Re: [GNC] check failed test-userdata-dir-invalid-home building gnucash 5.9 on Linux Mint 22 Wilma

[Geert Janssens]

Hi John,

Do you have the environment variable GNC_DATA_HOME set in your environment, 
pointing at /home/john/gnucash ?

That may explain the failing test.

The test is not relevant for the proper functioning of gnucash in normal 
circumstances though, so you can ignore the issue. It tests for the corner 
case that no valid home directory exists for the current user. You're not in 
that situation.

I will see if I can improve the test to also work when GNC_DATA_HOME is set 
for a future release.

Regards,

Geert

Op donderdag 31 oktober 2024 00:11:25 CET schreef John Griessen via gnucash-
user:
> Here is the log from that failed check:
> 
> 
> 23/128 Testing: test-userdata-dir-invalid-home
> 23/128 Test: test-userdata-dir-invalid-home
> Command:
> "/usr/local/src/gnucash-5.9-build/bin/test-userdata-dir-invalid-home"
> Directory: /usr/local/src/gnucash-5.9-build/libgnucash/core-utils/test
> "test-userdata-dir-invalid-home" start time: Oct 30 16:53 MDT
> Output:
> --
> FAILURE gnc_build_x_path
> /usr/local/src/gnucash-5.9/libgnucash/core-utils/test/test-userdata-dir-inv
> alid-home.c:120 /home/john/gnucash/foo (gnc_build_userdata_path) vs
> /tmp/john/gnucash/foo FAILURE gnc_build_x_path
> /usr/local/src/gnucash-5.9/libgnucash/core-utils/test/test-userdata-dir-inv
> alid-home.c:120 /home/john/gnucash/books/foo (gnc_build_book_path) vs
> /tmp/john/gnucash/books/foo FAILURE gnc_build_x_path
> /usr/local/src/gnucash-5.9/libgnucash/core-utils/test/test-userdata-dir-inv
> alid-home.c:120 /home/john/gnucash/translog/foo (gnc_build_translog_path) vs
> /tmp/john/gnucash/translog/foo FAILURE gnc_build_x_path
> /usr/local/src/gnucash-5.9/libgnucash/core-utils/test/test-userdata-dir-inv
> alid-home.c:120 /home/john/gnucash/data/foo (gnc_build_data_path) vs
> /tmp/john/gnucash/data/foo Executed 4 tests. There were 4 failures.
> 
> 
> My dir /home/john/gnucash/books  has old data in it.  Not sure where the
> current files like this are... looked here:
> 
> john@ [gnucash-5.9-build]ls /usr/local/share/gnucash/
> accounts  chartjs  checks  gtkbuilder  icons  pixmaps  ui
> 
> has no dir named books
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Re: [GNC] Questions about how to handle Gift Certificates

[Mark at Lorimark]

Hi Robert,

Excellent question!  I didn't have the answer, but thought I'd google 
it, and this is what I found;



https://www.accountingtools.com/articles/accounting-for-gift-cards-gift-certificates


Hope that's helpful.

~mark petryk
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On 10/31/24 12:38, Robert Heller wrote:

I have a small service-oriented business, and I am looking to sell "Gift
Certificates" that could be redeemed for future service.

I am not sure how to account for them with gnucash.  I think I should some
sort of account (Liability?) for the sold Gift Certificates, but I am not sure
how to account for them when I issue invoices (and  process payments) in the
future.  I wonder if there is some wisdom out there on the gnucash-user
reguarding handling Gift Certificates.


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[GNC] Chart rendering in 5.6-2 and later flatpaks

[John Ralls]

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799445 reports rendering charts when 
running a Wayland session and generating PDFs from charts on an Xorg one on all 
releases since 5.6-2; that flatpak release and all subsequent ones use Gnome 
runtime 46. Previous releases used Gnome runtime 44.

Has anyone else noticed any problems with charts when using a GnuCash flatpak?

