Re: [GNC] Attaching receivables to a customer?

es, you should create > the invoice and then add the line-items to the invoice over time. Then, > when you are ready you would post the invoice which adds those line-items > into the CoA as your Income and A/R transaction. > > -derek > > On Tue, July 29, 2025 10:52 am, Simon Robert

[GNC] Attaching receivables to a customer?

ld work? Clearly I should have thought this through before I started, but that's not the way life works when you want to move on with the revenue generating stuff. Sigh. Any pointers to the efficient route (or the manual topic that describes the efficient route) will be very welcome! Cheers

Re: [GNC] Crash on attempting to print invoice? (Linux)

o, it's working again. Cheers, Simon On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM Simon Roberts < si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > Hi all, I'm using GNC 5.5 on Ubuntu 22.04 and it's worked fine since I > built it, but for some reason today I'm not able to print an invo

[GNC] Crash on attempting to print invoice? (Linux)

ge of my OS and the build that I'm not in the habit of updating things for the sake of it, and I'd prefer to avoid changing the installation if I can avoid it, but clearly something has changed (and I think it must be in my Linux system). Can anyone suggest what might have happened? TIA

[GNC] How to handle (double-entry bookkeeping conventions?)

utline the accounts I should have, and what gets put where? Thanks for any help! Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts 303 249 3613 https://www.youtube.com/@DancingCloudServices https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonhgroberts/ ___ gnucash-user mailing

Re: [GNC] Invoice configuration?

those too: The CSS stylesheet accepts arbitrary > CSS so it’s pretty powerful. > > With a bit more effort you can change the report code by copying > invoice.scm and changing its Scheme code. See > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Custom_Reports. > > Regards,

[GNC] Invoice configuration?

prepare an invoice for PDF. Can the configuration I select for these items be saved? I asked this when I was using GNC 4.x and the answer was no, but I'm hoping this has changed by now? Thanks for any pointers! Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts 303 249 3613 https://www.youtube.com/@DancingC

[GNC] Handling Venmo (automatically)?

dly accepted approach to handling the downloadable records from this service? Thanks for any suggestions, Simon -- Simon Roberts 303 249 3613 https://www.youtube.com/@DancingCloudServices https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonhgroberts/ ___ gnucash-user ma

Re: [GNC] Preferred transaction import format?

ting data in QFX that Quicken inserts in the QFX headers, > but Gnucash ignores that [...] > -- > Dave Reiser > dbrei...@icloud.com > > On Dec 28, 2024, at 16:47, Simon Roberts > wrote: > > Hi all, is there any wisdom regarding which transaction import formats are >

[GNC] Preferred transaction import format?

menu, that QXF and OFX might be similar / identical? But if you had this choice, which route would you be inclined to take? TIA, Simon -- Simon Roberts 303 249 3613 https://www.youtube.com/@DancingCloudServices https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonhgro

Re: [GNC] Oddities importing from Quicken

g a new set of accounts starting from now and risking losing access to the historical stuff (which was what happened when I quit paying Intuit for their ever more expensive stuff). Thanks all, I guess I have a plan and fallbacks mapped out. Cheers, Simon On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 4:39 PM Simon Roberts

[GNC] Oddities importing from Quicken

those greyed out account numbers are identical: [image: image.png] Did I do something wrong in the export, or in the import? I'd prefer to get this right from the start, there are quite a few years of data, and fixing this up by hand over all the accounts would be a frustratingly major undert

Re: [GNC] File format question

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 1:12 PM Geert Janssens wrote: [...] > There's not much documentation other than the comments in the source > files. The 'single characters' you refer to are briefly explained here: > > > https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/b7e68144154c3677293148a40d66bea36d492a96/libgn

Re: [GNC] File format question

--- > *From:* gnucash-user outlook@gnucash.org> on behalf of Simon Roberts < > si...@dancingcloudservices.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 31, 2024 1:11 PM > *To:* Gnucash Users > *Subject:* [GNC] File format question > > Hi all, perhaps I should be asking this on t

[GNC] File format question

e the UUIDs of the accounts (used in the logs) with the actual account info (which I have previously seen in a tolerably intelligible format in the XML files of old). Any pointers / references? TIA Simon -- Simon Roberts 303 249 3613 https://www.youtube.com/@DancingCloudServices ht

