Y" seems
to
be a date time stamp.  They never go away.  How to I control these so that
they are automatically cleaned up by gnucash?

Thanks


They are backups that are regularly taken. You control whether you want the
backups, the frequency of the period, and how long they are kept from. Go
to the Edit menu, select Preferences, then click on general.

Dave (newbie to GnuCash)
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Re: [GNC] add note to transaction

[Peter West]

Those more knowledgeable can comment here, but I imagine that modifying the 
Note field in the underlying database would be harmless.


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> On 29 Jan 2023, at 8:49 am, Derek Atkins  wrote:
> 
> You have to do each one individually, however you can copy-and-paste the
> note into each of them (one at a time) in a register in double-line mode. 
> So it should be pretty fast (once you have a register with only the
> transactions you need to modify).
> 
> -derek
> 
> On Sat, January 28, 2023 5:18 pm, Gary Holtum wrote:
>> I have several (dozens) of transactions that I would like to add a note
>> to.
>> The same note.
>> 
>> Is there a way to do it all at once or do I have to do each one
>> individually?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Gary Holtum
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Re: [GNC] Deleting split, specifying one expense account [FIXED]

[Stan Brown (using GC 2.6.19)]

On 2023-01-28 13:34, Liz Dodd wrote:
> On occasions Gnucash refuses to delete a split which is not the
> anchoring split to the register.
> I see it about twice a year, I have never chased down the cause, and
> find it easiest to Jump to another register and remove the split
> I don't want from there.

I have seen the same thing on rare occasions, and like you I never
tracked down why. But that's my reason for suggesting to Rich that he
use the General Ledger in such cases. As far as I know, nothing is ever
anchored _there_.

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Re: [GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

[Simon Roberts]

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:
>
> > I envisage burning a CDROM with the books, and a Windows distribution
> > of GNC, hopefully so they can simply put the disk in and click to run.
> > Obviously, the books will be read-only in that event, but they'd be
> > navigable.
> >
> > Has anyone tried this? Is such an installation a possibility? (I'm a
> > Linux user, and it's not unusual to run software that's just "sitting
> > around in a directory tree", but such is not always possible in
> > windows, so that alone might prevent this.).
>
>
> I do it, and the year I didn't provide the .exe file I got asked for
> it. That was related to Covid lockdown and sending the files
> electronically, instead of my usual CD-ROM
>
>
> Liz
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Re: [GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

[Simon Roberts]

Wow, does the state pay for your CPAs time doing that rekeying? That's a
major reason I'm looking at this. I want them to have instant access, easy
navigation, searching, and cross referencing, without having to run what I
call "hostageware" -- you all know, I'm sure, to which organizations I'm
referring :)

Fortunately, Colorado has no such evil requirements!


On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 2:48 PM Rich Shepard 
wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Jan 2023, Liz Dodd wrote:
>
> >> I envisage burning a CDROM with the books, and a Windows distribution
> >> of GNC, hopefully so they can simply put the disk in and click to run.
> >> Obviously, the books will be read-only in that event, but they'd be
> >> navigable.
>
> > I do it, and the year I didn't provide the .exe file I got asked for
> > it. That was related to Covid lockdown and sending the files
> > electronically, instead of my usual CD-ROM
>
> I've not followed this whole thread, so excuse me for jumping in. I've run
> my business using only linux since 1997 and gnucash for most of that time.
> I've sent business and personal end-of-year financials to my CPAs as PDF
> files ... generated by gnucash, with scanned supporting documents. As of
> last year I'm completely paperless. Saves a lot of file draw space. :-)
>
> Here in Oregon CPAs must use the state's software which limps along on only
> Windows, so no matter whatever form the client data arrives they have to
> rekey it. I suppose the feds have the same requirement.
>
> It's never been an issue.
>
> HTH,
>
> Rich
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Re: [GNC] add note to transaction

[Derek Atkins]

You have to do each one individually, however you can copy-and-paste the
note into each of them (one at a time) in a register in double-line mode. 
So it should be pretty fast (once you have a register with only the
transactions you need to modify).

