Re: [GNC] Payment received in two parts

2024-12-14 Thread David Kirkby
On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 at 11:49, Maf. King wrote: > On Friday, 13 December 2024 11:20:35 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > I sent a customer in India a quotation of £1960. They provide a purchase > > order for £20 less - ie £1940. I think they had a cheek, but I said I > > would a

[GNC] Payment received in two parts

2024-12-13 Thread David Kirkby
the bank saying any charges have been paid. Eventually, after quite a bit of argument they paid the £30 bank charges by bank transfer. So now the amount credited to the bank account is correct, but it’s in two transactions. How is the best way to handle this in GnuCash? Dr David Kirkby Ph.D

Re: [GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-30 Thread David Kirkby
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 at 20:50, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > As Derek noted, this is likely not a bug, but an issue with your pricedb > in your main file. > > I too lost the plot, and forgot that those reports can target which > price to use for such cases. > > Your o

Re: [GNC] An operation is still running, wait for it to complete before quitting

2023-11-30 Thread David Kirkby
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 at 20:55, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Have you run Actions > Check & Repair > Check & Repair All? > > There might be something amiss that such scrubbing can clean up. > > Regards, > Adrien I have run that many times. However, I never thought o

Re: [GNC] An operation is still running, wait for it to complete before quitting

2023-11-30 Thread David Kirkby
t was paid as USD directly into a USD PayPal account. After PayPal fees that was $561.80. The P&L shows $591.00 £443.58 Income statement show the same $591.00 £443.58 I can't see how any accounts will have any idea how many GBP it is as this time. On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 at 15:53

[GNC] An operation is still running, wait for it to complete before quitting

2023-11-30 Thread David Kirkby
then paying it. But it did not show as paid. When I try to exit I get this message. Windows task manager indicates that GnuCash is using virtually no CPU time. (I'm running Windows 11 and GnuCash 5,4 - Build ID: 5.4+(2023-09-23). [image: image.png] -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave

Re: [GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-30 Thread David Kirkby
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 at 12:13, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Apparently so! > I have lost the plot I think. I think there's a bug in the reporting. Here's a demo account, with the GBP shown correctly for USD sales, but the value of the USD sales is not given. I don

Re: [GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-30 Thread David Kirkby
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 at 09:18, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Once again - please remember to reply to the list... > OOps. > > It was several replies up the thread, but I was replying to your point > about being able to delete payments for only some currencies. (thoug

Re: [GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-30 Thread David Kirkby
On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 at 03:48, Alan Hopkins wrote: >Hello David >We receive and pay for a multitude of currencies. This made life >complicated for a small business so we decided to use a FX service - we >use OFX because we managed to get to them in their early days and were >o

Re: [GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-29 Thread David Kirkby
On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 at 23:35, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Since all of them are of type A/R and this isn't working with your > current tree arrangement, I'd say you found a bug in the reports. You > might want to file one and ask if you should separately file the s

Re: [GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-29 Thread David Kirkby
s a report that was wrong, but that issue got resolved. Dave. > > On 11/29/23 5:05 PM, David Kirkby wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 at 23:02, David Kirkby < > drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> > > wrote: > > > >> But think about it, the fact one is supposed to se

Re: [GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-29 Thread David Kirkby
On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 at 23:02, David Kirkby wrote: > But think about it, the fact one is supposed to set bank accounts that > way, probably implies one needs to do the same with A/P and A/R. > > Dave. > I meant to say “thinking about it “ not

Re: [GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-29 Thread David Kirkby
On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 at 20:57, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Thanks. I saw that from the bug report. > > Please double-check all three of those and make sure they are of 'type' > "Accounts Receivable". > > Regards, > Adrien Hi, I checked and all are accounts receiva

Re: [GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-29 Thread David Kirkby
On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 at 20:43, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Relax, have some more beer. Read over my other replies. And perhaps > those screenshots I suggested in the other response will clear things up > for both of us. From what I can tell, you can likely just re-p