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

Simon On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 6:50 AM Simon Roberts < si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Does GNC provide any mechanism for comparing two versions of the same set > of accounts? > > I'll be sending my books to my accountant soon, and I imagine they w

Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

sing that file going forward > as GC usually opens the last saved file. > > Thank You, > > *Gyle McCollam* > > Gyle McCollam > > gmccol...@live.comemail > ------ > *From:* gnucash-user > on behalf of Simon Roberts > *Sent:

[GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

essy, at best. But at least I'd know something about what changed. What ideas can you offer (or manual pages, if I've failed that embarrassingly!) TIA, Simon -- Simon Roberts 303 249 3613 https://www.youtube.com/@DancingCloudServices https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonhgroberts/ __

Re: [GNC] Can I print an account?

@gmail.com > kg...@arrl.net > 253-350-0166 > --- > GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 > > On 12/18/23 15:58, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Hi all, I'd like to be able to print a range of transactions

[GNC] Can I print an account?

s? My accounting background is essentially nothing, so it's entirely possible I don't know what one of them might do, though I believe I've tried all the options. Thanks for any input! Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnuca

Re: [GNC] Payment of invoice in downloaded transactions?

Oh dear, that was embarrassingly easy in the end. Many thanks for the guidance Mattia, it's much appreciated. Cheers, Simon > > From: Mattia Rizzolo > [...] > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 03:42:29PM -0600, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Today I did an import of bank transact

[GNC] Payment of invoice in downloaded transactions?

early there's something I should have done to let the system know that this particular receipt goes against that particular invoice. Thanks for any pointers! Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@g

Re: [GNC] Trouble building 5.3

uild with it turned off. That's what > I did with another distro. Mike > > On Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 02:15:43 PM PDT, Simon Roberts < > si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, I'm looking to build GNC 5.3 on my Ubuntu 20.04 box. I did this a

[GNC] Trouble building 5.3

ld1 amd64 [installed] And it doesn't seem that 20.04 is willing to upgrade this. Am I toast? Do I have to have Ubuntu 22.04 if I am to build this successfully? Or can anyone offer a workaround (e.g. is it perhaps practical to build the newer version of this library by hand?) Thanks f

Re: [GNC] "Comparative" reports?

umn ability of some reports as NoobAlice > pointed out, you can also run old-school 'Custom Multi Column' reports > which lets you put multiple reports into 'one'. You can of course > further manipulate this in a spreadhsheet app as Michael noted. > [...] Aha, also help

[GNC] "Comparative" reports?

tly I'm using v4, but now I know they're happy I will be upgrading to 5.x in the next month or so. TIA, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription p

Re: [GNC] New tax year - unexpected GnuCash display

scribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user m

Re: [GNC] Site certificate expiry warning

r 08914892. > Registered office: > Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United > Kingdom > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferenc

Re: [GNC] Outstanding / due invoices report?

ot;0-30 days" column. This seems wrong. Again, is this something others notice, or is this something that I've done wrong? Thanks again, Cheers, Simon On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 1:32 PM Simon Roberts < si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > Ah, many thanks. Sorry for missing tha

Re: [GNC] Outstanding / due invoices report?

s the invoice paid and also outstanding with ageing. > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > -- > *From:* gnucash-user hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Simon Roberts < > si...@dancingcloudservices.com> > *Sent:* Sunda

[GNC] Outstanding / due invoices report?

printable. Does any such thing exist? Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user -

Re: [GNC] Help with downloading transactions.

I feel compelled to add my agreement with Alan. This kind of crime is on the rise and we're all vulnerable. Credit card companies insist on giving many fiscally prudent folks much higher credit limits than they actually use, and that just adds to the risk. Debit cards are worse since the protection

Re: [GNC] The custom invoice problem

I second this... Even the simple ability to save the configuration of one invoice so the next one comes out the same would help. I am willing to work with the basic layout, but gave to go through all the tabs of configuration with every invoice I send. Treating each as a different report seems like

Re: [GNC] Account Types -- what are the implications of getting them wrong?

e to an account? > > > > > > > > However, if the name has the word “account” in it, well, then I’d be > > > > confident assigning a type of BANK. > > > > > > > > Investment accounts will be the trickiest I believe. Heck, I’m not >

Re: [GNC] Splitting an imported transaction?

