Hi,
I really like having the convenience of an inline plotter, but the plot
widget only allows me to select
the X and Y values from I think is the OOTB country database. How can I
select a different database for this widget? It seems like somewhere there
should be a database selection drop down fo
Every year when I want to print annual reports I have this problem.
I can never find where to set the 'accounting period' for reports.
Where is it please?
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Chris,
Did you run a report then click on Options / General Tab - the reports I
run allow you to set the period for each report?
Cheers David H.
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 19:06, Chris Green wrote:
> Every year when I want to print annual reports I have this problem.
>
> I can never find where to
There is also a setting in preferences somewhere to change the accounting
period. As I don't use the feature, I don't know where it is in either the
general preferences or the file preferences.
David T.
On Jan 6, 2023, 12:19, at 12:19, David H wrote:
>Chris,
>
>Did you run a report then cli
Yeah it's Prefs >> Accounting Period - not sure if that's used by reports
or just for registers ?
Cheers David H.
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 19:31, David T. wrote:
> There is also a setting in preferences somewhere to change the accounting
> period. As I don't use the feature, I don't know where it
Probably depends on the report.
David T.
On Jan 6, 2023, 12:52, at 12:52, David H wrote:
>Yeah it's Prefs >> Accounting Period - not sure if that's used by
>reports
>or just for registers ?
>
>Cheers David H.
>
>
>On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 19:31, David T. wrote:
>
>> There is also a setting in pre
On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 07:17:46PM +1000, David H wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Did you run a report then click on Options / General Tab - the reports I
> run allow you to set the period for each report?
>
... and then forgets it for the next report as far as I can see.
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Chris Green
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On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 12:31:46PM +0300, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> There is also a setting in preferences somewhere to change the accounting
> period. As I don't use the feature, I don't know where it is in either
> the general preferences or the file preferences.
>
Yes, that's where
Maybe I'm missing a setting somewhere, but every time I want to print
a report I have to go through the whole rigmarole of selecting all
accounts for the report.
Is there a way to get Gnucash to default to selecting *all* accounts
rather than no accounts?
--
Chris Green
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Good question
On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 5:12 AM Chris Green wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 12:31:46PM +0300, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> > There is also a setting in preferences somewhere to change the
> accounting
> > period. As I don't use the feature, I don't know where it is in either
I appreciate the analysis of the code, and the confirmation of what I found
through experimentation. I had tried searching the code for the answer, but I
do not know C/C++ and I would not have been able to figure it out.
I’d be happy to write a paragraph documenting how a QIF entry for a StkSpl
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 01:50, Bite Gao wrote:
> GnuCash Developers and Maintainers:
Hello! While you have mentioned the requirement of human intervene in
the reconciliation process, I do not see it contradicts with the presence
of automatically reconciliation system.
Yours,
>
> Bite, Ga
Yes. In my GnuCash the original shares are removed in one transaction, and the
newly calculated amount (based on the split) is added in a second transaction.
In my Quicken, when I recorded a split, the additional shares (in this case, a
4 for 1 of APPL) were recorded.
But my original question
I don't play with it too often these days, but if I do, I won't miss the
auto-size or accidentally exposing the price column.
Regards,
Adrien
On 1/5/23 9:40 PM, john wrote:
It would be really easy to turn off autosizing on the Description field and
only a little work to figure out another way
Maybe it is used for things other than reports?
Regards,
Adrien
On 1/6/23 5:11 AM, Chris Green wrote:
On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 12:31:46PM +0300, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
There is also a setting in preferences somewhere to change the accounting
period. As I don't use the feature, I don't
That would depend on the report. For some, it makes sense that GnuCash
doesn't know which accounts you want till you tell it. For others, there
are sane defaults. (like the Income statement that already has Income &
Expense accounts selected)
Some reports also behave a tad differently dependin
No, if you set the period in Preferences, it remembers it. Do a test and
set specific odd dates here and run an annual-style report before and
after doing so.