Regards,
John Ralls

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Re: [GNC] Questions about how to handle Gift Certificates

[Murugan Mariappan]

Robert

Try the following and see if it works for you

1. Create a new account named "Gift Certificates Payable" and set it as a 
Liability account.
2. Record the Sale of a Gift Certificate:
Credit the "Gift Certificates Payable" account for the amount of the gift 
certificate sold.
Debit the "Checking Account" for the same amount.
3. Issue your invoice as usual with AR recorded

4. Issuing a Credit Note Upon Redemption:

   When a customer redeems their gift certificate, create a credit note:
   In the income account field select "Gift Certificates Payable" account for 
the same amount

5.Record the Redemption:
  Pay the invoice with the Credit Note and actual cash and select the transfer 
account as your "Checking Account"





Saludos Cordiales


Murugan





Saludos Cordiales


Murugan


From: gnucash-user 
 on behalf of 
Robert Heller 
Sent: 31 October 2024 14:38
To: gnucash-user@ 
Subject: [GNC] Questions about how to handle Gift Certificates

I have a small service-oriented business, and I am looking to sell "Gift
Certificates" that could be redeemed for future service.

I am not sure how to account for them with gnucash.  I think I should some
sort of account (Liability?) for the sold Gift Certificates, but I am not sure
how to account for them when I issue invoices (and  process payments) in the
future.  I wonder if there is some wisdom out there on the gnucash-user
reguarding handling Gift Certificates.

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Re: [GNC] Duplicating Account

[Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user]

On 10/31/2024 10:13 AM, Kalpesh Patel wrote:

With that out of the way, I sounds like that the asking person wants to 
experiment something within the account. In that case, it is rather going to be 
best by making a copy of the file somewhere else. Then restore it back if you 
don’t like the result after the experiment or experiment with the copy of the 
file and then overwrite original if results looks good.

ABSOLUTELY  Never do testing/experimentation using your"prod" data. 
Instead always make a copy and test using that. I strongly suggest you 
use "test" somewhere in the name of this copy (file) so that no chance 
you would ever make a mistake whether you were working"test" or "prod". 
We who did this for a living usually had separate "test"n and "prod" 
logins (logged in "test", while we might be able to read "prod" data, no 
write access)


<< most development team members wouldn't even have a "prod" log in. 
There would be a "production team" whose members would have one. But a 
few of us development team members did have a "prod" log in for 
emergency use; say after hours and no production team members present to 
submit prod jobs for us. Like its the middle of the night and the 
standby programmers on duty are stumped and have called one of in to help >>


Michael D Novack


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Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote v1.63_06

[Bruce Schuck]

Sorry, I omitted:

It can be installed via cpan (or cpanm)

cpan BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.63_06.tar.gz

Thank you.

Bruce S.
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Re: [GNC] Stocks with prices in more than one currency

[Murugan Mariappan]

Hi Fred

Can you explain why you have the same stock with two different currency





Saludos Cordiales


Murugan


From: gnucash-user 
 on behalf of Fred 
Tydeman 
Sent: 31 October 2024 04:16
To: Gnucash Users 
Subject: [GNC] Stocks with prices in more than one currency

Is there a fast way to find stocks that have prices in more than one
currency?
Looking at the price history for each stock, one by one, is not fast.

As I discovered, stocks with prices in more than one currency mess up the
Advanced Portfolio report.
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Re: [GNC] Stocks with prices in more than one currency

[Fred Tydeman]

I have no idea how Gnucash ended up with prices in two different currencies
for the same stock.
I only found out that it did when the Advanced Portfolio report had a very
wrong Current Value for that stock.

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 2:48 PM Murugan Mariappan <
m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Fred
>
> Can you explain why you have the same stock with two different currency
>
>
>
>
> Saludos Cordiales
>
>
> Murugan
> --
> *From:* gnucash-user  hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Fred Tydeman  >
> *Sent:* 31 October 2024 04:16
> *To:* Gnucash Users 
> *Subject:* [GNC] Stocks with prices in more than one currency
>
> Is there a fast way to find stocks that have prices in more than one
> currency?
> Looking at the price history for each stock, one by one, is not fast.
>
> As I discovered, stocks with prices in more than one currency mess up the
> Advanced Portfolio report.
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[GNC] Stocks with prices in more than one currency

[Fred Tydeman]

Is there a fast way to find stocks that have prices in more than one
currency?
Looking at the price history for each stock, one by one, is not fast.