Re: [GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-29 Thread David Kirkby
On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 15:55, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > If so, I'd rename it. > > It is possible you don't even need it if that is your book currency. > Just stick with the original Assets:Accounts Receivable, but you should > verify that. (a single currency book

Re: [GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-28 Thread David Kirkby
On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 15:55, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > David, I could be mistaken, but I think this is influencing your > reporting problem. (if the A/P side looks like what you posted below > concerning A/R) > > Assets:A/R > --Assets:A/R (GBP) > --Assets:A/R (U

Re: [GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-28 Thread David Kirkby
) > > or perhaps more simply: > > Assets:A/R > --Assets:A/R (USD) > --Assets:A/R (EUR) > > Where each child is specifically set to those named currencies and the > parent A/R is in your book currency. (assuming GBP here) > > Your Assets:PayPal account tree has no bearing

Re: [GNC] How do I add AP and AR for multiple currencies?

2023-11-28 Thread David Kirkby
likely to occur. On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 20:06, David Kirkby wrote: > On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 17:25, Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >> As I noted in the other thread, you might not have to delete any >> transactions, just re-parent the acc

[GNC] How do I add AP and AR for multiple currencies?

2023-11-28 Thread David Kirkby
'll probably have to go for option 2 above and delete all transactions that are not in GBP It would be useful if the online documentation covered this, as I can't see it anywhere. -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave Ltd Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkb

Re: [GNC] Find what was in Accounts Payable some date in the past.

2023-11-28 Thread David Kirkby
On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 15:35, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > On 11/28/23 5:34 AM, David Kirkby wrote: > > > > If I go to Reports > Business > Payable Aging, I just see > > > > > > > > *Payable Ageing - 28/11/2023A/

Re: [GNC] Find what was in Accounts Payable some date in the past.

2023-11-28 Thread David Kirkby
On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 10:35, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Neither of those is an Accounts Payable Aging Report. > > I'm not certain what the first one is. The second is a Transaction Report. > > Go to Reports > Business > Payable Aging > > Regards, > Adrien > If I

Re: [GNC] Find what was in Accounts Payable some date in the past.

2023-11-27 Thread David Kirkby
On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 02:26, David Carlson wrote: > David, > > While I am not conversant with your basic issue, I have not seen where you > account for the fact that every time money is exchanged from one currency > to another, there is a specific exchange rate and possibly fees that apply > onl

Re: [GNC] Find what was in Accounts Payable some date in the past.

2023-11-27 Thread David Kirkby
On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 02:01, kirk abbott wrote: > I just took another look at the PNG's, and it looks like you might not be > using the A/P module correctly. To ascertain this, I would like to ask if > you have setup vendor accounts. They would be the normal way for entering > A/P expenses. > >

Re: [GNC] Find what was in Accounts Payable some date in the past.

2023-11-27 Thread David Kirkby
On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 00:57, kirk abbott wrote: > They probably won't match, ever . Basically the starting balance plus the > account total will equal the ending balance. The beginning balance seems to > be set to whatever the last balance was prior to period of the report > generated. If you ch

[GNC] Have I got my USD accounts set up wrong?

2023-11-27 Thread David Kirkby
GBP) and PayPal USD are both child accounts of Assets:PayPal. Assets:PayPal:PayPal (GBP) Assets:PayPal:PayPal (USD) -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave Ltd Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 07910 441670 (UK) or +44 7910 441670

Re: [GNC] Find what was in Accounts Payable some date in the past.

2023-11-27 Thread David Kirkby
On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 at 20:08, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > There's an Payable Aging Report. You can then click the total amounts > owed for each Vendor to see which documents are outstanding. (this runs > a Vendor Report) If you set the option on the Vendor Report f

Re: [GNC] Find what was in Accounts Payable some date in the past.

2023-11-27 Thread David Kirkby
On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 at 18:51, david whiting wrote: > Does setting the date in the report Options give you what you need? > You should be able to see where there are amounts payable for each > vendor and if you click on the value link it will take you to the > vendor report for that same date. Is

[GNC] Profit and loss - pounds not matching dollars.

