Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-20 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi David. Yes, it is working for me using the namespace NYSEARCA with Alphavantage. I'm just following up and testing to help understand why and how the namespace has a relevance (or not - according to others). F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music htt

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-19 Thread David H
Boniforti, It does work as per your original post from the 24th Oct using Alphavantage, although for some reason I entered the ISIN as 3141 not US9220427424 - not sure how that happened - https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2024-October/113689.html - I set it up out of curiosity:-) T

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-19 Thread David H
I think you did a copy and paste from John's email the same as it did as I got the same error as you. Make sure the dashes before log and logto are 2 single dashes not 1 single long dash - it's strung together as 1 long dash in the email. It's a bit more obvious if you run ./gnucash-cli -h C

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-19 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi John. This is the output: me@MacBook-Pro ~ % /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli —log gnc.price-quotes=debug —logto=stderr -Q get Documents/GnuCash/Flavio.gnucash Application Path /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli option '--input-file' cannot be specified

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-19 Thread John Ralls
> On Oct 19, 2024, at 02:34, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Hi Murugan. > > Which other namespace would you suggest to use? > As we've already seen, ARCA does not work (at least it doesn't with > Alphavantage). FWIW it worked for me just now amd to’s not supposed to matter. F::Q doesn’t see the

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-19 Thread Boniforti Flavio
: gnucash-user hotmail@gnucash.org> on behalf of sunfish62--- via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Sent: 17 October 2024 12:03 > To: Kalpesh Patel > Cc: 'sunfish62--- via gnucash-user' > Subject: Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now? > > T

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-17 Thread Murugan Mariappan
; Subject: Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now? There does seem to be a disconnect between the two. I know John Ralls says the former, but I've long observed the latter. Personally, I'd prefer not to be bound by the namespace; every time there's a new commodity to add, I end up g

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-17 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
@yahoo.com >Cc: John Ralls ; sunfish62--- via gnucash-user > >Subject: Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now? > >That's it, David! :-) >You were right, here it works now: >[image: image.png] > >Many thanks, >F. >https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music >http

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-17 Thread Kalpesh Patel
name set in the namespace? -Original Message- From: Boniforti Flavio Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 4:40 PM To: sunfis...@yahoo.com Cc: John Ralls ; sunfish62--- via gnucash-user Subject: Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now? That's it, David! :-) You were right, here it

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-16 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
I am no expert, but I see that you have the namespace as ARCA. What happens if you change it to NYSEARCA? I've seen quotes fail when this is entered incorrectly, although it may not change anything. ⁣David T. ​ On Oct 16, 2024, 10:52 PM, at 10:52 PM, Boniforti Flavio wrote: >I think it's not

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-16 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
It's not automatic. You trigger it from Tools-> Price Database -> Get Quotes ⁣David T. ​ On Oct 16, 2024, 11:45 AM, at 11:45 AM, Boniforti Flavio wrote: >Hi John. >Sure, you're right! Found it. > >Now, seems that the value is not updating. I've added the VT security, >but >in the list I still s

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-16 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi John. Sure, you're right! Found it. Now, seems that the value is not updating. I've added the VT security, but in the list I still see "user:price-editor", which I imagine is not correct?! How should I proceed to troubleshoot and fix the quotes updates not working? Thanks, F. John Ralls sch

Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-15 Thread John Ralls
Flavio, Where it always is on Mac applications: In the application (Gnucash) menu, and since macOS 14 it’s called Settings instead of Preferences. Regards, John Ralls > On Oct 15, 2024, at 13:06, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > Hi all. > I've added VT security in my Security Editor. I've chosen

[GNC] Set up a security, what now?

2024-10-15 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hi all. I've added VT security in my Security Editor. I've chosen to have it automatically updated using Alpha Vantage, for which I got an API key. Now, some instructions I found tell me to go under "Edit - Preferences" but on MacOS with GnuCash 5.9 there's no such menu option. So my first question

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-22 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Stan Brown wrote: On 2023-04-17 15:32, Keith N. McKenna wrote: Paul Kroitor wrote:  From the web I see that this was a known issue with Windows 10 in the past, apparently caused by the file association for .exe files being corrupted, but I don't see reports anywhere for Windows 11. If this was

