Originally I sent this to just to Adrien by mistake. Now sending to the list.
On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 15:55, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > David, I could be mistaken, but I think this is influencing your > reporting problem. (if the A/P side looks like what you posted below > concerning A/R) > > I'm hazarding a guess that: > > Assets:Accounts Receivable:Accounts Receivable > > is in GBP, though you have no indication in the name. > > If so, I'd rename it. > Yes, it is. It is possible you don't even need it if that is your book currency. > Just stick with the original Assets:Accounts Receivable, but you should > verify that. (a single currency book, just has the one account) > > Either way, I don't think those USD & EUR A/R accounts should be > children of a child of A/R. (at least that is how your indentation reads > below) > Yes, they are, and I suspect that is wrong. Make a copy of your book and test out if one of these does the trick by > editing one bill and/or payment accordingly (you might be able to just > re-parent the account(s) though: > > Assets:A/R > --Assets:A/R (GBP) > --Assets:A/R (USD) > --Assets:A/R (EUR) > I see that it is different from what I have now. In which case I assume Assets:A/R would be a placeholder account. How would I test this out? There is actually just one single transaction for Services in USD, so I guess that would be a good one to try. There are many more for sales in USD. > or perhaps more simply: > > Assets:A/R > --Assets:A/R (USD) > --Assets:A/R (EUR) > I'm not following you there. Are you saying make Assets:A/R a placeholder account? If so, where do GBP accounts get posted? If not, how is this different to what I have now? Are you saying I don't need an A/R for GBP? > Where each child is specifically set to those named currencies and the > parent A/R is in your book currency. (assuming GBP here) > I don't follow how that's different to what I have now. > > Your Assets:PayPal account tree has no bearing on the Business Features. > They *should* just be generic asset accounts. > Okay. > > Regards, > Adrien > I will look at this after I have not had a few beers. 😀😀 Now is not the time to start playing around with complex things. On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 15:55, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > David, I could be mistaken, but I think this is influencing your > reporting problem. (if the A/P side looks like what you posted below > concerning A/R) > > I'm hazarding a guess that: > > Assets:Accounts Receivable:Accounts Receivable > > is in GBP, though you have no indication in the name. > > If so, I'd rename it. > > It is possible you don't even need it if that is your book currency. > Just stick with the original Assets:Accounts Receivable, but you should > verify that. (a single currency book, just has the one account) > > Either way, I don't think those USD & EUR A/R accounts should be > children of a child of A/R. (at least that is how your indentation reads > below) > > Make a copy of your book and test out if one of these does the trick by > editing one bill and/or payment accordingly (you might be able to just > re-parent the account(s) though: > > Assets:A/R > --Assets:A/R (GBP) > --Assets:A/R (USD) > --Assets:A/R (EUR) > > or perhaps more simply: > > Assets:A/R > --Assets:A/R (USD) > --Assets:A/R (EUR) > > Where each child is specifically set to those named currencies and the > parent A/R is in your book currency. (assuming GBP here) > > Your Assets:PayPal account tree has no bearing on the Business Features. > They *should* just be generic asset accounts. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 11/27/23 7:06 PM, David Kirkby wrote: > > I'm getting some crazy results things happening in my accounts, in that a > > GBP amount of a transaction is not matching the USD amount. > > > > I am wondering what I'm doing wrong. I have my accounts set up like this, > > so the USD and EUR accounts are child accounts of the default (GBP) > > account. Is that right or wrong? I'm starting to wonder now if this is > all > > wrong. > > > > Assets:Accounts Receivable:Accounts Receivable > > Assets:Accounts Receivable:Accounts Receivable (USD) > > Assets:Accounts Receivable:Accounts Receivable (EUR) > > > > However, I notice PayPal is not set up like that. The PayPal (GBP) and > > PayPal USD are both child accounts of Assets:PayPal. > > > > Assets:PayPal:PayPal (GBP) > > Assets:PayPal:PayPal (USD) > > _______________________________________________ > 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 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