If you change a report's Options to something other than "beginning/end
of this period" which is usually the default for most reports,
I'll follow up that if you've left the default Accounting Period defined
as 'Start of this Year/End of this Year' and you try to run your annual
reports in the following year, such as today for 2022, yes, the range
will be wrong.
As I noted in my other reply, use Saved Report Configs. Get the
I understand your explanation, but if you aren't checking and verifying
every transaction, how do you ever discover when the automated process
makes a mistake?
Reconciliation was invented long before computers, but I appreciate that
the process demands one to slow down, take your time, and met
That also happens to be the very FIRST preference overall.
First tab of Preferences, first preference.
You'd have to really not be looking top-down or in any order to miss it.
Regards,
Adrien
On 1/6/23 3:51 AM, David H wrote:
Yeah it's Prefs >> Accounting Period - not sure if that's used by r
Hi John. I enjoy the ability to double click column headers to auto-size
them. I hope this is not impacted.
For description autosizing, it did take a little getting used to, but I
like it and use it. I manage the other columns, mostly by double clicking
the title, and then let the description c
I realize I'm answering a slightly different question, but I've never
understood why the GnuCash developers have never made column sizing (and
apparently hiding, too) work just like spreadsheets. We already invented
that wheel, and people are *really* accustomed to how it works, hence the
grumblin
Maybe a setting in Preferences -> Register Defaults to toggle the option?
On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 8:32 AM Fross, Michael wrote:
> Hi John. I enjoy the ability to double click column headers to auto-size
> them. I hope this is not impacted.
>
> For description autosizing, it did take a little
On 1/6/2023 12:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:
I feel that the register column sizing is complicated by the fact that the
register view is constrained by the requirement that the data input window
has to appear to blend in to the rest of the register view. If the data
input area was separated from
Hello David and everyone,
Thank you for your messages. A little background about myself: I'm a
Canadian (born and raised), and a CPA. I have been using GnuCash for a
while now, but am interested in delving deeper into its functions that can
be useful to me. I use GnuCash only for personal and priv
I agree with Adrien here fully, as well as with other points made elsewhere in
the thread.
As an open source software package, it's certainly possible for *someone* to
write code for an automatic reconciliation, but I certainly wouldn't want the
feature myself. Call me old school, but I want t
I think both changes would be excellent. As another person has noted, most
people expect GnuCash columns to behave like a spreadsheet, and the Description
column trips them up. And if the Price column doesn't have to be there,
removing it will be beneficial as well.
David T.
On Jan 6, 2023
hi
On 1/6/23 09:16, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
Call me old school, but I want to check that the bank and I agree on the
accounting, and I consider me to be the best judge of my transaction history.
isn't that the whole *point* of reconciliation after all ... ?
(so i would call you "car
On 1/6/2023 6:11 AM, Chris Green wrote:
On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 12:31:46PM +0300, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
There is also a setting in preferences somewhere to change the accounting
period. As I don't use the feature, I don't know where it is in either
the general preferences or the file
I’m new to GnuCash so I admit I’m not sure I fully understand the question’s
impacts.
I have figured out I can resize each column manually, but what does confuse me
is why (at least on macOS) a double click (as opposed to a right-click)
activates what I believe you’re referring to as autosizing
I'm fully in agreement of making the description column behave like all the
others.
Matt
On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 09:41:58 PM CST, john
wrote:
Users,
There have been occasional complaints for many years about column width sizing.
See for e.g. https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.
I'm running GnuCash 4.12 on both linux and Windoze - mainly on Windoze
laptop, as my desktop PC uses 200 W of power when idle, plus whatever the
monitor uses.
I keep sorting the bank account, or other accounts, but the sort order
keeps being lost, despite me ticking the box to keep the sort order.
Another vote in favor of this change to the column width handling,
Best wishes,
Will
On Jan 6, 2023, at 08:45, Matthew Forbis via gnucash-user
wrote:
I'm fully in agreement of making the description column behave like all the
others.
Matt
On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 09:41:58 PM CST, j
That does make sense, thanks again Derek.
Cheers,
Simon
On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 5:54 PM Derek Atkins wrote:
> Well, if you put your O-B on all your Assets and Liabilities, then yes,
> that *IS* your current equity in the company.