-derek

On Sat, January 28, 2023 5:18 pm, Gary Holtum wrote:
> I have several (dozens) of transactions that I would like to add a note
> to.
> The same note.
>
> Is there a way to do it all at once or do I have to do each one
> individually?
>
>
>
> Gary Holtum
>
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Re: [GNC] gnu cash creates a ton of files.

[Dr. David Kirkby]

On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 at 22:04,  wrote:

> I get a lot of files in my documents folder that are like this:
>
> "X"Books.gnucash."Y"   where "X" is the name of my database and "Y" seems
> to
> be a date time stamp.  They never go away.  How to I control these so that
> they are automatically cleaned up by gnucash?
>
> Thanks
>

They are backups that are regularly taken. You control whether you want the
backups, the frequency of the period, and how long they are kept from. Go
to the Edit menu, select Preferences, then click on general.

Dave (newbie to GnuCash)
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[GNC] add note to transaction

[Gary Holtum]

I have several (dozens) of transactions that I would like to add a note to.
The same note.

Is there a way to do it all at once or do I have to do each one
individually?

 

Gary Holtum

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[GNC] gnu cash creates a ton of files.

[jmybal]

I get a lot of files in my documents folder that are like this:

 

"X"Books.gnucash."Y"   where "X" is the name of my database and "Y" seems to
be a date time stamp.  They never go away.  How to I control these so that
they are automatically cleaned up by gnucash?

 

Thanks

 

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Re: [GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 29 Jan 2023, Liz Dodd wrote:


I envisage burning a CDROM with the books, and a Windows distribution
of GNC, hopefully so they can simply put the disk in and click to run.
Obviously, the books will be read-only in that event, but they'd be
navigable.



I do it, and the year I didn't provide the .exe file I got asked for
it. That was related to Covid lockdown and sending the files
electronically, instead of my usual CD-ROM


I've not followed this whole thread, so excuse me for jumping in. I've run
my business using only linux since 1997 and gnucash for most of that time.
I've sent business and personal end-of-year financials to my CPAs as PDF
files ... generated by gnucash, with scanned supporting documents. As of
last year I'm completely paperless. Saves a lot of file draw space. :-)

Here in Oregon CPAs must use the state's software which limps along on only
Windows, so no matter whatever form the client data arrives they have to
rekey it. I suppose the feds have the same requirement.

It's never been an issue.

HTH,

Rich
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Re: [GNC] Have I screwed up with my Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?

[Dr. David Kirkby]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 at 09:31, Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:

> Fix:
>
> Delete the PorkBun payment and re-entered properly as a payment in USD
> or if it were in GBP to a USD Vendor, turn on Trading Accounts, then
> re-enter the payment in GBP with the FX as the fixed debit amount.
>

Based on the discussion at https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798734

it seems to be a GnuCash bug, which will be fixed in the next release.

Thank you for your help. I'm relieved that I don't have a serious error - I
was concerned all *the* reports were going to be wrong. I can live with the
temporary problem of some reports showing the wrong information. At least
it is confined to a few transactions that I am aware of.


Adrien
>

Dave
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Re: [GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

[Liz Dodd]

On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 13:38:12 -0700
Simon Roberts  wrote:

> I envisage burning a CDROM with the books, and a Windows distribution
> of GNC, hopefully so they can simply put the disk in and click to run.
> Obviously, the books will be read-only in that event, but they'd be
> navigable.
> 
> Has anyone tried this? Is such an installation a possibility? (I'm a
> Linux user, and it's not unusual to run software that's just "sitting
> around in a directory tree", but such is not always possible in
> windows, so that alone might prevent this.).


I do it, and the year I didn't provide the .exe file I got asked for
it. That was related to Covid lockdown and sending the files
electronically, instead of my usual CD-ROM


Liz
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Re: [GNC] Deleting split, specifying one expense account [FIXED]

[Liz Dodd]

On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 15:09:41 -0600
Adrien Monteleone  wrote:

> You need to have at least one 'anchoring' split to that register. If
> you have more than one split for that account, it will make you keep
> the first one, but you can delete the others.