Thanks John, this makes sense. I'll try it in 3 months. Cheers, Simon On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 10:17 AM john wrote: > > On Feb 4, 2023, at 7:23 AM, Simon Roberts < > si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I use a third party or

[GNC] Splitting an imported transaction?

ent payroll run, change date etc. > The edited transactions match to the bank's record of the direct debits > when they come in. > > ---- > > On 2/4/23 11:43, gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org wrote: > >

Re: [GNC] Splitting an imported transaction?

do an import if there are only two transactions once every three months. > Wouldn't it be easier to just enter them by hand the way you want > > On Feb 4, 2023, at 09:23, Simon Roberts > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I use a third party organization to run payroll, and they ma

[GNC] Splitting an imported transaction?

split (there's really no way for the system to know what to do about that, after all), but if there's a placeholder, that would be a nice start. Or perhaps there's some other approach that I've not thought of? What do folks recommend? Che

[GNC] The wacky idea and the accountant

ere's hope yet :) -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC t

Re: [GNC] Reconciliation - Again

gnucash-user > - > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscri

Re: [GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

Oh, excellent news, thank you Liz, I'll go ahead and see if I can prepare a CD on these lines, and if I can persuade them to use it :) Much appreciate the input! On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 2:36 PM Liz Dodd wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 13:38:12 -0700 > Simon Roberts wrote: >

Re: [GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

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[GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

round in a directory tree", but such is not always possible in windows, so that alone might prevent this.). Anyway, if anyone has thoughts or relevant experience, I'd be pleased to hear from you. Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 _

Re: [GNC] another beginner question

pense). > > Hope this helps, > > -derek > > On Thu, January 5, 2023 7:28 pm, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Right now I have set up my transition from quickbucks to Gnc such that > all > > the bank accounts have an opening balance, which is drawn from > > "Equi

[GNC] another beginner question

better way to create those opening balances that makes better sense, or is this really the right way to do it? Thanks for any guidance/suggestions! Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update

[GNC] beginner bookkeeping question

Can I check an understanding? I have an account "Liabilities:CreditCard" Assuming I owe them money, the balance of this would be positive, am I correct? Thanks! Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gn

Re: [GNC] Fields present in invoices?

lt invoice that places the company and addressee > properly in my window envelopes. > > > On Tue, 2023-01-03 at 10:47 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Steve, Adrien, thanks again. I think I shall have a look at hacking > > the > > source for the default invoice. It's im

Re: [GNC] Delete / Edit invoice doesn't?

nks for rescuing me yet again everyone, and thank you for all of your input Derek. Cheers, Simon On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 10:55 AM Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, January 3, 2023 12:33 pm, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Back again, and very grateful for your ongoing tolerance and

Re: [GNC] Fields present in invoices?

enerate my custom invoice. > > _______ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > - > Please reme

[GNC] Delete / Edit invoice doesn't?

this by re-opening the saved gnucash file that preceded this mistake, but how should we do this, that obviously isn't what's intended. Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To upda

Re: [GNC] Invoice emailing?

invoice > > report, then use the Export button rather than print-to-file. > > > > How much of this you want to automate to reduce clicks is up to you. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 1/2/23 7:15 PM, Simon Roberts wrote: > >> Can I direc

Re: [GNC] Fields present in invoices?

s likely adequate to my concerns, many thanks again Adrien. On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 7:05 PM Simon Roberts wrote: > Ah yes! I just found Edit->Report Options, which at first glance looks > like it'll help a lot. > > I also found a bunch of ...hmm, looks like Lisp (which I used

Re: [GNC] Fields present in invoices?

o write a custom invoice report, or do > manipulation outside of GnuCash. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 1/2/23 6:32 PM, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Still working on the invoice mechanism... > > > > Is there any control over the fields displayed, auxiliary text, and >

Re: [GNC] Invoice emailing?

rote: > On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 00:23, Simon Roberts > wrote: > >> Ah well, that's a bit sad, but not the end of the world (my business >> probably sends less than six invoices per month, often only one or two). >> >> The fastest manual route certainly seems t

