Re: The Point of Transaction download *and Reconciliation (was: missing documentation)

2008-01-05 Thread Christian Stimming
Am Samstag, 5. Januar 2008 06:05 schrieb Thomas Bushnell BSG: > > You asked why direct connect would be used. I answered with my use case. > > If that doesn't suit you, so be it. It /helps/ me keep a better eye on my > > credit card than keying in paper receipts did. > > (...) > > Then I said, "it

Re: missing documentation

2008-01-05 Thread Tim Wunder
On Saturday 05 January 2008 12:05:19 am Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:40 -0500, Tim Wunder wrote: > > You asked why direct connect would be used. I answered with my use case. > > If that doesn't suit you, so be it. It /helps/ me keep a better eye on my > > credit card than k

Re: missing documentation

2008-01-04 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:40 -0500, Tim Wunder wrote: > > You asked why direct connect would be used. I answered with my use case. If > that doesn't suit you, so be it. It /helps/ me keep a better eye on my credit > card than keying in paper receipts did. Apparently the conversation has gotten

Re: missing documentation

2008-01-04 Thread Tim Wunder
On Friday 04 January 2008 11:23:21 pm Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:13 -0500, Tim Wunder wrote: > > I used to save my credit card receipts and enter them manually. Now I > > import them. Much easier to download transactions than to key them in > > every week (or so). As a re

Re: missing documentation

2008-01-04 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 23:13 -0500, Tim Wunder wrote: > I used to save my credit card receipts and enter them manually. Now I import > them. Much easier to download transactions than to key them in every week (or > so). As a result, I stay more current and gnucash's balance matches the > credit c

Re: missing documentation

2008-01-04 Thread Tim Wunder
On Friday 04 January 2008 04:12:49 pm Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > I understand what happens if I import a QIF to start a new set of > accounts: the wizard works with me to figure out what the file says, and > then sets up accounts. > > But I haven't got a clue what happens if I import a file from

Re: missing documentation

2008-01-04 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 12:45 +0900, Ian Lewis wrote: > How do you keep your own records? I don't keep these in gnucash. The account register for my checking account functions in just the way I would use a paper checkbook. I enter transactions into gnucash just as I would enter them in a paper ch

Re: missing documentation

2008-01-04 Thread Ian Lewis
How do you keep your own records? I don't keep these in gnucash. Normally I just keep the bank notes when I withdraw or deposit money. I then download the transactions from the bank into Gnucash, and "reconcile" against the records I have. I put quotes around reconcile because I don't actually use

Re: missing documentation

2008-01-04 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 10:28 +0900, Ian Lewis wrote: > Thomas, > > Using Direct Connect and importing of QIF files etc. are simply there > so you can import the transactions from your bank without having to > enter them by hand. This can be a real time saver and doesn't really > affect reconciliat

Re: missing documentation

2008-01-04 Thread Ian Lewis
Thomas, Using Direct Connect and importing of QIF files etc. are simply there so you can import the transactions from your bank without having to enter them by hand. This can be a real time saver and doesn't really affect reconciliation. Basically looking at the web interface for your bank and ent

Re: missing documentation

2008-01-04 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 17:31 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > It's intuitively obvious what happens in these two cases. ;) > Seriously, a novice user shouldn't care about it, and if you want > to do it you probably already know what it's for. Actually, I haven't got a clue. Does it just enter transa

Re: missing documentation

2008-01-04 Thread Derek Atkins
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I understand what happens if I import a QIF to start a new set of > accounts: the wizard works with me to figure out what the file says, and > then sets up accounts. > > But I haven't got a clue what happens if I import a file from my bank. > Why w

missing documentation

2008-01-04 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
I understand what happens if I import a QIF to start a new set of accounts: the wizard works with me to figure out what the file says, and then sets up accounts. But I haven't got a clue what happens if I import a file from my bank. Why would I want to? What would happen? The documentation assum

Re: All that missing documentation...

2000-02-11 Thread Rob Browning
Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There may be a whole lot more than two entries in the > transaction, but the total sum of the Debits, $1,600.00, still > equals the total sum of the credits, $1,600.00. > > This stuff is already in CVS, and has been since near the end

All that missing documentation...

2000-02-11 Thread Christopher Browne
On Sat, 12 Feb 2000 09:18:56 +1100, the world broke into rejoicing as Robert Graham Merkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Rob Browning writes: > > Buddha Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > $1000 is coming from your income, and going into checking and taxes. > > > > That's how I've alw