2023-11-27 Thread David Kirkby
hese to be £424, but I have a disparity of £17.67 on one, and £10.98 on the other. Any ideas? [image: image.png] -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave Ltd Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 07910 441670 (UK) or +44 7910 441670 (internat

[GNC] Find what was in Accounts Payable some date in the past.

2023-11-27 Thread David Kirkby
x27;s no single transaction for that amount, so it must consist of multiple transactions. -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave Ltd Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 07910 441670 (UK) or +44 7910 441670 (international) Registered in En

Re: [GNC] Can I find transactions into an account that has only one split?

2023-11-24 Thread David Kirkby
On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 at 19:24, David Cousens wrote: > David, > > That is a function of the email client program you are using not the > mailing > list admins. I am on numerous mailing lists. This is the *only* one where simply hitting reply does automatically go to the list. Dave _

Re: [GNC] Can I find transactions into an account that has only one split?

2023-11-24 Thread David Kirkby
l replies. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On 11/22/23 3:53 AM, David Kirkby wrote: > >> Unfortunately that's a bit difficult, as a lot of times I buy things > >> with PayPal, so there's an entry in the PayPal account where no fees > >> nee

[GNC] Last reconciled transactions have an error.

2023-11-22 Thread David Kirkby
p a couple of errors on PayPal transactions, so I'd rather not use an earlier backup if possible. But if that's the safest way, maybe I should. -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave Ltd Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 07910

[GNC] Can I find transactions into an account that has only one split?

2023-11-21 Thread David Kirkby
weed out the ones that have gone into the PayPal account, but don't have an entry in PayPal expenses? -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave Ltd Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 07910 441670 (UK) or +44 7910 441670 (international) Reg

[GNC] Can I set accounts to read-only?

2023-11-21 Thread David Kirkby
there. I will probably use that account once per year, so it makes sense to stop things accidentally going into them. I believe setting them to placeholder accounts will achieve the same effect, but I'm not sure. -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave Ltd Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.

[GNC] Hidden and duplicated accounts.

2023-11-21 Thread David Kirkby
png] 2) As you can see I two accounts called Depreciation. Why I would have created two for this I have no idea. These are both shown if I edit the Expenses account, but not when I look normally. How can I delete one of the? -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave Ltd Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave

Re: [GNC] Can I produce a trial balance as a simple CSV file?

2023-11-21 Thread David Kirkby
On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 at 13:22, Maf. King wrote: > On Tuesday, 21 November 2023 12:58:32 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > > > > I can see I can produce the trial balance as a PDF, but I can't see a way > > to convert it to a CSV file, which I think he would prefer. >

[GNC] Can I produce a trial balance as a simple CSV file?

2023-11-21 Thread David Kirkby
s. -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave Ltd Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 07910 441670 (UK) or +44 7910 441670 (international) Registered in England and Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd

Re: [GNC] Transaction not showing as reconciled when it should be.

2023-11-20 Thread David Kirkby
On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 21:14, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Your ending balance is £98.00 more than your starting balance. That's > why only that one Debit gets you to zero. > > Are you saying the £107.29 transaction appears on this statement and > needs to be reconc

Re: [GNC] Transaction not showing as reconciled when it should be.

2023-11-20 Thread David Kirkby
On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 20:55, Steve Butler wrote: > I suspect you have a transaction for the £107.29 that has already been > reconciled when it shouldn't have been. Probably for a different date. Go > get a transaction report for this account and sort by reconcile date. Look > at transactions

Re: [GNC] Transaction not showing as reconciled when it should be.

2023-11-20 Thread David Kirkby
ut I'm still shown the option to select it. [image: image.png] > > > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2023, 1:28 PM David Kirkby > wrote: > >> I've reconciled my accounts. To do that I would have needed to include a >> particular transaction of £107.29 to Digikey, but no

[GNC] Transaction not showing as reconciled when it should be.