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-18 Thread Stan Brown
On 2023-04-17 15:32, Keith N. McKenna wrote: > Paul Kroitor wrote: >>  From the web I see that this was a known issue with Windows 10 in the >> past, apparently caused by the file association for .exe files being >> corrupted, but I don't see reports anywhere for Windows 11. If this >> was the case

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-18 Thread Fred Bone
On 17 April 2023 at 18:38, Adrien Monteleone said: > Ah, forgot about the 'S' variant. If I'm not mistaken, it is also > possible to convert a regular installation to 'S', but you'd have to know > you did it. It won't be an accident. Other way round. You can install Windows in "S" mode (or get

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Ah, forgot about the 'S' variant. If I'm not mistaken, it is also possible to convert a regular installation to 'S', but you'd have to know you did it. It won't be an accident. Regards, Adrien On 4/17/23 5:32 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: It is possible that the system that the op has is an S m

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-17 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Microsoft. So if it isn't in the store you cannot load it on your system. Regards Keith N. McKenna -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of Paul Kroitor Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 9:59 AM To: 'Glenn Fowler' ; 'David H' Cc: 'GnuCash users

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread David H
Christopher, Just a bit of Gnucash mailing list etiquette - please use reply all to keep everything on the mailing list so anyone following this thread is across everything :-) As you'll see at the bottom of your properties screenshot that you sent me you have a security warning - typically when

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Christopher Smallman via gnucash-user
Hi everyone and thanks for all of your help and suggestions. I thought that I would try to download V 5 to my desktop and it worked perfectly. I then copied the download file to a flash drive & used it to open V 5 on my new laptop. Also worked perfectly & I am up to date. The problem appears to

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Paul Kroitor
source was reliable. Paul -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of Paul Kroitor Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 9:59 AM To: 'Glenn Fowler' ; 'David H' Cc: 'GnuCash users group' Subject: Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device The file shows "App

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Christopher Smallman via gnucash-user
Thanks Michael I have sent a reply to David H. The properties show an .exe extension. There must be a reason! Chris > On 10 April 2023 at 13:14 "Fross, Michael" wrote: > > > Hello Christopher - I don't think it's an executable. Windows is trying to > find the program to open it with and can'

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Paul Kroitor
al Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of Glenn Fowler Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 8:49 AM To: David H Cc: GnuCash users group Subject: Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device Good point, I forgot about that. However, the machine is acting as if it doesn't recognize the extens

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Glenn Fowler
Good point, I forgot about that. However, the machine is acting as if it doesn't recognize the extension: ".setup". Hopefully Christopher can shed some light on it. On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 8:05 AM David H wrote: > Glenn > > Is it though? That possibly depends on whether show file extensions i

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello Christopher - I don't think it's an executable. Windows is trying to find the program to open it with and can't find it in the store. I'd re-download it from the official store and turn on extension visibility per David H.'s comment and try again. Michael On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 7:06 AM D

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread David H
Glenn Is it though? That possibly depends on whether show file extensions is on or off. Cheers David Halverson On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 at 21:46, Glenn Fowler wrote: > Hi, > > It's missing the ".exe* in the file name. Did you save it like that or did > you download it from a different source other

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Glenn Fowler
Hi, It's missing the ".exe* in the file name. Did you save it like that or did you download it from a different source other than github or sourceforge? On Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 6:51 AM Christopher Smallman via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > I am trying to find help with setting

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread David H
What happens if you click no on the prompt ? Cheers David H On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 at 8:52 pm, Christopher Smallman via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > I am trying to find help with setting up my GnuCash programme on a new > Windows 11 laptop. > > I have downloaded the correct v

Re: [GNC] Set up GnuCash to track monthly net income considering taxes and pension fund contributions

2021-10-02 Thread Simone Gaiarin
This seems an acceptable solution. Thanks. On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 4:07 PM Robin Chattopadhyay wrote: > You can achieve the ad-hoc nature of a templated transaction by setting > the frequency of the scheduled transaction to 'Once'. > > Set up your scheduled transaction, set the frequency to 'Onc

Re: [GNC] Set up GnuCash to track monthly net income considering taxes and pension fund contributions

2021-09-25 Thread john
That is an *excellent* tip! Care to add it to the wiki? Regards, John Ralls > On Sep 25, 2021, at 7:06 AM, Robin Chattopadhyay wrote: > > You can achieve the ad-hoc nature of a templated transaction by setting the > frequency of the scheduled transaction to 'Once'. > > Set up your scheduled tr

