Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-06-08 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 7 Jun 2021, at 17:30, John Ralls wrote: > > > >> On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:22 PM, Michael Hendry wrote: >> >>> On 7 Jun 2021, at 06:57, flywire wrote: >>> >>> What you want is very simple, just not in GnuCash which is possibly the only >>> package without it. The workaround changing accoun

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-06-07 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 7 Jun 2021, at 17:30, John Ralls wrote: > > > >> On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:22 PM, Michael Hendry wrote: >> >>> On 7 Jun 2021, at 06:57, flywire wrote: >>> >>> What you want is very simple, just not in GnuCash which is possibly the only >>> package without it. The workaround changing accoun

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-06-07 Thread John Ralls
> On Jun 6, 2021, at 11:22 PM, Michael Hendry wrote: > >> On 7 Jun 2021, at 06:57, flywire wrote: >> >> What you want is very simple, just not in GnuCash which is possibly the only >> package without it. The workaround changing accounts is just not worth the >> grief. >> >> Other software al

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-06-06 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 7 Jun 2021, at 06:57, flywire wrote: > > What you want is very simple, just not in GnuCash which is possibly the only > package without it. The workaround changing accounts is just not worth the > grief. > > Other software allows a category or class[ification] field on each > transaction. N

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-06-06 Thread flywire
What you want is very simple, just not in GnuCash which is possibly the only package without it. The workaround changing accounts is just not worth the grief. Other software allows a category or class[ification] field on each transaction. Normally the field is even auto-populated based on say a pa

Re: [GNC] Frustration (recently used files)

2021-06-06 Thread DaveC49
Andrew, Are these rental properties are all part of a single business owned by a single legal entity? If so do you really need to maintain 4 sets of books? It is possible within Gnucash to set up an accounting structure in which the four properties would be separate with their on income,expens

Re: [GNC] Frustration (recently used files)

2021-06-06 Thread David H
Andrew, You need to realise that on the mac opening GnuCash or double clicking a GnuCash file only ever opens the last file you were working with. Not sure about the behaviour from the recent files list as I don't use that either. I'm fortunate that I only have 1 Gnucash data file so this behaviou

Re: [GNC] Frustration (recently used files)

2021-06-06 Thread Andrew Ralph via gnucash-user
Hi Team Theses questions are probably best directed to John Ralls the mac expert. I am running macOS Mojave Version 10.14.6 and I have just downloaded Gnucash 4.5. I am sorry to keep repeating myself with these issues and I appreciate your input so far I just don’t seem to be getting the openin

Re: [GNC] Frustration (recently used files)

2021-04-05 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/5/2021 1:03 PM, D. via gnucash-user wrote: Stan, I'm going to wager that Andrew is on a Mac, because he said that when he clicked one account, another opened. This strongly implies the oddity that Mac users cannot double click on a GnuCash file in Finder and have that file open. It will

Re: [GNC] Frustration (recently used files)

2021-04-05 Thread David H
Apr 05 11:25:35 EDT 2021 > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Frustration (recently used files) > > > On 2021-04-03 18:40, Andrew Ralph via gnucash-user wrote: > > > Have previously opened the files/accounts from the file-drop down which > works fine bu

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-04-05 Thread David H
Just to be clear Michael, I did NOT write any of this Cheers David H. On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 at 01:07, Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 4/4/2021 9:05 PM, David H wrote: > > AM going to continue to add to the historical accounts and use the reports >> for the ann

Re: [GNC] Frustration (recently used files)

2021-04-05 Thread D. via gnucash-user
ell, but that seems a little like overkill. David T. Original Message From: Stan Brown Sent: Mon Apr 05 11:25:35 EDT 2021 To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Frustration (recently used files) On 2021-04-03 18:40, Andrew Ralph via gnucash-user wrote: > Have

Re: [GNC] Frustration (recently used files)

2021-04-05 Thread Stan Brown
On 2021-04-03 18:40, Andrew Ralph via gnucash-user wrote: > Have previously opened the files/accounts from the file-drop down which works > fine but there are only 4 options and I now have 5 accounts/files and as I > have been playing with different names and accounts to solve the above issues

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-04-05 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 4/4/2021 9:05 PM, David H wrote: AM going to continue to add to the historical accounts and use the reports for the annual tax returns, seems like the easiest option. My other question was again what I thought should be a simple solution. Saving data, I have attempted multiple

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-04-04 Thread David H
File >> Open :-) On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 at 09:30, Andrew Ralph via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Hi Team > > AM going to continue to add to the historical accounts and use the reports > for the annual tax returns, seems like the easiest option. > > My other question was again what

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-04-04 Thread Andrew Ralph via gnucash-user
Hi Team AM going to continue to add to the historical accounts and use the reports for the annual tax returns, seems like the easiest option. My other question was again what I thought should be a simple solution. Saving data, I have attempted multiple times to do this in various places without

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-02-09 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 2/8/2021 5:37 PM, David Cousens wrote: If you do need to create a new file for some reason, use the File->Export->Export Account Tree to CSV to export your account structure, the Fuile->NewFile to open a new file.In the setup wizard you cannot proceed if you Clear All but if you select the S

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-02-08 Thread David Cousens
Andrew, As Michael pointed out, there is no real need in GnuCash to start a new file each year. The report structure is designed to produce appropriate reports as required. You just need to setup the options for the report after opening a copy of the report.in the window (menu is context sensitiv

Re: [GNC] Frustration

2021-02-08 Thread Michael Hendry
> On 8 Feb 2021, at 04:56, Andrew Ralph via gnucash-user > wrote: > > Hi team > I am trying to achieve what I think should be a simple process, to complete > yearly accounts for tax purposes for 4 seperate rental properties > All I want to do is be able to save the previous years accounts and

[GNC] Frustration

2021-02-07 Thread Andrew Ralph via gnucash-user
Hi team I am trying to achieve what I think should be a simple process, to complete yearly accounts for tax purposes for 4 seperate rental properties All I want to do is be able to save the previous years accounts and reproduce a blank account hierarchy for the next financial year. With going