2023-11-20 Thread David Kirkby
d with the option to reconcile that transaction. But the accounts will not reconcile unless I ignore that one. It seems the "n" in the reconciliation status needs to be changed to a "y", but why this is happening I don't have a clue. [image: image.png] -- Dr David Kir

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread David Kirkby
On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 at 19:58, David Cousens wrote: > Dave, > > When you do the next reconiliation, the unreconciled transaction should > appear > at the top of the pane in the second step. The starting balance should be > out by > the amount of that deleted transaction, i.e. 7 pound. Mark it as >

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread David Kirkby
On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 at 15:52, Maf. King wrote: > On Saturday, 18 November 2023 15:45:07 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > > > > *I have discovered that's not the source of the problem, which explains > why > > it does not go away if I delete the transaction! * > &

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread David Kirkby
On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 at 13:40, Maf. King wrote: > On Saturday, 18 November 2023 04:17:50 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > Unfortunately, when entering the transaction into GnuCash, I created a > > split and put the £7 bank fee into Expense -> Bank Charges. The result > is > &g

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-18 Thread David Kirkby
On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 at 04:47, David Cousens wrote: > David > > The transactions splits should have been recorded as follows: > > Income:Sales Cr 427.67 > Bank Account Dr 420.67 > Expense:Fees Dr 7.00 > > David Cousens However, if I unpost and delete the transaction, the problem remains.

Re: [GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-17 Thread David Kirkby
I should have added, there’s nothing in any imbalance accounts. On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 at 04:17, David Kirkby wrote: > When I run a trial balance, right at the bottom the sums are given. The > one on the left is £7 higher than the one on the right. I believe I know > the source of thi

[GNC] Trail balance Imbalance / multi-currency transaction

2023-11-17 Thread David Kirkby
charges. But if I run a trial balance, there's still a £7 difference. I've tried Actions -> Check and Repair -> Check and Repair All. That does not help. I know £7 is not a lot, but it is annoying me. I would like to try to solve the problem. -- Dr David Kirkby

Re: [GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-15 Thread David Kirkby
Yes, the last search sounds sensible, as it does not need any extra widgets to make a selection. On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 at 21:47, Derek Atkins wrote: > I think if you ask 100 people what their default "search" is, you'll get > 120 different answers. I don't think any solution is going to work for

Re: [GNC] Bill allocated to the wrong account

2023-11-15 Thread David Kirkby
; On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 15:09:09 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 at 13:55, Maf. King wrote: > > > On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 13:36:20 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > > > Hi David. > > > > Hi Maf > > > > > I presume these are ven

Re: [GNC] Bill allocated to the wrong account

2023-11-15 Thread David Kirkby
On Wed, 15 Nov 2023 at 13:55, Maf. King wrote: > On Wednesday, 15 November 2023 13:36:20 GMT David Kirkby wrote: > Hi David. > Hi Maf > > I presume these are vendor bills and were entered as such via A/P? > Yes. IIRC, in the bank account right-click the transaction that p

[GNC] Bill allocated to the wrong account

2023-11-15 Thread David Kirkby
st way of paying it? The more tricky one is the one that has been reconciled to the bank account. Can that be corrected easily? If not, I could just leave it as Travel and let my accountant know. The amount is quite small - under £10, but I would like to get it right if possible. -- Dr

[GNC] Change the default "Find" from "Description" to "Value"?

2023-11-14 Thread David Kirkby
If I want to find something, Edit -> Find will find it, but 99% of the time I want to search by a value, not by description. Is it possible to change the default, so I don't have to keep selecting "Value" each time? -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwav

[GNC] Is it safe to change description of reconciled translation?

