Re: [GNC] Transactions in Placeholder

2023-04-28 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
There's no hard rule either way. Some users feel strongly about not having any transactions in placeholder accounts, though, and advocate loudly on the list in support of it.  But there's nothing in the software preventing a placeholder account having transactions in it. That said, the importe

Re: [GNC] Search and Replace

2023-04-28 Thread David Carlson
Regarding search and replace, I wouldn't want to get too aggressive with that in existing transactions, especially reconciled transactions. It could easily overwrite intentional spelling choices. However, I would also like to only have a limited selection of choices for new transaction s, prefer

[GNC] Transactions in Placeholder

2023-04-28 Thread Fred Tydeman
My understanding is Placeholder accounts should have zero transactions in them. However, when I Import a QIF file, sometimes I end up with transactions in a Placeholder account. It would be nice if the importer would give a warning about putting transactions into a Placeholder account. That way,

[GNC] Search and Replace

2023-04-28 Thread Gyle McCollam
Now that V5.0 offers choices when you start typing in the description, I find errors in spelling and other differences in the way I've entered names. I try to clean these up, but sometimes there are n excess of a hundred, because they were repeated when earlier versions showed suggestions. In

Re: [GNC] Error message when opening file in 5.0

2023-04-28 Thread John Ralls
> On Mar 27, 2023, at 2:14 PM, figures...@outlook.com wrote: > > I have been using Gnucash for many years now, latest version 4.14 > I successfully installed version 5.0 but when I attempt to open my main > account file I get the error message “User specified a ‘book currency’; cost > of other

Re: [GNC] Have I screwed up with my Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable?

2023-04-28 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 at 21:41, Dr. David Kirkby < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 at 09:31, Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >> Fix: >> >> Delete the PorkBun payment and re-entered properly as a payment in USD >> or if it were in GBP to a U

Re: [GNC] GNUcash 5 - Trial Balance

2023-04-28 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/28/2023 2:59 AM, Chris Bastock via gnucash-user wrote: Thanks for all the input. I am aware that both TB and Balance sheet are snapshots on a particular date and of the respective uses of both of them. Personally I’m happy with the TB report and I do it periodically throughout the year. I

Re: [GNC] GNUcash 5 - Trial Balance

2023-04-28 Thread Chris Bastock via gnucash-user
Thanks for all the input. I am aware that both TB and Balance sheet are snapshots on a particular date and of the respective uses of both of them. Personally I’m happy with the TB report and I do it periodically throughout the year. I guess my reason for asking was only because my accountant ha