Re: [GNC] Gnucash - user

2020-07-08 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I think it means that GnuCash-user will ride on highways as well as it runs on ski slopes. On 7/8/2020 11:01 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: flywire writes: This will change when (if) we migrate to mailman3, which includes the "hyperkitty" forum-like interface, but at this point in time we do not h

[GNC] Capital Gain Calculations on Split Stocks

2020-08-24 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hi, In the last couple of days, I have learned TONS about how to manage capital gains with assorted lots in the GnuCash realm. The financial institution I use has algorithms that adjust my accounts to minimize tax implications. This results in sales against specific lots within GnuCash, and I

[GNC] More Fun with Lots

2020-08-25 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, Having now fiddled with the Lots features some more, I have encountered some issues with its implementation. First, if I open up the lots viewer to see what it is doing with lot allocations, the interface appears to automatically recalculate the gain in the entire account, and it does

Re: [GNC] Capital Gain Calculations on Split Stocks

2020-08-25 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Thanks! On 8/25/2020 9:48 AM, Stan Brown wrote: On 2020-08-24 20:06, D. via gnucash-user wrote: I'll have to figure out how I'd trigger the --extra flag in Windows METHOD 1: a. Duplicate your GnuCash shortcut b. Right-click the duplicate, select Properties c. Add the flag in the Target box. M

Re: [GNC] More Fun with Lots

2020-08-26 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
t the temptation to click on the "Scrub" button. Review all the "Realized Gain/Loss" transactions in the register. Replace the default description with some details of the Sale (eg cut and paste the description from the Sale transaction). DELETE the "Orphaned Gains-XXX"

[GNC] Register Column Widths

2020-09-01 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hi, Could anyone tell me the current status on the storage of saved register column widths? I was under the impression that there was a change made somewhat recently to the the logic of how GNC stored column widths for different registers. Previously, register column widths were stored on an

[GNC] Tabs Behaviors in GNC4.1

2020-09-15 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, I'm running GNC4.1 on Windows 10, and I've noticed a couple of changes in the tab interface in recent versions that are irksome to me. I have my preferences set so that account tabs are placed on the left side of the window. The first issue I've noticed is that new tabs now open direc

[GNC] Experimental Balance Sheet report

2020-09-16 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, Today, I tried out the "Balance Sheet (Multicolumn)" report in the Experimental reports section, and I'd like to share some observations. 1. When initially run, I receive an empty report. This is similar to the initial result of the basic Transaction report, except in the latter case,

[GNC] Error with Advanced portfolio report

2020-09-19 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
If someone could advise on further steps for the following... Gnucash 4.1, Windows 10 Attempt to open Advanced Portfolio report (Reports->Assets & Liabilities->Advanced Portfolio) yields the following: Report error An error occurred while running the report. In c-interface.scm: 24:4 19

[GNC] Reconcile Status Redux: New Odd Behavior, or Is It Me Again?

2020-09-22 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, I know no one wants to hear from me these days, but I've noticed strange behavior with reconciled transaction entries in GnuCash 4.1 under Windows 10. Specifically, when I edit the amount of a reconciled transaction entry (a.k.a. "split"), I receive a notice that I am attempting to ed

Re: [GNC] clip board paste across catagories

2020-09-29 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I am not an expert, but perhaps if you're writing the format yourself, maybe you could adopt an existing standard (e.g., QIF, QFX, CSV) and import that into GnuCash? Also, Chapter 18 in the Guide is all about importing business data. Perhaps that might lead somewhere? On 9/29/2020 4:20 PM, T

Re: [GNC] Checking account withdrawals for cash boxes

2020-09-29 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Not an accountant, but I'd probably go with Assets:Cash How you handle the subsequent procedures will better be addressed by others. On 9/29/2020 4:16 PM, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: Good day to all. I have a question that may require me contacting an accountant but this is my first pass. F

[GNC] Error with Asset Chart report

2020-12-05 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, I am on Windows 10, using Version: 4.2 Build ID: git 4.2-213-g562b4be22+(2020-11-21) Back in June 2019 (https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2019-June/085636.html), I reported a problem with an odd error in a saved report. After some back and forth, I don't believe that any