[GNC] Fields present in invoices?

he other hand it would be nice to be able to include the Job description. Thanks again, Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https

Re: [GNC] Invoice emailing?

features are exposed there. > > A third option may be to script your way through it, reading the data > file directly outside of GnuCash. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 1/2/23 5:54 PM, Simon Roberts wrote: > > We're getting to the point of preparing and sending invo

[GNC] Invoice emailing?

in the documentation regarding sending emails. As usual, of course, perhaps I don't have the right search term. Is there such a thing? Thanks in advance, Cheers, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@g

Re: [GNC] Undo a reconciliation?

reconciliation once the import is finished if you want > to do that or you can let the items be marks as cleared until you are ready > to reconcile. > > Thank You, > > *Gyle McCollam* > > Gyle McCollam > > gmccol...@live.com email > -

Re: [GNC] Undo a reconciliation?

Collam > > gmccol...@live.comemail > ---------- > *From:* gnucash-user > on behalf of Simon Roberts > *Sent:* Monday, January 2, 2023 1:05 PM > *To:* Gnucash Users > *Subject:* [GNC] Undo a reconciliation? > > Hi all, question from my b

[GNC] Undo a reconciliation?

th dozens of transactions, reverting each one by hand would be horrible, and likely error prone too. Is there a proper/better way to do this? TIA, Simon -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your

Re: [GNC] Autofill on import OFX?

associations. > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > ------ > *From:* gnucash-user hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of Simon Roberts < > si...@dancingcloudservices.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, December 31, 2022 3:20 PM > *To:* Gnu

Re: [GNC] Matching error in OFX import

Good to know, but for 20.04,it gave me 3.8. On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 1:27 PM john wrote: > > > On Dec 31, 2022, at 8:14 AM, Simon Roberts > wrote: > > But, I will get back when I'm not using 3.8. It's sad (but clearly nobody > here is in control of this!) that

[GNC] Autofill on import OFX?

sm in GnuCash, and if so, what's it called (so I can read about it in documentation)? Thanks for all your ongoing help everyone, it's very reassuring that there's a community as active and willing to help when making a transition as critical as this

Re: [GNC] OFX import date questions

be a while before I can test this. New year - new start > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 7:25 PM Simon Roberts < > si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > >> Thank you for the help to this point. I think I've worked out the date >> issue (very embarrassing, nothing t

Re: [GNC] Matching error in OFX import

I've built 4.13 and the problem seems to have been fixed :) On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 9:14 AM Simon Roberts < si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > Gach, yes, sorry meant to reply all, will pay attention in future, > hopefully not do that again :( > > But FWIW,

Re: [GNC] Matching error in OFX import

se dates? >> It's not impossible that GC is a bit confused because it finds 2 or more >> transactions in your register than seem to match 1 or more transactions >> in your OFX. In other words, GC does not have a way to figure out which >> OFX transaction should be matched

Re: [GNC] Config files?

trol how your copy of > GnuCash looks and acts, including . custom report settings, key binding > maps…Finally there are > wiki.gnucash.org > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > -- > *From:* gnucash-user hotmail@gnucash.org&g

[GNC] Config files?

I've realized that GnuCash stores configuration information somewhere other than just the "account" file. Can anyone tell me where that is? (or where those places are?) Thanks! -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 ___ gnucash-user maili

[GNC] Matching error in OFX import

al Transaction ID", but I could be wrong since that's just a guess!) In the interest of being clear, these "conflicting" transactions are in the *same* OFX file, it's not trying to match against something already in place. Can I do anything to get this to behave more helpfully

Re: [GNC] OFX import date questions

he bank, they are best placed to > explain > what such discrepancies are and why they occur. > > David Cousens > > > On Fri, 2022-12-30 at 14:35 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote: > > Beginner/refugee from QuickBooks here (more context below if you > > care). I'm workin

[GNC] OFX import date questions

Beginner/refugee from QuickBooks here (more context below if you care). I'm working in a scratch file, so I can do stupid things while learning without damaging anything "important". I'm working with importing my bank transactions using OFX format (though I've also tinkered with CSV, and am willi

Re: [GNC] Scary moment

__ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to C