Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-06-29 Thread John Ralls
> On Jun 29, 2018, at 3:26 PM, Christian Kluge wrote: > > Hi, > > Am 29.06.2018 um 19:26 schrieb John Ralls: >> >> >>> On Jun 29, 2018, at 9:52 AM, Geert Janssens >>> wrote: >>> >>> Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 16:59:07 CEST schreef John Ralls: Stock accounts need to have a parent denomin

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-06-29 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 06/29/2018 02:17 PM, Geert Janssens wrote: > Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 21:04:31 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: >> On 06/29/2018 11:02 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: >>> Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 19:54:04 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: On 06/29/2018 12:42 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > Op maandag

Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-06-29 Thread Christian Kluge
Hi, Am 29.06.2018 um 19:26 schrieb John Ralls: > > >> On Jun 29, 2018, at 9:52 AM, Geert Janssens >> wrote: >> >> Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 16:59:07 CEST schreef John Ralls: >>> Stock accounts need to have a parent denominated the currency in which the >>> stock trades in order for the asset rol

[GNC] Bugs.gnucash.org Up and Running

2018-06-29 Thread John Ralls
We've completed the migration of Bugzilla to https://bugs.gnucash.org and we're ready to resume normal bug ops there. The updates on bugzilla.gnome.org are still running (after 2 hours not quite halfway done), but that doesn't affect using https://bugs.gnucash.org. There's one change since yest

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-06-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 21:04:31 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: > On 06/29/2018 11:02 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > > Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 19:54:04 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: > >> On 06/29/2018 12:42 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > >>> Op maandag 25 juni 2018 19:42:37 CEST schreef Stephen M. But

Re: [GNC] Upgrading GC under Ubuntu

2018-06-29 Thread David Carlson
Before 'rolling your own' GnuCash, check out Getdeb.net. They may not have 3 series yet, but they are up to 2.6.17 at least, if not later. David C On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 2:50 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > On 06/29/2018 11:45 AM, John R. Sowden wrote: > > It seems that GC is a very popular ac

Re: [GNC] Upgrading GC under Ubuntu

2018-06-29 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 06/29/2018 11:45 AM, John R. Sowden wrote: > It seems that GC is a very popular accounting program, and > Ubuntu/Linux is a very popular Operating System, yet when there is an > upgrade in GC, I cannot find a straightforward method of updating GC > under Ubuntu/Linux. > > I understand that there

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-06-29 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 06/29/2018 11:02 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 19:54:04 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: >> On 06/29/2018 12:42 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: >>> Op maandag 25 juni 2018 19:42:37 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: Further research: It appears that net-charts.scm is a

[GNC] Upgrading GC under Ubuntu

2018-06-29 Thread John R. Sowden
It seems that GC is a very popular accounting program, and Ubuntu/Linux is a very popular Operating System, yet when there is an upgrade in GC, I cannot find a straightforward method of updating GC under Ubuntu/Linux. I understand that there is a delay before the new version of GC is in the Ub

Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-06-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 16:59:07 CEST schreef John Ralls: > Stock accounts need to have a parent denominated the currency in which the > stock trades in order for the asset roll-up to work correctly on the > Accounts page. Three-commodity transactions are possible using trading > accounts, but I ha

Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-06-29 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 06/29/2018 09:52 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 16:59:07 CEST schreef John Ralls: >> Stock accounts need to have a parent denominated the currency in which the >> stock trades in order for the asset roll-up to work correctly on the >> Accounts page. Three-commodity transacti

Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-06-29 Thread John Ralls
> On Jun 29, 2018, at 9:52 AM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > > Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 16:59:07 CEST schreef John Ralls: >> Stock accounts need to have a parent denominated the currency in which the >> stock trades in order for the asset roll-up to work correctly on the >> Accounts page. Three-com

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-06-29 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 06/29/2018 12:42 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > Op maandag 25 juni 2018 19:42:37 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: >> Further research: >> >> It appears that net-charts.scm is a replacement for two other files in >> standard-reports: net-linecharts.scm and net-barcharts.scm >> >> I renamed those two

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-06-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 19:54:04 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: > On 06/29/2018 12:42 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > > Op maandag 25 juni 2018 19:42:37 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: > >> Further research: > >> > >> It appears that net-charts.scm is a replacement for two other files in > >> standar

[GNC] Fwd: Acounts not available in budget

2018-06-29 Thread Robert Hoogendoorn
Hi, I have now downloaded version 3.2 and it the budget function is not working as it not showing any accounts when setting up a new budget. Does anyone else has the same problem or knows how to fix this? Kind regards, Robert -- Forwarded message -- Hi, I have recently downl

Re: [GNC] was: Rethinking the placeholder account concept Re: Fwd: The two modules

