Re: [GNC] Another crash

2022-07-24 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
A couple of additions to Adrien's information: 1) Searching using "site:lists.gnucash.org" will also include all the documentation and other gnucash resources. This may be useful, of course! But if you want *just* the list archives, use "site:lists.gnucash.org/pipermail" 2) Unfortunately, Alt-T

Re: [GNC] Lost 4 hours of data input

2022-07-24 Thread David Carlson
That looks like another reason to import in small chunks. On Sun, Jul 24, 2022, 5:15 PM Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, July 24, 2022 5:30 pm, flywire wrote: > > Is a crash in the import system part of the autosave scope? > > Unfortunately no. If you spend four hours within a single impor

Re: [GNC] Linked Documents on Import

2022-07-24 Thread Robert Simmons
I don't see anything specific to linked documents in PieCash. I see that the IU menu item "Manage Document Link" calls "gnc_plugin_page_invoice_cmd_link" in gnucash/gnome/gnc-plugin-page-invoice.c This is here: https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/bbb4113a5a996dcd7bb3494e0be900b275b49a4f/g

Re: [GNC] csv import not displaying letters correctly from original file

2022-07-24 Thread John Ralls
> On Jul 24, 2022, at 3:31 PM, avigr...@juno.com wrote: > > I am using Version: 4.10 Build ID: 4.10+(2022-03-26) on a Windows 10 > computer. When I import a csv file that contains Hebrew letters in a field, > the letters display as question marks. Is there an option to import the > characte

Re: [GNC] Regularly importing transactions from CSV files

2022-07-24 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Welcome to GnuCash! When you do the import, all of those transactions should have one account the same, for whatever you are importing from, say, a bank account. You then assign the 'other' account for each transaction. (expenses, paying liabilities, income, etc.) Check out the Help Guide &

Re: [GNC] Linked Documents on Import

2022-07-24 Thread Geoff
Hi Robert > Is there a way to include the document URI in the import CSV? I don't believe so. > could probably reverse engineer the database queries that are > being made by reading the source code. PieCash may be of interest: https://github.com/sdementen/piecash Regards Geoff = On 25

[GNC] csv import not displaying letters correctly from original file

2022-07-24 Thread avigr...@juno.com
I am using Version: 4.10 Build ID: 4.10+(2022-03-26) on a Windows 10 computer. When I import a csv file that contains Hebrew letters in a field, the letters display as question marks. Is there an option to import the characters and have them display just like they appear or is there a translate

Re: [GNC] Regularly importing transactions from CSV files

2022-07-24 Thread Phyllis Bruce
 Mateja, I’m very new to GnuCash as well and have almost entered all my transaction for year to date. It looks as though you are working with you checking account. I had major problems with CSV and found QFX much much easier. Major mistake doing more then one month at a time! If you mess up

Re: [GNC] Lost 4 hours of data input

2022-07-24 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Sun, July 24, 2022 5:30 pm, flywire wrote: > Is a crash in the import system part of the autosave scope? Unfortunately no. If you spend four hours within a single import, the autosave is not going to help you. > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by us

[GNC] Regularly importing transactions from CSV files

2022-07-24 Thread flywire
Seems you are following https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/trans-import.html#trans-import-csv. Figure 6.5. The CSV Import Preview Pane is hard to read so click https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/figures/Help_CSV_Import_transactions_Preview.png to view it in a new tab. * The

Re: [GNC] Another crash

2022-07-24 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Thanks for the key strokes Adrien. Guess I was just bumfuzzled and forgot about ALT-TAB. Hopefully I’ll remember it if needed again. The search function may be broken but we still have the ability to look at posts in several ways by scrolling so that’s something at least. In my initial haste

Re: [GNC] Another crash

2022-07-24 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If the window is not in focus, ALT+TAB can cycle through windows for you. ALT+SPACE (or SHIFT+right-click) will bring up the 'window' menu of the window in focus which has a 'Move' option. Then use your mouse or arrow keys to reposition the window. You can also right-click the taskbar to Casc

[GNC] Regularly importing transactions from CSV files

2022-07-24 Thread Mateja Maric via gnucash-user
Hello everybody, I found out about GnuCash (and double-entry accounting) three days ago and I want to use it to track my spending... My bank allows me to export my transaction history to a CSV file. I plan to use that feature regularly and import transactions into GnuCash. Here's how my bank's

[GNC] Lost 4 hours of data input

2022-07-24 Thread flywire
Is a crash in the import system part of the autosave scope? ___ 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 o

Re: [GNC] Another crash

2022-07-24 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The 'search' feature on the list archive is broken, so your options are: View the Archive and use your browser's Find feature for various terms. (but that will only work for the particular page of the Archive you are viewing) Using your favorite search engine, specify 'lists.gnucash.org' as t

[GNC] Linked Documents on Import

2022-07-24 Thread Robert Simmons
Please forgive me if this is the wrong place to ask this question. I searched the list and did not see this discussed, so if it was discussed, also please forgive my searching mistake. I have built a Jupyter notebook that parses incoming bills in various forms (some are PDF, some are CSV, and some

Re: [GNC] Symbolic links (MacOSX)

2022-07-24 Thread john
> On Jul 23, 2022, at 10:38 AM, Peter S. Shenkin wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm getting back to gnucash after a long hiatus. I'm also starting up using > Gnucash on a different computer. So I copied the Gnucash directory to > ~/Documents/work/Foo/ on the new computer. (The name Foo was changed to > p

Re: [GNC] Another crash

2022-07-24 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Good morning and thank you Davids! To answer David Carlson, I just started using GnuCash and I’m in the process of creating my COA while entering data for the year 2022. I am using GC v4.11 in Windows 11. I have a 256GB SSD from Dell purchased this year. I started by pulling in the personal acc

Re: [GNC] Another crash

2022-07-24 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Phyllis, Although I haven't used the importer in recent years, I know that in the past it has been known to take a LONG time to process. Perhaps it was still working on the import when you went to Task Manager and killed the process. Also, I know that when I've been creating new accounts on t