As I discovered, stocks with prices in more than one currency mess up the
Advanced Portfolio report.
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Re: [GNC] Duplicating Account

[Kalpesh Patel]

With that out of the way, I sounds like that the asking person wants to 
experiment something within the account. In that case, it is rather going to be 
best by making a copy of the file somewhere else. Then restore it back if you 
don’t like the result after the experiment or experiment with the copy of the 
file and then overwrite original if results looks good. 

Brief Explanation on XY Problem: : X (Ask) Y (Why)

-Original Message-
From: Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)  
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 10:26 AM
To: Mark Penner 
Cc: gnuCash User List 
Subject: Re: [GNC] Duplicating Account

On 2024-10-30 04:49, Mark Penner wrote:
> Oct 30, 2024 02:59:23 Griffin :
>> Is it possible to duplicate an account?
> 
> Sounds like an XY problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem
> What are you trying to do?
Cool! I saw this phenomenon frequently in my days in software tech support, but 
I never knew it had a name. Thanks!

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com/


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Re: [GNC] Showing account totals as of today

[Kalpesh Patel]

Not sure if this was mentioned or not but in COA windows, you can add 
additional "Total" columns that has different types of total amount. Selection 
is made by clicking the down arrow at the end of the heading line (the one that 
has the text "Account Name" in it) and putting a check mark by clicking the 
type of total you want to see in COA windows.

-Original Message-
From: sunfis...@yahoo.com  
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 12:05 AM
To: R Losey 
Cc: Mark Penner ; gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Showing account totals as of today

FWIW, the "Present" value is also displayed in the footer of the account 
register. As someone else noted, the register also includes by default a thick 
blue line to separate past entries from future ones. 

⁣David T. ​

On Oct 28, 2024, 8:03 PM, at 8:03 PM, R Losey  wrote:
>It's called "Present" and is today's balance -- "Total" includes all 
>transactions that have been entered, even if they in the future.
>
>On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 9:54 AM Mark Penner 
>wrote:
>
>> Oct 28, 2024 08:45:31 Boniforti Flavio :
>>
>> > Now, is there a way to have GnuCash show the account total as of
>today,
>> > like not considering the transactions already entered in the
>future?
>>
>> If you're referring to the accounts tree tab, look on the right end
>of the
>> column header bar and find a dropdown to select which columns get
>shown. I
>> forget what exactly it's called, but that is an option.
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Re: [GNC] check failed test-userdata-dir-invalid-home building gnucash 5.9 on Linux Mint 22 Wilma

[John Griessen via gnucash-user]

On 10/31/24 05:18, Geert Janssens wrote:

Do you have the environment variable GNC_DATA_HOME set in your environment,
pointing at /home/john/gnucash ?


No, thanks.   I reran it and still get the error even with env set:


 98% tests passed, 2 tests failed out of 128

Total Test time (real) =  45.29 sec

The following tests FAILED:
 22 - test-userdata-dir (Failed)
 23 - test-userdata-dir-invalid-home (Failed)

(base) john@cultlab4 [gnucash-5.9-build]env | grep GNC
GNC_DATA_HOME=/home/john/gnucash

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Re: [GNC] Stocks with prices in more than one currency

[Kalpesh Patel]

While I don't know the full background on your situation, something is not 
adding up right. If the setup for your book is correct then the exchange rate 
between two currencies should reconcile the report to correct value for the 
Advance Portfolio and the Current Value for it.

-Original Message-
From: Fred Tydeman  
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2024 1:05 PM
To: Murugan Mariappan 
Cc: Gnucash Users 
Subject: Re: [GNC] Stocks with prices in more than one currency

I have no idea how Gnucash ended up with prices in two different currencies for 
the same stock.
I only found out that it did when the Advanced Portfolio report had a very 
wrong Current Value for that stock.

On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 2:48 PM Murugan Mariappan < m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> 
wrote:

> Hi Fred
>
> Can you explain why you have the same stock with two different 
> currency
>
>
>
>
> Saludos Cordiales
>
>
> Murugan
> --
> *From:* gnucash-user  hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Fred Tydeman 
>  >
> *Sent:* 31 October 2024 04:16
> *To:* Gnucash Users 
> *Subject:* [GNC] Stocks with prices in more than one currency
>
> Is there a fast way to find stocks that have prices in more than one 
> currency?
> Looking at the price history for each stock, one by one, is not fast.
>
> As I discovered, stocks with prices in more than one currency mess up 
> the Advanced Portfolio report.
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Re: [GNC] Stocks with prices in more than one currency

[Patrick James via gnucash-user]

Hello Fred,

You have no idea how data gets into your GnuCash file?


