Re: [GNC] program won't load account file

2021-04-11 Thread Evelyn Yamanaka
Looking at the code, there's no error message for "No suitable background data found" Are you sure the error is not "No suitable backend found?" There have been several reports of this error in the past. Perhaps one of these threads may be helpful: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/template/Na

Re: [GNC] Advanced portfolio report - same stock in multiple investment accounts

2021-04-10 Thread Evelyn Yamanaka
Hi Mike, I've modified my Advanced Portfolio report to show the Account Path (e.g. "Investments:My-Broker:Account-1234") in place of the Listing (e.g. "NASDAQ"). For me, this is more useful info, and perhaps it would help with your situation. On Windows, the Advanced Portfolio report is normally

Re: [GNC] Autofill Oddity

2021-04-09 Thread Evelyn Yamanaka
This has been happening to me as well since 4.4. It seems input is still being read by GnuCash, but any response to the input (e.g. updating the transfer account list or even echoing the characters typed) is being blocked. I've found that pressing tab to move to the next field, then pressing shift

Re: [GNC] Investments: Bank, Asset or Equity?

2021-03-29 Thread Evelyn Yamanaka
Bank is a type of asset account defined by GnuCash. Other types of asset accounts defined by GnuCash include Stock, Mutual Fund, Cash, and the generic Asset. According to gnucash-guide.pdf: > GnuCash treats account types Stock and Mutual Fund the same. and > GnuCash treats account types Cash, Bank

[GNC] Reports: Help normalizing a list of gnc:monetary values

2021-03-29 Thread Evelyn Yamanaka
I'm trying to create a stacked bar chart graph where the total for each period on the x-axis is 100%, so you can easily see trends in changes in the proportion of individual accounts relative to the total. I'm using category-barchart.scm as a starting point, where account balances are stored as a

Re: [GNC] Tracking the same asset or asset type held at multiple brokerages

2021-03-11 Thread Evelyn Yamanaka
> So lets say you had a CoA structured by brokerage. But you want to see a > balance sheet structured by asset type. For example, you want a balance > sheet showing JUST what you have in cash (scattered all over the place). > See what happens if you run a balance sheet, and then use edit=>report >

[GNC] Tracking the same asset or asset type held at multiple brokerages

2021-03-11 Thread Evelyn Yamanaka
Suppose I have shares of equity funds (VTI, VOO), bond funds (BND, HYG), and cash accounts at multiple brokerages (Vanguard, Fidelity, Schwab). I would like to generate balance sheets that show total assets in each brokerage, as well balance sheets that show how much of each asset type I have acro

[GNC] How to enter zero-share transaction splits in an Asset:Stock account?

2021-02-28 Thread Evelyn Yamanaka
I'm trying to enter a split with zero shares in a stock account for the purpose of manually recording capital gains/losses. I'm using GnuCash 4.4 on Win 10. According to the gnucash-guide documentation: - In order for GnuCash to commit the zero-share, zero-price split for account Assets:Stock:

[GNC] CSS selectors for alternating rows and individual columns on the Account page?

2021-02-23 Thread Evelyn Yamanaka
Hi all, I'm using GNUCash 4.4 on Windows 10, and I'm trying to customize the appearance of the Account page using the CSS file: %APPDATA%\GnuCash\gtk-3.0.css I can't figure out how to modify alternating rows (background color) or individual columns (e.g. the "Account Name" column) on the Account