On occasions Gnucash refuses to delete a split which is not the
anchoring split to the register.
I see it about twice a year, I have never chased down the cause, and
find it easiest to Jump to another register and remove the split
I don't want from there.

I suspect a bug underlying the problem but am not bothered enough to
collect the data.

Liz
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Re: [GNC] Deleting split, specifying one expense account [FIXED]

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 28 Jan 2023, Adrien Monteleone wrote:


You need to have at least one 'anchoring' split to that register. If you
have more than one split for that account, it will make you keep the first
one, but you can delete the others.


Adrien,

Adrian,

That's the way it worked in the past. Today I futzed with deleting the
split, deleting other splits, and a few other things. What finally worked
was using delete other splits after a right-click on the transfer column
when it displayed `split transaction`.

Regards,

Rich
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Re: [GNC] Deleting split, specifying one expense account [FIXED]

[Adrien Monteleone]

You need to have at least one 'anchoring' split to that register. If you 
have more than one split for that account, it will make you keep the 
first one, but you can delete the others.


Regards,
Adrien

On 1/28/23 10:35 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jan 2023, Rich Shepard wrote:


This used to work for me, but not today.


Fixed now.

The 'delete other splits' appeared to be greyed out, but it wasn't.

Right click on the Transfer column blanked it; selecting Groceries in the
Expenses worked. Entered the amount and saved transaction.


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Re: [GNC] GnuCash: What scheduled transactions can't do

[Adrien Monteleone]

And there is the option to review them in their own register.

Also, there *is* a 'Value' column in the SLR dialog, but I think it is 
for variables, not certain.


Regards,
Adrien

On 1/28/23 1:57 PM, Fred Bone wrote:

On 28 January 2023 at 9:55, Kalpesh Patel said:


Not able to see the  amount or the account name in the reminder pop for
the scheduled transaction is a huge bummer for me as well.



I have multiple scheduled transactions to the same institutions on the
same date for different assets and I have to make a note of it in each
transaction's name to discern them differently so they stay sane.


I rather thought that was the whole point of letting you "name" a SX: so
that you can tell one from another.


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Re: [GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

[Glenn Fowler]

Hi,

Unless your accountant is familiar w/ GnuCash, they usually don't want to
learn another program.
However, you mentioned you give then your report on paper. Why not just get
them a PDF copy? You eliminate the physical copy and they don't have to
worry about loading GnuCash.

On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 3:38 PM Simon Roberts <
si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote:

> I'm aware I could work this out for myself, but it could involve a lot of
> wasted time if the answer is no, and this list might have a quick answer
> either way.
>
> At some point, I'll need to submit my books to my CPA. They'll take the
> usual reports (general ledger, trial balance, stuff like that) on paper,
> but is seems that GNC is not that hard to navigate around, and it might be
> worth giving them, or offering them at least, a "live" set of books along
> with GNC to interact with them.
>
> I envisage burning a CDROM with the books, and a Windows distribution of
> GNC, hopefully so they can simply put the disk in and click to run.
> Obviously, the books will be read-only in that event, but they'd be
> navigable.
>
> Has anyone tried this? Is such an installation a possibility? (I'm a Linux
> user, and it's not unusual to run software that's just "sitting around in a
> directory tree", but 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
>
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[GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

[Simon Roberts]

I'm aware I could work this out for myself, but it could involve a lot of
wasted time if the answer is no, and this list might have a quick answer
either way.

At some point, I'll need to submit my books to my CPA. They'll take the
usual reports (general ledger, trial balance, stuff like that) on paper,
but is seems that GNC is not that hard to navigate around, and it might be
worth giving them, or offering them at least, a "live" set of books along
with GNC to interact with them.

I envisage burning a CDROM with the books, and a Windows distribution of
GNC, hopefully so they can simply put the disk in and click to run.
Obviously, the books will be read-only in that event, but they'd be
navigable.