> On 10/31/2024 10:04 AM PDT Fred Tydeman  wrote:
> 
>  
> I have no idea how Gnucash ended up with prices in two different currencies
> for the same stock.
> I only found out that it did when the Advanced Portfolio report had a very
> wrong Current Value for that stock.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 2:48 PM Murugan Mariappan <
> m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Fred
> >
> > Can you explain why you have the same stock with two different currency
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Saludos Cordiales
> >
> >
> > Murugan
> > --
> > *From:* gnucash-user  > hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Fred Tydeman  > >
> > *Sent:* 31 October 2024 04:16
> > *To:* Gnucash Users 
> > *Subject:* [GNC] Stocks with prices in more than one currency
> >
> > Is there a fast way to find stocks that have prices in more than one
> > currency?
> > Looking at the price history for each stock, one by one, is not fast.
> >
> > As I discovered, stocks with prices in more than one currency mess up the
> > Advanced Portfolio report.
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Re: [GNC] Forces Rebalance Causes Fatal Error

[David H]

Griffin / Bueller ?

None of your screen shots made it to the mailing list - you have to attach
them to an email not paste them in-line.  You don't have to delete the lock
file manually, you should be able to click on open anyway if the lock file
is present and Gnucash will open anyway :-)

Cheers David H.

On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 at 11:26, Griffin  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to reconcile accounts that have got way behind. They are
> stock (options) trades that might have been entered before I understood
> how trading accounts should be setup.
>
> When I view the register for the account, I notice some of the records
> display a box with a square in it, in the top left corner of both the
> deposit and the Withdrawal field. When I tab through the deposit and the
> withdrawal fields as the focus leaves the withdrawal field, a dialog
> pops saying the transaction needs to be rebalanced.
>
> The transaction split looks like this. You can see the box with a cross
> in it
>
> As I don't know what needs to be balanced I click on "Let GnuCash add an
> adjusting split", and I click .
>
> The transaction split, then looks like this.
>
> As I move onto the next transaction, and follow the exact same steps,
> after clicking on , there is a pause of 1 to 2 seconds,
> following which GnuCash silently crashes.
>
> When I reopen GnuCash I am presented with cannot get a lock popup
>
> I can delete the file 2024 Accounts.gnucash.LCK to restart GnuCash.
>
> Nothing has been changed of course, and there was no time to save
> anything. Some times Even the first try ends abnormally.
>
> Any ideas, anyone, Bueller… anyone?
>
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Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote v1.63_06

[Geoff]

Thanks for your hard work Bruce - we appreciate it!

Regards

Geoff
=

On 1/11/2024 3:27 am, Bruce Schuck wrote:

Hello,

F::Q release v1.63_06 will probably become v1.64 in the next week or so. 
Changes since v1.63 are the following:


* Fix to Stooq.pm - Issue #445
* Updated ASX.pm - Issue #404
* Added more fields to CSE.pm and exposed all labels.
* Changed parsing in Comdirect.pm - Issue #413
* Complete rewrite of OnVista.pm - Issue #414
* Minor fix to FinanceAPI decoding JSON - Issue #434
* Modified YahooJSON to deal with "nan" as dividend yield in JSON.
* New CurrencyRates module, CurrencyRates/FinanceAPI - Issue #427
* Fixed Bourso.pm - Issue #417
* Allowed Currency Rates modules Fixer.pm and OpenExchange.pm to read 
their API keys from environment variables - Issue #426


Thank you.

Bruce S.
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[GNC] Forces Rebalance Causes Fatal Error

[Griffin]

Hi,

I am trying to reconcile accounts that have got way behind. They are 
stock (options) trades that might have been entered before I understood 
how trading accounts should be setup.


When I view the register for the account, I notice some of the records 
display a box with a square in it, in the top left corner of both the 
deposit and the Withdrawal field. When I tab through the deposit and the 
withdrawal fields as the focus leaves the withdrawal field, a dialog 
pops saying the transaction needs to be rebalanced.


The transaction split looks like this. You can see the box with a cross 
in it


As I don't know what needs to be balanced I click on "Let GnuCash add an 
adjusting split", and I click .