2023-11-14 Thread David Kirkby
I have a reconciled transaction in my bank account, but the description is vague as to what it is. Can I change that safely - I don't need to change the amount. -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave Ltd Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Tele

[GNC] Best way to resolve an unpaid but posted bill

2023-11-08 Thread David Kirkby
gave Keysight the reference number of this bill, so it would be sort of nice to keep that, but I'm not too fussed. I can easily make a note of what happened, and that would satisfy my accountant. -- Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Kirkby Microwave Ltd Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk

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 paym

Re: [GNC] Gnucash,org url is now working

2023-04-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
where. Dave > -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelms

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 at 19:42, Patrick James wrote: > About two months ago, there was a major ice storm in Austin, and the area > was completely unprepared for such a storm. A friend of mine was without > power for about 12 days. He has two small children, and he has good local > resources, which

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 at 19:03, Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > "Here are the criteria for a URL to rate as good in page experience > status > > in Google Search:: > > > > - *Failed:* The URL is served using HTTP, not HTTPS. > > > > So it seems to me that the argum

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I noticed from the Google website - actually Google, not what someone says they think about Google. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/10218333?hl=en-GB#not_enough_data "The Page Experience report provides a summary of the user experience of visitors to your site. Google evaluates page

Re: [GNC] Should I upgrade or update?

2023-03-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
oad.phtml -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM

Re: [GNC] Should I upgrade or update?

2023-03-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 at 14:27, Kalpesh Patel wrote: > The million dollar question: Should I upgrade to GNC 5.0 or update to 4.14? > I am predominately on Windows 11 platform but I am NOT a business user. > I don't see version 5. That might not be a stable release if it exists, so I don't know wha

Re: [GNC] Temporary Website URL

2023-03-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 at 03:11, Brad Morrison wrote: > I will > say that some people in open source communities may not realize how > common it is for people outside of the open source realm to be very > hesitant about using open source software. I have encountered this > attitude a lot from variou

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-24 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
aid for a fairly expensive EV SSL certificate, but now I use https://letsencrypt.org/ on Debian Linux. The certificates are valid for 90 days, but renewed after 60 days. Dave. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

2023-03-24 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 at 11:16, Michael Hendry wrote: > I’ve been promoting GnuCash to incoming Rotary Club Treasurers, and I’ve > just been informed that www.gnucash.org is being flagged up as dangerous > because its site certificate expired recently. > > I can get through by overriding the warnin

Re: [GNC] Can one add notes / memos / whatever to reconciled transactions?

2023-02-05 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 at 04:45, Phyllis Bruce wrote: > What happens when you try it? As far as I know, there is nothing to > prevent it. I could not edit it - no error message or anything, but could not be edited. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave

[GNC] Can one add notes / memos / whatever to reconciled transactions?

2023-02-04 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
to the bank account indicating it was actually paid in USD 2) Another is a transaction for a printed circuit board. The part number of the board is given in the invoice, but it would be useful to add into Capital Equipment a note about the function of this board. Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir

[GNC] Best way to link an overpaid invoice and credit note?

2023-02-03 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
and calling it something like 'credit notes', and moving the £10 to there. But next time I pay RS, which will be for several hundred pounds, how could GnuCash be told to credit the credit note by £10, and credit the bank account by the rest? Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir...@kirkbym

Re: [GNC] How to force y in reconcile field

2023-02-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 at 19:27, Derek Atkins wrote: > Yes, when you start the reconcile dialog you can enter in the closing date > AND closing balance. GnuCash tries to give you an option, but you can > (and SHOULD) ensure it is the correct balance for the day. > > -derek > I sometimes wonder if i

[GNC] Find not working on multi-currency transactions.

2023-02-01 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I found what I feel is a bug - see attachment. It's basically the same as https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779888 reported by Christopher Lam, and marked as fixed. But I don't think it is fixed, so I added a comment. There's a link to another bug on that bug, but the link points to nowhe

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation error - how should I correct?

2023-01-31 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
lar supplier like RS Components was £100 too high, I would most likely not noticed. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. R

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation error - how should I correct?

2023-01-31 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
in June. So to add the entry to GnuCash I needed to add a transaction that occurred prior to the last reconciliation. I note that bit of the documentation starts cvs. Google found me that, but I think the latest documentation doesn’t say quite the same thing. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Mi

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation error - how should I correct?