Re: [GNC] Set up GnuCash to track monthly net income considering taxes and pension fund contributions

2021-09-25 Thread Fred Bone
On 25 September 2021 at 9:06, Robin Chattopadhyay said: > You can achieve the ad-hoc nature of a templated transaction by setting > the frequency of the scheduled transaction to 'Once'. > > Set up your scheduled transaction, set the frequency to 'Once', run the > scheduled transactions/Since Last

Re: [GNC] Set up GnuCash to track monthly net income considering taxes and pension fund contributions

2021-09-25 Thread Robin Chattopadhyay
You can achieve the ad-hoc nature of a templated transaction by setting the frequency of the scheduled transaction to 'Once'. Set up your scheduled transaction, set the frequency to 'Once', run the scheduled transactions/Since Last Run option, fill in the variables, then proceed. The next time yo

Re: [GNC] Set up GnuCash to track monthly net income considering taxes and pension fund contributions

2021-09-25 Thread Christopher Lam
The only mechanism that really exists to have "templated arbitrary formulas" is to use the periodic Scheduled Transactions. It would be nice to have them created ad-hoc (ie menu item Create Transaction from Template which pops up a list of available templates) instead of periodically... On Sat, 2

Re: [GNC] Set up GnuCash to track monthly net income considering taxes and pension fund contributions

2021-09-25 Thread Simone Gaiarin
Thanks for the reply Rich. My main question is: is there a way to automate these calculations in GNUCash or for each transaction I need to compute and input each component of the income by hand? I have read the GNUCash documentation but I was not able to figure out if this is possible or not. On

Re: [GNC] Set up GnuCash to track monthly net income considering taxes and pension fund contributions

2021-09-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 19 Sep 2021, Simone Gaiarin wrote: Accounts: - Income - Bank Account - Tax - Pension fund Simone, I suggest you add more accounts. For example, under Assets have Service Income, Pension Income, Bank (Checking?). Cash, Savings, etc. Under Expenses the types of expenses you incur. Un

[GNC] Set up GnuCash to track monthly net income considering taxes and pension fund contributions

2021-09-18 Thread Simone Gaiarin
Hi all, I need help in setting up GnuCash to achieve the following goal: - Track my monthly net income (after taxes and pension fund contribution) Situation: I give a service that I invoice per hour and the cost paid by the customer consists of the following components: x: Cash payment = y + p1 y

Re: [GNC] Set up

2021-01-15 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 1/15/21 8:23 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: Most people might prefer to put files they create in a "documents" directory. /In other words, you might under documents create a folder with a name like gnucash-data and use THAT as a place to store your gnucash data./ / / /If all the files

Re: [GNC] Set up

2021-01-15 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
Most people might prefer to put files they create in a "documents" directory. /In other words, you might under documents create a folder with a name like gnucash-data and use THAT as a place to store your gnucash data./ / / /If all the files you create are somewhere in the documents folder, t

Re: [GNC] Set up

2021-01-14 Thread Liz
On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:31:20 -0500 David Ridell via gnucash-user wrote: > Am I doing something wrong? No, but you can do it better. See David's suggestions. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription prefere

Re: [GNC] Set up

2021-01-14 Thread David Carlson
Welcome to the Gnucash user maillist. That is the normal way GnuCash makes automatic backups. You can read about the process here: < https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Basics:_Filenames.2C_Directories.2C_...> Eventually Gnucash deletes older backups. Most users place their data files in a dedica

Re: [GNC] Set up

2021-01-14 Thread David Ridell via gnucash-user
Some additional information > On Jan 14, 2021, at 3:31 PM, David Ridell wrote: > > I am a new user. > I set up the software/application. > The directory I am using in my “Desktop”. > Every time I safe a transaction(s) 2 “new files” are placed onto to my > Desktop. Examples are attached. >

[GNC] Set up

2021-01-14 Thread David Ridell via gnucash-user
I am a new user. I set up the software/application. The directory I am using in my “Desktop”. Every time I safe a transaction(s) 2 “new files” are placed onto to my Desktop. Examples are attached. Am I doing something wrong? Checkbook.gnucash.20210114151853.gnucash Description: Binary data