2018-06-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Op vrijdag 29 juni 2018 17:05:41 CEST schreef John Ralls: > > On Jun 29, 2018, at 1:31 AM, Geert Janssens > > wrote: Agreed. A structural "view" account would only serve in the global > > account hierarchy and on reports. As one can't use them to store splits, > > they never make sense in dropdown

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-06-29 Thread John Ralls
> On Jun 29, 2018, at 12:42 AM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > > Op maandag 25 juni 2018 19:42:37 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: >> Further research: >> >> It appears that net-charts.scm is a replacement for two other files in >> standard-reports: net-linecharts.scm and net-barcharts.scm >> >>

Re: [GNC] was: Rethinking the placeholder account concept Re: Fwd: The two modules

2018-06-29 Thread John Ralls
> On Jun 29, 2018, at 1:31 AM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > Agreed. A structural "view" account would only serve in the global account > hierarchy and on reports. As one can't use them to store splits, they never > make sense in dropdowns. Well, they never appear as terminal elements in the dro

Re: [GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-06-29 Thread John Ralls
> On Jun 29, 2018, at 2:24 AM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > > Op donderdag 28 juni 2018 19:27:47 CEST schreef John Ralls: >>> On Jun 28, 2018, at 10:10 AM, Geert Janssens >>> wrote:> >>> Op donderdag 28 juni 2018 18:47:18 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: On 06/27/2018 04:41 PM, DaveC49 wrot

Re: [GNC] Forward payments

2018-06-29 Thread Tony Vanson
Thanks Colin That's done the trick. Cheers On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 2:15 PM, Colin Law wrote: > You can edit the transfer into the expense account and change the > recipient to be the asset acct. You will get a warning that you are > changing a reconciled transaction but it will not affect the r

Re: [GNC] How to regularly use two currencies

2018-06-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Hi Norbert, I don't know the accounting customs of your country, so first a question: Is it common in Cambodia to *account* in two currencies as well or only to *pay* in two currencies ? Or put differently - do you want to track your income in the two currencies or just in one (hence the placeh

[GNC] How to regularly use two currencies

2018-06-29 Thread Norbert Klein
How to regularly use two currencies I would very much appreciate if somebody could help me to solve a problem. In GnuCash 2.6.19,on a Windows 10 computer, I made the following arrangements – but maybe my assumptions were wrong, as I cannot see the results I had hope for. I do not have much exp

Re: [GNC] Fwd: The two modules

2018-06-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Op donderdag 28 juni 2018 20:34:45 CEST schreef David Carlson: > Is the 'frozen' status which is already in place but seemingly unused > supposed to be for this purpose? > > David C I have no idea what the intent of that status is. Looks like yet another variant of this though. Geert

[GNC] Rethinking the placeholder account concept (was: Re: Fwd: The two modules)

2018-06-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Op donderdag 28 juni 2018 19:27:47 CEST schreef John Ralls: > > On Jun 28, 2018, at 10:10 AM, Geert Janssens > > wrote:> > > Op donderdag 28 juni 2018 18:47:18 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: > >> On 06/27/2018 04:41 PM, DaveC49 wrote: > >>> An active non-placeholder account should not have child

Re: [GNC] Fwd: The two modules

2018-06-29 Thread Christopher Lam
Hi David It'd seem the Frozen status relates to transaction status (Unreconciled/Cleared/Reconciled/Void/Frozen) only, and is so far unused. I'm going to amend the balsheet-pnl to the desired format. This means the accounts are shown sequentially, and *every* account will also include childr

[GNC] was: Rethinking the placeholder account concept Re: Fwd: The two modules

2018-06-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Op donderdag 28 juni 2018 22:48:16 CEST schreef D: > On June 28, 2018, at 1:12 PM, Geert Janssens wrote: > >Op donderdag 28 juni 2018 18:47:18 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: > [Snip] > > >> Maybe the financial folks can band together to get the developers to > >> enforce no-transactions to a pa

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-06-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Op donderdag 28 juni 2018 22:11:49 CEST schreef Dennis West: > I'm sure you like to get feedback from someone with absolutely no > problems at all. > > I was using 2.6.21 on my primary computer and testing 3.1/3.2 on my > standby testbed (both on Win 10.1803). I finally decided to take the > plun

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 3.2 Released

2018-06-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Op maandag 25 juni 2018 19:42:37 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: > Further research: > > It appears that net-charts.scm is a replacement for two other files in > standard-reports: net-linecharts.scm and net-barcharts.scm > > I renamed those two to have a .old extension on them and GnuCash now >

Re: [GNC] Forward payments

2018-06-29 Thread Colin Law
You can edit the transfer into the expense account and change the recipient to be the asset acct. You will get a warning that you are changing a reconciled transaction but it will not affect the reconcile (just make sure you don't change the amount transferred). Colin On 29 June 2018 at 04:34, T