2023-01-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 at 03:49, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: > On 2023-01-29 17:34, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > > I've reconciled my bank account until the end of July 2022, but then > found > > a bill from a vendor which was paid from the bank account in August, but > >

[GNC] Reconciliation error - how should I correct?

2023-01-29 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I've reconciled my bank account until the end of July 2022, but then found a bill from a vendor which was paid from the bank account in August, but the transaction occurred in June. So really I want to create a bill in June. What's the best way out of this? Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Em

Re: [GNC] gnu cash creates a ton of files.

2023-01-28 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 at 22:04, wrote: > I get a lot of files in my documents folder that are like this: > > "X"Books.gnucash."Y" where "X" is the name of my database and "Y" seems > to > be a date time stamp. They never go away. How to I control these so that > they are automatically cleaned u

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

2023-01-28 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
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 USD Vendor, turn on Trading Accounts, then > re-enter the payment in GBP with the FX as the fixed d

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

2023-01-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 at 09:31, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Dave, > > First off, let's get this out of the way: > > I noticed in your last screenshots, the window title bar is included > with a 'Reconciled ...' file name. Name your file whatever you want, but > I can

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

2023-01-25 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 20:35, Dr. David Kirkby < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > > I forgot one of the attachments. > The money shown outstanding to RS Components Ltd, in GBP, is correct. It's the USD and HKD ones t

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

2023-01-25 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 19:29, Dr. David Kirkby < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > > I have the attached transaction showing as owing $0.98 to Porkbun.com. The > number 0.98 happens to be the difference between what this cost in USD > ($6.90) and what it cost in pounds

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

2023-01-25 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 20:10, Murugan Muruganandam < m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > can you try running Check & Repair all and check if it solves your issue > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > I have tried that, and it does not. Dave ___ gnuc

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

2023-01-25 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 at 20:04, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > I'm not saying this is particularly necessary, (I'm not sure myself) but > just for completeness of information: > > Do you have Trading Accounts turned on? > > Regards, > Adrien > No. _

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

2023-01-25 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I have some issue with some non-GBP transactions showing as outstanding if I look at Business -> Reports -> Payable Aging. Business -> Reports -> Receivable Ageing. An amount of money appears to be payable on some transactions, despite I believe they are all paid. I have the following structure

Re: [GNC] Is there any way to find all outstanding bills?

2023-01-24 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 at 09:15, Geert Janssens wrote: > Most likely you have created payments and bills independently of each > other and never linked them. In that case your balances show 0, but the > gnucash business logic doesn't know the bill is actually paid. > > There are a few ways to solve

Re: [GNC] Is there any way to find all outstanding bills?

2023-01-23 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 at 01:50, Murugan Muruganandam < m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > have you tried looking at the Payable ageing report > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > No, I had not, and that seems to have what I wanted. I'm just a bit puzzled that some of the figures don't make sen

[GNC] Is there any way to find all outstanding bills?

2023-01-23 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
A look at* Liabilities:Accounts Payable* allows me to find out how much. If the bills are due, then looking at Business -> Vendor -> Bills Due Reminder, will allow me to find any that need to be paid soon. But is there any way of finding a list of everyone owed money at some time in the future? I b

[GNC] An operation is still running, wait for it to complete before quitting

2023-01-21 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
See attachment showing output from top -n 1 -b. The CPUs in this computer are not very fast (2 GHz IIRC), but there are 52 cores in total, so a program like gnucash should not have problems accessing enough CPU resources, as the machine is basically idle. Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir...@kirkby

Re: [GNC] Is it reasonable to have sub-accounts under Equity:Fixed Assets?

2023-01-17 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
d by your accountant. None of > this involves Vendors or Bills. Okay. > > > > Regards, > Adrien Thank you for the help. I didn’t get anything done with my accounts today, due to other more pressing issues like dispatching items to customers, and attending to my dog w

Re: [GNC] Is it reasonable to have sub-accounts under Equity:Fixed Assets?

