Re: [GNC] Migration and On-lind banking Manuals

2023-07-16 Thread David Cousens
Chris, If you will have ongoing access to Quickbooks then it is reasonable just to start by transferring the balances. If for some reason (unable to run the program in future due to platform change etc etc) you will not have access but still have a need to access the previous records, then data

[GNC] Migration and On-lind banking Manuals

2023-07-16 Thread Chris Miller
Hi Folks, I have a few Intuit QuickBooks "Company Files" that I will migrate to GnuCash. I'm looking for migration advice. It is not clear how much history I want to take with me. I may simply start with exiting account balances, and live with QuickBooks for historical reports. Or, it may

Re: [GNC] Online Banking Setup

2023-07-16 Thread John M. Thornton
Jim, Thanks for your response and with what I have tried in the past which was a lot of what you mentioned, it just looks like to me it's not worth the effort with no guarantees it will work. I will continue the manual entry along with using the QIF / OFX downloads from my financial

Re: [GNC] Online Banking Setup

2023-07-16 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Hello, John, and welcome to GnuCash! On 2023-07-16 15:39, John M. Thornton wrote: Good afternoon, I just wanted to inquire if anybody is able to use the Online Banking Setup with Gnucash and how easy it was to set up within North America. I have tried to follow some wiki information and also

[GNC] Finance::Quote - AlphaVantage Trade Currencies

2023-07-16 Thread Bruce Schuck
Hello again, At some point I am going to take a break from F::Q, I thought this weekend I was going to escape. ### For the question, skip to the next ### Anyway, some time ago the issue was raised about prices from AlphaVantage for LSE traded stocks (see

[GNC] Online Banking Setup

2023-07-16 Thread John M. Thornton
Good afternoon, I just wanted to inquire if anybody is able to use the Online Banking Setup with Gnucash and how easy it was to set up within North America. I have tried to follow some wiki information and also looked at the setup for my banks but it just doesn't seem to work. I am able to

[GNC] Report: Asset Chart: Same security twice

2023-07-16 Thread Fred Tydeman
In looking at a Report: Asset Chart, I noticed that the same security appears twice. It appears this is due to the security being moved from a mutual fund company to a brokerage account. It is the same investment. Is that the expected behaviour? Is there a way around this?

[GNC] YahooJSON hack for Linux Flatpak install

2023-07-16 Thread doug brown via gnucash-user
The hack proposed by Bruce Schuck in the thread "Yahoo Closed the Door on Finance API" also works for Flatpak install of Gnucash v. 5.3. This Flatpak install was the only Linux distribution of Gnucash v.5.3 I have been able to find. Unfortunately it it uses F::Q v. 1.56 and I have been unable

Re: [GNC] Window/Mac Summary Box difference

2023-07-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
For reference, see bug links below. Regards, Adrien On 7/16/23 2:50 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: This first label, currency symbol, is telling you what the next two figures are denominated in, though this is redundant since the currency symbol is repeated with the actual amounts. I'll file a

[GNC] Finance::Quote 1.57_02 - YahooWeb gets correct trading date and fixed pricing for single char symbols

2023-07-16 Thread Bruce Schuck
Greetings, Another beta pre-release for F::Q v1.58 has been uploaded to CPAN. The URL used by YahooWeb (yahooweb) has been changed to the date is pulled from web page. The issue with some single-character symbols getting bad pricing has also been fixed, and labels 'open', 'high', 'low', and

Re: [GNC] Window/Mac Summary Box difference

2023-07-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 7/13/23 5:19 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: Based on some experimentation, I suspect: 1.  Grand Total should always be zero (blank).  If ever non-zero it means you have an out-of-balance transaction (maybe more than one) somewhere. It is not possible to have an out-of-balance transaction.

Re: [GNC] Equity Account "problem"

2023-07-16 Thread Default User
On Sun, 2023-07-16 at 13:50 -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > On 7/12/23 10:53 AM, Default User wrote: > > ... I understand that the fundamental accounting equation > > is, of course: > > > > Assets - Liabilities = Equity > > No, and if you answered that on a test, it would be marked wrong. > >

Re: [GNC] Equity Account "problem"

2023-07-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
On 7/12/23 10:53 AM, Default User wrote: ... I understand that the fundamental accounting equation is, of course: Assets - Liabilities = Equity No, and if you answered that on a test, it would be marked wrong. While the math works out and equations can be manipulated (as is the case with

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
And then there is the problem that sometimes, quoted material gets unquoted, or quote levels are removed and the sender didn't notice that some of it effectively became unquoted and now appears as their own writing. Will, Your recent post below is a top post with a reference quote from Stan

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Yes, I am a top poster, but not always. I don't view most of these topics as 'conversations'. My post is usually its own thing on a shared subject. I only include a relevant quote for reference or context. If someone wants that reference or context, they can scroll and read. Those that

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-16 Thread Michael Hendry
On 15 Jul 2023, at 11:28, Chris Green wrote: > >> > I occasionally run two copies of GnuCash and there don't appear to be > any significant issues when I do this. It's quite a rare occurrence > though as, with small (one year only) database files a GnuCash > instance starts very quickly so I