Has anyone tried this? Is such an installation a possibility? (I'm a Linux
user, and it's not unusual to run software that's just "sitting around in a
directory tree", but 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

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Re: [GNC] GnuCash: What scheduled transactions can't do

[Fred Bone]

On 28 January 2023 at 9:55, Kalpesh Patel said:

> Not able to see the  amount or the account name in the reminder pop for
> the scheduled transaction is a huge bummer for me as well. 
> 
> 
> 
> I have multiple scheduled transactions to the same institutions on the
> same date for different assets and I have to make a note of it in each
> transaction's name to discern them differently so they stay sane.  

I rather thought that was the whole point of letting you "name" a SX: so 
that you can tell one from another.

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[GNC] Credit limit: Unrecognized or inconsistent format.

[Fred Tydeman]

I am experimenting with a test GnuCash file and an import of a small QIF
file from Quicken.

The QIF file is 5 transactions, all in one investment account.
Yet, when I try to import the QIF file, I get the following error message:
  Credit limit: Unrecognized or inconsistent format.
There are no credit cards involved, so that error makes no sense to me.

!Account
NAssets:Investments:vang
TInvst
^
D1/31'18
NXIn
Pcash
T5,000.00
Mxfer
L[bank]
$5,000.00
^
D2/28'18
NBuy
Yibm
I50
Q100
T5,000.00
^
D1/26'23
NXIn
Pcash
T29,000.00
Mfmv of gift
L[vang]
$29,000.00
^
D1/27'23
NMiscExp
Ycash
T30,000.00
Mfmv of gift
LGifts
^
D1/28'23
NShrsOut
Yibm
Q100
Mgift
^
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Re: [GNC] Deleting split, specifying one expense account

[Gyle McCollam]

Stan,
If you are entering the "cash Groceries transaction" in the cash account, that 
is why it won't let you delete the cash account.  You can't delete a split from 
within the same account, you can delete splits for other account just not the 
one you are in currently.  You can, however change the amount to zero, but that 
leaves a transaction with no value in cash.  The first time you said you used a 
checking account.  If you enter the transaction from the "Groceries" account, 
it will let you delete the cash split.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

gmccol...@live.com   email


From: gnucash-user  on 
behalf of Stan Brown (using GC 2.6.19) 
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2023 11:29 AM
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org 
Subject: Re: [GNC] Deleting split, specifying one expense account


On 2023-01-28 08:11, Rich Shepard wrote:
> This used to work for me, but not today.
>
> The last transaction in the checking account for groceries was entered as a
> split because I took cash back (which displays in the cash register). Now I
> have a cash groceries transaction, but gnucash won't let me delete the
> split
> and enter only the credit for the groceries account.
>
> What am I doing incorrectly?

I don't know the answer to that question, but I can tell you the
workaround that I use in similar situations.

Instead of deleting the split in the Groceries account register, do it
in the General Ledger. In my GC menu it's the item Tools » General
Ledger, but possibly it's a different menu item in your version.

Don't use a Reports menu item; that won't let you edit any transactions.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com
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Re: [GNC] Deleting split, specifying one expense account [FIXED]

[Rich Shepard]

On Sat, 28 Jan 2023, Rich Shepard wrote:


This used to work for me, but not today.


Fixed now.

The 'delete other splits' appeared to be greyed out, but it wasn't.

Right click on the Transfer column blanked it; selecting Groceries in the
Expenses worked. Entered the amount and saved transaction.

Rich
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Re: [GNC] Deleting split, specifying one expense account

[Stan Brown (using GC 2.6.19)]

On 2023-01-28 08:11, Rich Shepard wrote:
> This used to work for me, but not today.
> 
> The last transaction in the checking account for groceries was entered as a
> split because I took cash back (which displays in the cash register). Now I
> have a cash groceries transaction, but gnucash won't let me delete the
> split
> and enter only the credit for the groceries account.
> 
> What am I doing incorrectly?

I don't know the answer to that question, but I can tell you the
workaround that I use in similar situations.