2023-01-17 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Mon, 16 Jan 2023 at 16:27, Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 1/16/2023 7:29 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > > Apologies if this is too much an accounting question, but I'm stuck, and > am > > trying to work out how GnuCash will hand

Re: [GNC] Is it reasonable to have sub-accounts under Equity:Fixed Assets?

2023-01-17 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Mon, 16 Jan 2023 at 23:32, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Chris & Michael have both offered sound advice. > > I'll add towards your question of individual item tracking, simply > create sub-accounts under Assets:Fixed Assets for each one, and the > parent Fixed Ass

[GNC] A bug or not ? - Windows shuts down with no warning of GnuCash running.

2023-01-16 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I'm running GnuCash 4.12 on linux, and 4.13 on Windows. If I try to shut down Windows, it detects programs like LibraOffice are running, and does not shut down until I have confirmed if I want to save the data or not. I'm no fan of Windoze,. but I can see the point of that. There's no similar warn

[GNC] Is it reasonable to have sub-accounts under Equity:Fixed Assets?

2023-01-16 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
Apologies if this is too much an accounting question, but I'm stuck, and am trying to work out how GnuCash will handle this. I'm trying to enter into GnuCash my company accounts for this financial year only - I'm not going to bother trying to enter every transaction since the company started. So t

Re: [GNC] Sort order not being maintained

2023-01-12 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
the release notes in 4.13 and didn’t see any significant differences to 4.12, so that’s why I didn’t bother upgrading until you suggested that I did so. Initially I thought the upgrade had solved the problem, but it hasn’t. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicr

Re: [GNC] Billing terms / payment due x days from the end of the month

2023-01-11 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
proximo that I needed. Regards, > Adrien Dave. > -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lo

[GNC] Billing terms / payment due x days from the end of the month

2023-01-10 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
up GnuCash to sort out when payment is due? -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Registered office: Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnha

Re: [GNC] One payment covering multiple invoices

2023-01-08 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
to list who needs paying. Two were listed as needing paying, but it was not obvious how to select both. I will havé to look again tomorrow. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 R

[GNC] One payment covering multiple invoices

2023-01-08 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
, and another day I buy something for £200. So I created two bills. But when I pay, I just pay a single invoice of £300. How should this be handled in GnuCash? Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Kirkby Microwave Ltd (Tel 01621-680100

Re: [GNC] Will adding a transaction dated earlier than the last reconciliation cause a problem?

2023-01-07 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
hese sorts of things. > > If you had to make an adjusting entry, that will also need to be edited > or deleted. I will have to find out how to handle adjustments. It is an area of accounting that I don’t understand, but are willing to learn. Regards, > Adrien Dave.

Re: [GNC] Will adding a transaction dated earlier than the last reconciliation cause a problem?

2023-01-07 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
ormation. I think setting it the 6th is probably best, as that’s consistent with more than 90% of the transactions. I was concerned that it might cause problems with reconciliation, in which case I would certainly not want to risk problems with that. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Mi

Re: [GNC] Is a screwed-up style sheet hiding somewhere?

2023-01-07 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 23:18, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Fair enough. > > I see you managed to clear it up with a registry edit. > > I did manage to get a similar looking invoice to yours by default > though. That was via Reports > Business > Fancy Invoice. > > The

[GNC] Will adding a transaction dated earlier than the last reconciliation cause a problem?

2023-01-07 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
hould I date it 19/04/2022, and reconcile up to that at a later date? Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Kirkby Microwave Ltd (Tel 01621-680100 / +44 1621-680100) Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM

Re: [GNC] Is a screwed-up style sheet hiding somewhere?

2023-01-06 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 22:12, David H wrote: > Dave, > > You might be overlooking the settings in the Windows Registry? Details at > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations - snippet below > > Cheers David H. > Thank you. Clearing the stuff from the registry with regedit cleare

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