Re: [GNC] Error with Asset Chart report

2020-12-07 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Odd. I don't think it has to do with the account type, since I replicated the problem for both assets and liabilities accounts. I don't believe my accounts have something in them that could generate this error. I've been able to create a brand new file with an account structure and just a fe

Re: [GNC] Error with Asset Chart report

2020-12-07 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
David T. On 12/7/2020 2:59 PM, David H wrote: You mean this error :-) Running on Gnucash 4.2 on Win 10 Pro.  If I click the error it re-displays, click again and it shows the chart but only levels 4 & 6 ?? Cheers David H. On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 04:47, David T. via gnucash-user mailt

[GNC] Updates on Windows

2021-01-21 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, I've used GnuCash for a very long time, under different operating systems (currently GC4.4 on WIndows 10), and I have a minor question about the upgrade process under Windows. When I updated under MacOS, I was able to install multiple versions in parallel simply by renaming the app bu

Re: [GNC] Updates on Windows

2021-01-21 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
, Derek Atkins wrote: David, I will just suggest that it is Mac tht is the oddity here. Linux packages also remove older versions when upgrading. -derek On Thu, January 21, 2021 8:53 am, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: Hello, I've used GnuCash for a very long time, under different oper

[GNC] Account Sort Order

2021-02-25 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, I'm using GnuCash 4.4 under Windows 10, and I am wondering how GnuCash sorts accounts in the Chart of Accounts window. My chosen sort order is by Account Code; however, I choose not to assign account codes for a large number of accounts (such as individual commodities in a brokerage ac

[GNC] Ghost Equity Accounts

2021-04-07 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, I thought I saw something about this not too long ago, but cannot put my finger on the thread. I am using GC4.4 on Windows 10, and have been using GnuCash since 2005. Basically, I recently purchased shares of a new stock, and I followed my usual procedure in GnuCash: I created a new a

[GNC] Autofill Oddity

2021-04-08 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hi, GnuCash 4.4 under Windows 10. Long time user. Recent releases have included an update to the Autofill feature, which generally is a good thing. However, others have reported strange hitches using the new feature under Windows--situations where the register hangs and the application appear

Re: [GNC] Error in "Close Book" help text

2023-03-25 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
If you've ever filled out an online form before, you should be fine. I'd simply copy your original email and paste it in the description. David T. On Mar 24, 2023, 11:44 PM, at 11:44 PM, Stan Brown wrote: >Sigh. You're right, of course. I've never filed a bug report before, so >I was hopin

Re: [GNC] Error in "Close Book" help text

2023-03-25 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Michael, As a past documentation contributor, I'd assume any person taking up this bug would attempt to document the functionality of the newly added feature, regardless of the initial bug request. David T.​ On Mar 25, 2023, 02:31, at 02:31, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: >On 3/24/2023 5:48

Re: [GNC] Error in "Close Book" help text

2023-03-26 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Michael, I certainly agree with your concerns. My statement includes my own implication that a good documentarian would explain the broader purpose of the feature as well as its results and means to manage it. My initial statement was terse enough that this aspect was missing. To explicate f

Re: [GNC] Exporting reports to spreadsheet

2023-03-29 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
You could always forego the export aspect altogether. In the report window of GnuCash, select the entire report (Ctrl-A), copy the data (Ctrl-C), switch to LibreOffice (Alt-Tab), and paste your data (Ctrl-V). Finally, save the LibreOffice as a spreadsheet file, which should assign it the proper

Re: [GNC] Security timezone

2023-04-02 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I hesitate to jump in, since John is so much more knowledgeable and informed, but his reply (and my understanding of the back side functioning in this area) would suggest that the quote source doesn't usually include any time zone information, and the time zone that GnuCash inserts into its data

Re: [GNC] Security timezone

2023-04-02 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
When I reconcile my brokerage account statements with my GnuCash books, I reconcile actual transactions and ensure that commodity balances are correct. As long as those are accurate, the valuation at any given time is essentially arbitrary; it only becomes important at the time of sale. A valu