Instead of deleting the split in the Groceries account register, do it
in the General Ledger. In my GC menu it's the item Tools » General
Ledger, but possibly it's a different menu item in your version.

Don't use a Reports menu item; that won't let you edit any transactions.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com
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[GNC] Deleting split, specifying one expense account

[Rich Shepard]

This used to work for me, but not today.

The last transaction in the checking account for groceries was entered as a
split because I took cash back (which displays in the cash register). Now I
have a cash groceries transaction, but gnucash won't let me delete the split
and enter only the credit for the groceries account.

What am I doing incorrectly?

TIA,

Rich

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[GNC] how-to track refinancing and other cost related to it.

[Kalpesh Patel]

Need some thoughts here as to how-to setup my accounts. Disclaimer: this may
somewhat dwell into accounting side as well but given the wide breadth of
the user community wanted to hear all different ways to do setup GNC to
track everything down to last cent if possible. 

 

Situation is as follows:

 

-  An asset was purchased with cash

-  Took a loan out against it a year later 

-  The loan was refinanced 8 years later which paid off two other
assets in the process in addition to previous loan

-  The loan was refinance again one year later which paid off
previous loan plus it helped finance another asset

 

How should accounts be set up in GNC if someone wants to track the cost of
financing plus the appreciation/depreciation that may be taking place along
the way.

 

 

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Re: [GNC] GnuCash: What scheduled transactions can't do

[Kalpesh Patel]

Not able to see the  amount or the account name in the reminder pop for the
scheduled transaction is a huge bummer for me as well. 

 

I have multiple scheduled transactions to the same institutions on the same
date for different assets and I have to make a note of it in each
transaction's name to discern them differently so they stay sane.  

 

--

 

Message: 4

Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:08:49 -0500

From: jhoe...@googlemail.com  

To: "'john'" mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us> >

Cc: mailto:gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org>
>

Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash: What scheduled transactions can't do

Message-ID: <146e01d9328b$2bdc6f90$83954eb0$@gmail.com
 >

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

 

Hi John:

 

Thanks for the quick response!

 

I don't need a future exchange rate for my scheduled posting, any exchange
rate will do. So I experimented a little more and it turns out that I CAN
schedule a payment from a non-USD (the primary currency) account after all.

Only when I use the checkbox "create automatically", I always get an error

message: "Scheduled transactions with variables or involving more than one
commodity cannot automatically be created." That now makes sense to me as
GnuCash probably expects me to specify a current exchange rate at the time
of posting. As long as I get a reminder, that's fine. 

 

Pity that there is no summary report of scheduled transactions. There'd be
plenty of room to add a few more columns (like value, and possibly even the
involved accounts) in the Scheduled Transactions Overview screen. I don't
know how difficult that is, of course, and how many other users would be
interested in that.

 

Thanks again, Jan

 

-Original Message-

From: john mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us> >

Sent: Friday, January 27, 2023 12:21 PM

To: jhoe...@googlemail.com  

Cc: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org  

Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash: What scheduled transactions can't do

 

 

 

> On Jan 27, 2023, at 6:35 AM, Jan via gnucash-user

mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > wrote:

> 

> Hi guys:

> 

> 

> 

> I'm still relatively new to GnuCash (after decades of extensive 

> Quicken

> usage) and want to make sure that what two things I couldn't do with 

> GnuCash really can't be done:

> 

> 

> 

> 1. No option to schedule future transaction if an exchange rate is

> involved - workaround manual transaction (detriment: effort and chance 

> to

> forget)

> 2. No option to see the value of scheduled transactions in one
list or

> report - workaround is clicking into every transaction and then the 

> template tab (detriment: effort and less overview)

 

If you mean in number 1 that there's no way to specify a future exchange

rate, that's correct. A multi-commodity scheduled transaction will require

you to enter the exchange rate in the Since Last Run dialog.

 

There is indeed no summary report of scheduled transactions.

 

Regards,

John Ralls

 

 

 

 

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Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transactions Window Sorting

[Adrien Monteleone]

As for the SX list on the SX tab, I did get it to stick after an exit 
and restart, best I can tell. But I have a very short list (5) and one 
of those is inactive.