The transaction split, then looks like this.

As I move onto the next transaction, and follow the exact same steps, 
after clicking on , there is a pause of 1 to 2 seconds, 
following which GnuCash silently crashes.


When I reopen GnuCash I am presented with cannot get a lock popup

I can delete the file 2024 Accounts.gnucash.LCK to restart GnuCash.

Nothing has been changed of course, and there was no time to save 
anything. Some times Even the first try ends abnormally.


Any ideas, anyone, Bueller… anyone?


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Re: [GNC] Duplicating Account

[Griffin]

Thank you so much Kalpesh for the reply.

I tried exporting and then importing, but that didn't work for me. I 
guess I did something wrong, and I ended up with lots of transactions 
with no values in them at all.


In the end I selected a transaction in the from account, "Jumped" to the 
other account/category, and then changed the account to the new to account.


There were only about 30 transactions, and in the end it took less time 
than the amount of time I spent working on the Export/Input technique.


Once again, Thanks




On 2024-10-31 8:13 a.m., Kalpesh Patel wrote:

With that out of the way, I sounds like that the asking person wants to 
experiment something within the account. In that case, it is rather going to be 
best by making a copy of the file somewhere else. Then restore it back if you 
don’t like the result after the experiment or experiment with the copy of the 
file and then overwrite original if results looks good.

Brief Explanation on XY Problem: : X (Ask) Y (Why)

-Original Message-
From: Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) 
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 10:26 AM
To: Mark Penner 
Cc: gnuCash User List 
Subject: Re: [GNC] Duplicating Account

On 2024-10-30 04:49, Mark Penner wrote:

Oct 30, 2024 02:59:23 Griffin :

Is it possible to duplicate an account?

Sounds like an XY problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem
What are you trying to do?

Cool! I saw this phenomenon frequently in my days in software tech support, but 
I never knew it had a name. Thanks!

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com/


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Re: [GNC] Duplicating Account

[Liz]

On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 07:26:10 -0700
"Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)"  wrote:

> On 2024-10-30 04:49, Mark Penner wrote:
> > Oct 30, 2024 02:59:23 Griffin :  
> >> Is it possible to duplicate an account?  
> > 
> > Sounds like an XY problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem
> > What are you trying to do?  
> Cool! I saw this phenomenon frequently in my days in software tech
> support, but I never knew it had a name. Thanks!
> 
> Stan Brown

Interesting diversion, and it made me consider that the Question "Use X
to do Y" is often posed by examiners, without realising that what they
are asking to be demonstrated may not be the best way

;)

Liz
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Re: [GNC] Questions about how to handle Gift Certificates

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:34:27 + Murugan Mariappan 
 wrote:

> 
> Robert
> 
> Try the following and see if it works for you
> 
> 1. Create a new account named "Gift Certificates Payable" and set it as a 
> Liability account.
> 2. Record the Sale of a Gift Certificate:
> Credit the "Gift Certificates Payable" account for the amount of the gift 
> certificate sold.
> Debit the "Checking Account" for the same amount.
> 3. Issue your invoice as usual with AR recorded
> 
> 4. Issuing a Credit Note Upon Redemption:
> 
>When a customer redeems their gift certificate, create a credit note:
>In the income account field select "Gift Certificates Payable" account for 
> the same amount

How do I create a credit note?  I am using Gnucash 4.14.

> 
> 5.Record the Redemption:
>   Pay the invoice with the Credit Note and actual cash and select the 
> transfer account as your "Checking Account"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Saludos Cordiales
> 
> 
> Murugan
> 
> 
> From: gnucash-user 
>  on behalf of 
> Robert Heller 
> Sent: 31 October 2024 14:38
> To: gnucash-user@ 
> Subject: [GNC] Questions about how to handle Gift Certificates
> 
> I have a small service-oriented business, and I am looking to sell "Gift
> Certificates" that could be redeemed for future service.
> 
> I am not sure how to account for them with gnucash.  I think I should some
> sort of account (Liability?) for the sold Gift Certificates, but I am not sure
> how to account for them when I issue invoices (and  process payments) in the
> future.  I wonder if there is some wisdom out there on the gnucash-user
> reguarding handling Gift Certificates.
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Re: [GNC] Questions about how to handle Gift Certificates

[Robert Heller]

Nevermind, I found it.

At Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:26:38 -0400 (EDT) Robert Heller  
wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> At Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:34:27 + Murugan Mariappan 
>  wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Robert
> > 
> > Try the following and see if it works for you
> > 
> > 1. Create a new account named "Gift Certificates Payable" and set it as a 
> > Liability account.
> > 2. Record the Sale of a Gift Certificate:
> > Credit the "Gift Certificates Payable" account for the amount of the 
> > gift certificate sold.
> > Debit the "Checking Account" for the same amount.
> > 3. Issue your invoice as usual with AR recorded
> > 
> > 4. Issuing a Credit Note Upon Redemption:
> > 
> >When a customer redeems their gift certificate, create a credit note:
> >In the income account field select "Gift Certificates Payable" account 
> > for the same amount
> 
> How do I create a credit note?  I am using Gnucash 4.14.
> 
> > 
> > 5.Record the Redemption:
> >   Pay the invoice with the Credit Note and actual cash and select the 
> > transfer account as your "Checking Account"
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Saludos Cordiales
> > 
> > 
> > Murugan
> > 
> > 
> > From: gnucash-user 
> >  on behalf of 
> > Robert Heller 
> > Sent: 31 October 2024 14:38
> > To: gnucash-user@ 
> > Subject: [GNC] Questions about how to handle Gift Certificates
> > 
> > I have a small service-oriented business, and I am looking to sell "Gift
> > Certificates" that could be redeemed for future service.
> > 
> > I am not sure how to account for them with gnucash.  I think I should some
> > sort of account (Liability?) for the sold Gift Certificates, but I am not 
> > sure
> > how to account for them when I issue invoices (and  process payments) in the
> > future.  I wonder if there is some wisdom out there on the gnucash-user
> > reguarding handling Gift Certificates.
> > 
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Re: [GNC] check failed test-userdata-dir-invalid-home building gnucash 5.9 on Linux Mint 22 Wilma

[John Griessen via gnucash-user]

On 10/31/24 05:18, Geert Janssens wrote:

Do you have the environment variable GNC_DATA_HOME set in your environment,
pointing at /home/john/gnucash ?


No, thanks.   I'll rerun it and report back.
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[GNC] Finance::Quote v1.63_06

[Bruce Schuck]

Hello,

F::Q release v1.63_06 will probably become v1.64 in the next week or so. 
Changes since v1.63 are the following:


* Fix to Stooq.pm - Issue #445
* Updated ASX.pm - Issue #404
* Added more fields to CSE.pm and exposed all labels.
* Changed parsing in Comdirect.pm - Issue #413
* Complete rewrite of OnVista.pm - Issue #414
* Minor fix to FinanceAPI decoding JSON - Issue #434
* Modified YahooJSON to deal with "nan" as dividend yield in JSON.
* New CurrencyRates module, CurrencyRates/FinanceAPI - Issue #427
* Fixed Bourso.pm - Issue #417
* Allowed Currency Rates modules Fixer.pm and OpenExchange.pm to read 
their API keys from environment variables - Issue #426


Thank you.

Bruce S.
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Re: [GNC] Duplicating Account

[Liz]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:43:55 -0600
Griffin  wrote:

> Thank you so much Kalpesh for the reply.
> 
> I tried exporting and then importing, but that didn't work for me. I 
> guess I did something wrong, and I ended up with lots of transactions 
> with no values in them at all.
> 
> In the end I selected a transaction in the from account, "Jumped" to
> the other account/category, and then changed the account to the new
> to account.
> 
> There were only about 30 transactions, and in the end it took less
> time than the amount of time I spent working on the Export/Input
> technique.
> 
> Once again, Thanks

Griffin is not subscribed and has to wait for me to let his posts
through to the list.

Now that we see what worked for you, Griffin, I suspect that you wanted
to move a bunch of transactions to another account in your account
hierarchy. 
If it is all the transactions in the account, that is easiest.
You delete the account, and Gnucash advises you that the account has
transactions in it, and what do you want to do about them??
Then you tell Gnucash to move them all to the other account.

If it is a subset of the transactions in an account, then you find the
set of transactions with a search query, then work from the search
results box to transfer them as you did, changing one of the accounts
in the split.

Liz
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