Re: [GNC] Cannot adjust right-hand column widths

2023-04-03 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
This *is* documented in the Guide.  https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-guide/basics-running-gnucash.html#basics-register2 ⁣David T. ​ On Apr 3, 2023, 2:54 PM, at 2:54 PM, William Prescott wrote: >Thanks David H. > >I had never mastered it before, but playing with the column widths in >

Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items

2023-04-11 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Honestly, the button could be removed altogether in my opinion. The close "X" on tabs is pretty standard in other apps, and has the benefit of being a direct action that most users understand intuitively. ⁣David T. ​ On Apr 12, 2023, 1:07 AM, at 1:07 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >I agree, th

Re: [GNC] Hidden Accounts

2023-04-14 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
That's the behavior since 2006. I never paid attention to the dialog, which is incorrect. To hide the account in the transfer drop down, you do have to set it as a Placeholder as well. There's a bug about this that has a long discussion about it. I can't find it right now. ⁣David T. ​ On Apr

Re: [GNC] Hidden Accounts

2023-04-15 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
For what it's worth: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=397135 ⁣David T. ​ On Apr 15, 2023, 8:19 AM, at 8:19 AM, "David T. via gnucash-user" wrote: >That's the behavior since 2006. I never paid attention to the dialog, >which is incorrect. To hide the account

Re: [GNC] Deleting an account

2023-04-15 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
That is answered in section 5.4 of the Help: "The Hidden check box hides an account (and any sub-accounts) in the account tree. To reset this option, you will first need to open theView → Filter By...dialog for the account tree and check the Show hidden accounts option. Doing so will allow you

Re: [GNC] [Bug 798864] Budget Revalues for the Income are positive numbers.porting on select reports are wrong

2023-04-17 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Richard, Just a note that if you reply to Christopher's bug messages by email, the discussion at the bug website is incomplete. You and the community would be better served by your replying in the bug itself. David T.​ On Apr 17, 2023, 11:02, at 11:02, Richard Lindgren wrote: >Sounds like yo

Re: [GNC] Transactions in Placeholder

2023-04-28 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
There's no hard rule either way. Some users feel strongly about not having any transactions in placeholder accounts, though, and advocate loudly on the list in support of it.  But there's nothing in the software preventing a placeholder account having transactions in it. That said, the importe

Re: [GNC] Transactions in Placeholder

2023-04-29 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
: >On 4/29/2023 2:39 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: >> There's no hard rule either way. Some users feel strongly about not >having any transactions in placeholder accounts, though, and advocate >loudly on the list in support of it.  But there's nothing in the >sof

Re: [GNC] Transactions in Placeholder

2023-04-29 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Michael, The OP problem had to do with the importer adding transactions to a placeholder account. So that's why I am discussing that, rather than bringing up the creation of new accounts in the process. I'm not even sure how that applies here; a newly-created account during the import process

Re: [GNC] Transactions in Placeholder

2023-05-01 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
44 PM, "David T. via gnucash-user" wrote: >Michael, > >The OP problem had to do with the importer adding transactions to a >placeholder account. So that's why I am discussing that, rather than >bringing up the creation of new accounts in the process. I'm not even &g

[GNC] Changes to transaction entry, and quirks

2023-05-01 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, I am not sure exactly what changes have been implemented in the transaction entry logic, but I've begun seeing GnuCash offer me ancient transactions as templates for current data entry. So, instead of giving me a recent transaction, I end up with a transaction from 12 years ago. From

Re: [GNC] Trouble Changing Imported Descriptions

2023-05-05 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I have seen the exact same behavior, and find it more than just an annoyance. This arbitrary reversion to different text strings can result in flawed and erroneous data entering your books--including entering transactions into placeholder (i.e., read-only) accounts. ⁣ David T.​ On May 5, 2023,

Re: [GNC] Trouble Changing Imported Descriptions

2023-05-05 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
mporting transactions; >doing them manually doesn't take that much longer. > > >On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 2:54 AM David T. via gnucash-user < >gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> I have seen the exact same behavior, and find it more than just an >> annoyance. This

Re: [GNC] Auto commit with auto save?