>
> If you think the balance is too big, then most likely you have
I just tested using 4.13 on Mac. It works properly there.
I tested closing the register I sorted, then re-opening.
I then tested closing GnuCash and re-opening.
In both cases, the sort order was retained. (I tested with your options
of Date, Reverse, & Save)
Try 4.13?
Regards,
Adrien
On 1/6
That's a good question and one I've had myself.
It is even more perplexing when I discovered the registers are based on
code from the Gnumeric spreadsheet app.
My wild and very limited understanding guess is:
That part of the UI didn't get borrowed from Gnumeric, maybe for a good
reason. A l
I have finally completed replacing Quicken with GnuCash.
One of the casualties is my ability to reconcile my bank account.
The account covers from 2014 to present, and matches all bank statements and
balances properly.
The reconciliation function opens but starts at some random date and incorrect
Here is a fast way to Reconcile everything (not what you asked for, but it
might help)
Reconcile
"t" in Statement date == Today
Left click OK
Ctrl-A == Select All items in Funds In column
Space == Mark as Reconciled
Tab == Move to Funds Out column
Ctrl-A == Select All items in Funds Out colu
That's a very long-running discussion with another Canadian CPA, see
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797796
and https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798004.
The simplest workaround is to set up an account structure that looks like
Assets
Investments
Stocks
There isn't an easy way to unreconcile many transactions, but because
reconciliation dates aren't very easy to see or care about once they get
old, many users will ignore starting dates and balances if they know that
there is a reason that they don't match the bank statement this month.
One poin
With the exception of the Description field automatically resizing itself to
fit the register in the window width, I think GnuCash does size columns the
same way spreadsheets do: You put the pointer on the right-hand divider in the
header and drag it, and double-click in the header to fit the wi
> On Jan 5, 2023, at 10:11 PM, Ben Pracht wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I really like having the convenience of an inline plotter, but the plot
> widget only allows me to select
> the X and Y values from I think is the OOTB country database. How can I
> select a different database for this widget? It se
On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 07:17:46PM +1000, David H wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Did you run a report then click on Options / General Tab - the reports I
> run allow you to set the period for each report?
>
That's absolutely the last thing I want to do, I want the same period
for every report after entering
This, with one minor change - If you're happy that everything is 100% just
reconcile up to your latest statement closing balance and date. Ignore the
Gnucash generated starting balance because when all said and done it's all
about the final closing balance.
Cheers David H.
On Sat, 7 Jan 2023 at
To be honest, John, it's been a minute since I bothered to think about it.
For the most part, I guess I just leave columns alone. I don't recall the
last time I've had to resize a column, and maybe that speaks kindly of the
width-memory the columns have at this point. Or not. Like I say, I don't
On 2023-01-06 11:35, Chris Green wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 07:17:46PM +1000, David H wrote:
>> Chris,
>>
>> Did you run a report then click on Options / General Tab - the reports I
>> run allow you to set the period for each report?
>>
> That's absolutely the last thing I want to do, I wan
Then set your accounting period to the desired range or else use Saved
Configurations as needed.
But do note if you customize the Accounting Period to specific dates,
you'll have to change it again next time.
The easiest option that requires the least amount of repetitive work is
to leave th
A week or two ago I managed to do something that meant invoices and bills
looked silly. Today I upgraded to GnuCash 4.13 on Windoze, and the problem
persisted. So I used the uninstall tool. That did not seem to delete all
the directories, so I deleted the directories C:\Program
Files(x86)\gnucash,
There already is such a preference. It is the very first preference on
the first tab.
Most reports (certainly annual ones) default to 'beginning of accounting
period' and 'end of accounting period'.
The OP's issue is that preference by default is 'beginning/end of *this*
year, and we're alre
You didn't like the looks of an invoice so you tried
uninstall/re-install? Holy cow.
Since you don't specify what about the invoice you don't like, the best
I can do is guess:
You're not a fan of your duplicated company name and info. That's
certainly reasonable. I'm not sure why it would ap
Bite Gao:
Thank you for your feature request. And thank you for your second
message, where you make your request clear enough that I finally
understand it.