I'm not sure what the reference was towards 'still open windows' as the 
sort order didn't magically change if I clicked on a different tab and 
then back again anyway.


Regards,
Adrien

On 1/28/23 4:14 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:

I think you meant to address this to me.

I'm not really sure why you're bringing up the SLR dialog. Are you suggesting 
that the sort order for that dialog is going to affect how the editor window 
sorts? That would be a strange behavior indeed.

Regardless, the dialog has no sorting capabilities. Neither does it have 
configuration options.

Changing the sort order, exiting the application, and restarting does not 
result in saved sorting. It *does* save my change to the calendar setting (from 
12 months to 3), so there's that.


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Re: [GNC] Scheduled Transactions Window Sorting

[David T. via gnucash-user]

I think you meant to address this to me. 

I'm not really sure why you're bringing up the SLR dialog. Are you suggesting 
that the sort order for that dialog is going to affect how the editor window 
sorts? That would be a strange behavior indeed. 

Regardless, the dialog has no sorting capabilities. Neither does it have 
configuration options. 

Changing the sort order, exiting the application, and restarting does not 
result in saved sorting. It *does* save my change to the calendar setting (from 
12 months to 3), so there's that. 

David T. 



On Jan 28, 2023, 8:30 AM, at 8:30 AM, David Carlson 
 wrote:
>Adrien M,
>
>Are you able to sort transactions in the Since Last Run dialog as well
>as
>in the Scheduled Transactions Editor?  Are they still sorted the same
>way
>the next time that you open the Scheduled Transactions Editor?
>
>I think there may be some confusion about when the stickiness arises. 
>I
>think that it only arises in windows that are still open when the
>program
>is shut down with Alt-F-Q, Ctrl-Q, and possibly clicking the upper
>right
>red X in Windows or many Linux desktops.  I have no knowledge about
>Apples.
>
>With that in mind, I think that it would be a nice enhancement if there
>were a way to make the attributes of the current window such as sort
>order,
>window positions and column widths 'stick' in the same way in the user
>settings as they do now when the program is closed, but without
>actually
>closing the program.  I think that this could be added in the
>right-click
>menu for registers, possibly called Freeze Window Attributes.
>
>On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 9:03 AM David Carlson
>
>wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> I would wait for a reply from one of the more active developers.  I
>do
>> agree with your sentiments.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 8:32 AM David T. via gnucash-user <
>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, thanks for the confirmation.
>>>
>>> I disagree with the conclusion, though. Based on your reasoning,
>>> registers should only save a chronological sort; thankfully, they
>allow
>>> other sort orders for users who prefer them.
>>>
>>> ⁣David T. ​
>>>
>>> On Jan 14, 2023, 4:15 PM, at 4:15 PM, John Layman <
>>> john.lay...@laymanandlayman.com> wrote:
>>> >I'm running 4.13 on Windows 10 and can tell you that sort order is
>>> >'sticky' only if you are sorting on one of the two occurrence
>columns.
>>> >It's a calendar-oriented feature, so I can't say I consider that an
>>> >oversight.
>>> >
>>> >-Original Message-
>>> >From: gnucash-user
>>> > On Behalf
>Of
>>> >David T. via gnucash-user
>>> >Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2023 1:44 AM
>>> >To: Gnucash Users 
>>> >Subject: [GNC] Scheduled Transactions Window Sorting
>>> >
>>> >Hello,
>>> >
>>> >Gnucash 4.13 Windows 10.
>>> >
>>> >As I reacquaint myself with scheduled transactions, I find myself
>>> >opening that window regularly. Each time I open the window,
>>> >transactions are listed in last created order. This despite my
>having
>>> >sorted the list alphabetically the previous time.
>>> >
>>> >My question is this: is there some material reason why the
>Scheduled
>>> >Transactions Window sort order isn't sticky (like most other
>windows in
>>> >GnuCash), or is this simply an oversight?
>>> >
>>> >⁣David T. ​
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>>
>> --
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>>
>
>
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