2023-05-06 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I agree that it would be nice to have some visual cue that a transaction has been edited but not saved; that would be useful. I'm honestly not sure why that hasn't been implemented. The app does throw a dialog onscreen when a user tries to save with an open transaction. Unfortunately, the mess

Re: [GNC] Auto commit with auto save?

2023-05-07 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Nope and nope. Sorry. It seems to me that leaving GnuCash open and running a con job against the open app is a recipe for troubles just like the ones you have encountered. You could tell the script to abort if it found the lock file, but that would require you to close the app every night, whi

Re: [GNC] Yahoo JSON - throwing unauthorized error

2023-05-08 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
It's a wiki, so you could put it in. You'd get to decide where that would best live, too. FWIW, my method for doing this is to save the file as an SQLite file, open the result in a DB reader, locate the appropriate table there, and execute the change globally. Then I reopen the file in GnuCash

Re: [GNC] Untick multiple checkboxes in Importer

2023-05-08 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I'm not at a machine right now, but what happens if you CTRL-click? ⁣ David T.​ On May 8, 2023, 11:23, at 11:23, and...@lists.savchenko.net wrote: >I might be missing something obvious, but at least on Windows build of >v4.14 it's impossible to untick multiple rows at once. > >Shift-click allows

Re: [GNC] Auto commit with auto save?

2023-05-08 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Yes, one can imagine that. I can imagine that it would be possible to add something like that into the get quotes function that already exists, but I'm not a programmer, so I accept that if I want to track commodity values in GnuCash, I have to click the get quotes button. The get quotes button

Re: [GNC] Yahoo JSON - throwing unauthorized error

2023-05-08 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
All good points! ⁣David T. ​ On May 8, 2023, 7:36 PM, at 7:36 PM, Bruce Schuck wrote: >On 5/8/23 13:05 +0300, David T. wrote: > >> It's a wiki, so you could put it in. You'd get to decide where that >> would best live, too. > >Perhaps sometime during the week I'll add something. With the obvi

Re: [GNC] Auto commit with auto save?

2023-05-10 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Adrien, The issue as stated is specifically the loss of an uncommitted transaction, so an SQL back end won't help with that. If, however, that open transaction prevents an entire session from being saved, then your suggestion merits attention. I personally don't know about that, though; the OP

Re: [GNC] Auto commit with auto save?

2023-05-11 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
ing or >auto-committing transactions on exit, but rather the lack of ability to > >schedule price updates) > >Regards, >Adrien > >On 5/10/23 11:02 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: >> Adrien, >> >> The issue as stated is specifically the loss of an unco

Re: [GNC] Two accounts: same name, same parent

2023-05-14 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
That seems odd. In my experience GnuCash won't allow two accounts in the immediate context with the same name (despite the fact that internally GnuCash doesn't use the human readable account name at all). I'm not sure how you succeeded in that, but your remedy should be fine. ⁣ David T.​ On May

Re: [GNC] Tax report options

2023-05-14 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Of course there is, but it's unlikely to be a simple fix. Alex A. has been the primary maintainer of the tax options code. From my recollections, the process is not entirely straightforward. ⁣ David T.​ On May 14, 2023, 09:56, at 09:56, Fred Tydeman wrote: >Is there a way to add to the Edit ->

Re: [GNC] Tax report options

2023-05-14 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
You should be able to select an account and its children to receive a single tax code. In the past, you could only set a single account, but I believe now that you can assign multiple accounts to a single code. Note that you cannot go through and set all your accounts to various tax assignments

Re: [GNC] Tax report options

2023-05-14 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I enter these foreign tax transactions as they are transmitted to me by the broker (my brokerage presents them all). They go to a separate foreign tax account, making tracking easy. ⁣David T. ​ On May 14, 2023, 5:44 PM, at 5:44 PM, Fred Tydeman wrote: >When I get the 1099 DIV forms for mutua

Re: [GNC] Tax report options

2023-05-14 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
That's what accountants are for. Asking GnuCash to provide that level of monitoring is out of scope for the software. ⁣David T. ​ On May 14, 2023, 5:25 PM, at 5:25 PM, Ken Farley wrote: >Form 1116 has cost me at least a couple of iterations of filing my >taxes >in the past. It would be nice i

Re: [GNC] Issue with Current Assets?