What I think you are requesting is that GnuCash's Reconciliation command
add an option for GnuCash to read in a data file supplied by th
Hi there John,
Thanks for the information. Very helpful! Perhaps I am setting up my
foreign (USD) investment accounts all wrong. I'm trying to follow the
instructions and examples in Chapters 9.5 and 9.6, but I can't
reconcile the instructions with your explanation.
So if I set-up the account str
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.
GSettings
Besides the directories and files described above GnuCash also stores a
number of user preferences in GSettings. Th
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 21:28, Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
> You didn't like the looks of an invoice so you tried
> uninstall/re-install? Holy cow.
>
> Since you don't specify what about the invoice you don't like, the best
> I can do is guess:
>
> You're not a fan of
My apologies. I emailed wtong list
On Fri, Jan 6, 2023, 14:33 john wrote:
>
>
> > On Jan 5, 2023, at 10:11 PM, Ben Pracht wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I really like having the convenience of an inline plotter, but the plot
> > widget only allows me to select
> > the X and Y values from I think is
Dear all,
I've done some digging, and Gnucash totals seem to be wrongly reported for
budget reports with multi-currency sub-accounts. But I'm not an accountancy
expert at all, so perhaps someone can explain the accounting logic behind
it? Perhaps a report that can imply 1+1=3 should have a warning
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
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 other options of Easy, Printable, & Tax Invoice are more sane looking.
You can change the 'defaul
Christopher Lamm had been working on various aspects of the Budget
Report not long ago. He may be able to squeeze in a look at this. He'll
likely be the one to see your bug report and maybe shed light on the
math logic.
If I can find some time this weekend I'll test as well. I normally don't
CAn I suggest that columns are given a notional minimum width, to stop the
problem of the left and right dividers overlapping. say 5 or 10px or
something, it you are thiking of diddling around with that area of code?
"vanishing" columns seems to be another similar FAQ over the years.
Maf.
On
I do find that when I move between computers with different display
resolutions, if I copy the user preferences, then I have to fiddle with
widths on the new machine. If the defaults were good enough so that there
was no need to port over the column widths, there would still be other
settings l
GnuCash Developers and Maintainers:
Hello! While you pinpoint out the possibility of a mistake in
automated process, it did not eliminate the meaning of the automatic
reconciliation.
What an automatic reconciliation does is: the program concatenates
the transaction's date, check number and
You are asking for the impossible. It is not possible to predict all
the possible ways a computer program could make a mistake. It's just
not knowable.
On 2023-01-06 17:22, Bite Gao wrote:
GnuCash Developers and Maintainers:
...
Personally, I do not found that how computer program could
Bite Gao:
Thank you for continuing this conversation. I am glad to have your ideas
in this discussion.
While I think I understand what feature you are asking for, I do see
some difficulties with it. For example, you say:
On 2023-01-06 17:22, Bite Gao wrote:
…For each split record in the Gnu
I have been using Gnucash for many years and I still never know exactly
what's going to happen when I try to resize a column. It is 120%
infuriating - at least to me! - so I'm in favor of trying to make the
behavior more sensible.
It feels fundamentally weird to me to privilege the description col
I find that doing a double left click on each column header,
going from right to left works just fine.
On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 7:11 PM peterb wrote:
> I have been using Gnucash for many years and I still never know exactly
> what's going to happen when I try to resize a column. It is 120%
> infur
I would think that if your home currency is CAD and you buy some USD
stocks, you'd first transfer some cash from your CAD bank into your
brokerage account in USD, then immediately use the latter to purchase your
AAPL.
On Sat, 7 Jan 2023, 5:46 am Karl, wrote:
> Hi there John,
>
> Thanks for the i
GnuCash prioritizes direct prices over indirect ones, so if you have a single
AAPL-CAD price in your price database and a bunch of AAPL-USD and USD-CAD ones
the latter will be ignored when trying to price AAPL in CAD and you'll almost
always get the single direct price.
Two more important consi
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