Thanks !! You solved my problem. 😃 On Mon, Oct 14, 2019, 9:55 AM D <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > Please keep the list in the loop by copying Gnucash users. > > I would look in the Scheduled Transaction Editor. There is some > transaction there, I believe, which is named CHECKING STATEMENT. This > scheduled transaction includes an entry that refers to an account by its > (hidden) GUID*, which no longer exists in your file. You must change that > transaction so that it refers to an account currently in your Chart of > Accounts. Rather than reverse engineer the GUID by searching the data file > for that GUID, I would simply delete all the template transactions in that > scheduled transaction and recreate them anew, which will correct the > reference. > > To return to your original question, your data will most likely not suffer > from this error; whatever scheduled transaction you had will not get > created, however. > > HTH, > David > > * Transaction entries store an account's GUID, rather than an account > name. So, were you to examine your raw Gnucash data, you would see a 32 > character code, instead of "Assets:Checking". This allows you to rename > accounts without screwing up all your historical data. Thus, your renaming > of this account would not break the Scheduled Transaction, I believe. The > way you break your system is more convoluted, and involves deleting > accounts and creating new one with the same human-readable name. > > > On October 14, 2019, at 1:27 PM, RICHARD YENTZER <ryentze...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I use Android gnucash to enter daily shopping expenditures on my phone, > then transfer the file weekly through Dropbox to my PC. I recall > temporarily renaming the account on the PC. Do you know of a way to ferret > out the dangling transaction? > Richard > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2019, 1:29 AM D <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> 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 <ryentze...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> each time i open gnucash i receive the following message before my user >> data file loads: >> >> Unknown account for guid [13f77f105c19b5a8b17edef872d7eed5], cancelling SX >> [CHECKING STATEMENT] creation. >> Unknown account for guid [13f77f105c19b5a8b17edef872d7eed5], cancelling SX >> [CHECKING STATEMENT] creation. >> Unknown account for guid [13f77f105c19b5a8b17edef872d7eed5], cancelling SX >> [CHECKING STATEMENT] creation. >> >> it appears to me that this relates to the user data i'm accessing. >> >> what is this? is it causing or potentially causing harm? How can i get rid >> of it? >> >> richard >> ryentze...@gmail.com >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