2023-05-15 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I'll assume that "some number" <> $6,621.66, first. Next, is that from the Chart of Accounts, or a report? If it's the former, you might have transactions in Current Assets. If it's the latter, there may be other accounts beneath Current Assets that haven't been selected for display, but whi

Re: [GNC] report cutoffs - Trial Balance opening date

2023-05-18 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Per the documentation: 10.3.5.11. Trial Balance Trial Balance lists the ending balances in all accounts as of a particular date. It is typically run at the end of an accounting period and is primarily used to ensure that the total of all debits equals the total of all credits. By definition

Re: [GNC] How to Upgrade Old GnuCash Version to Current Version

2023-06-09 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I've updated that section now. ⁣David T. ​ On Jun 8, 2023, 11:54 PM, at 11:54 PM, David Cousens wrote: >Try the wiki https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Installation#Upgrading. Not >exactly >extensive enough though. > >On Fri, 2023-06-09 at 12:17 +1000, flywire wrote: >> > If you follow the upgrade

Re: [GNC] Reversing a finished credit card reconciliation

2023-06-25 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Both previous replies were on target-- but, I do wonder how you finished the first reconciliation, since GnuCash won't activate the finish button until the Difference value is zero. If the transaction was wrong, the balance would be non-zero? ⁣David T. ​ On Jun 25, 2023, 12:26 PM, at 12:26 PM,

Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

2023-07-01 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I'm pretty sure there aren't any options for autofill; therefore, there won't be any entries in the FAQ for them. ⁣David T. ​ On Jul 1, 2023, 2:32 PM, at 2:32 PM, Jack Slater wrote: >Where do I find the FAQ on the options for this latest version of the >auto-suggest? > >On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at

Re: [GNC] How to revert to previous input mode?

2023-07-01 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
You might help us all by telling us the version and OS you're using. There's been a whole lot of turmoil and change in this area over the last few months, the upshot of which is that autofill has changed a lot between 5.2 and 5.3. 5.4, which should be releasing soon (to fix another serious bug)

Re: [GNC] Transferring mutual funds

2023-07-06 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Kalpesh, Your assessment regarding capital gains rates is accurate; it's been one of my problems with this issue for some time. It also comes up with stock splits, where the "new" shares should have the original acquisition date. Honestly, this is not an easy issue to finesse without a boatload

Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

2023-07-17 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
That would be *OpenStacks* convention. By all means, impose their rules here! ⁣ David T.​ P.S. The amount of energy expended on this topic is amazing to me--and I note that NONE of you Authorities On Email Etiquette bothered to change the subject of this thread to reflect the completely new (an

Re: [GNC] Should GNUCash allow a split to reference the same account twice

2023-07-20 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
There are many situations where that can legitimately happen-- for example, when you have two charges contributing to a particular total (think of a paycheck with income from base salary and income from bonuses). Your want to see each listed separately, even though they combine to one final figu

Re: [GNC] Wells Fargo OFX

2023-07-22 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I'll take the contrarian position and note that there are more ways to synchronize your account with the bank's. Some argue that using the bank to keep your books up to date leaves you dependent entirely on the bank for accuracy. I enter the transactions for my family's activities manually, and

Re: [GNC] Today's search....for .lck

2023-08-06 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Yeah, that request has been around at least since 2008... ⁣David T. ​ On Aug 6, 2023, 7:00 PM, at 7:00 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >I can see the benefit to having logs and backup files together with the > >data, but I'd prefer if they were in their own sub-directories >automatically. > >Rega

Re: [GNC] Today's search....for .lck

2023-08-08 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Of course, that command would be: DIR "C:\Users\Barry Mahon\Documents\Tax accounts and returns" > filename.txt ⁣David T. ​ On Aug 8, 2023, 4:17 PM, at 4:17 PM, Jack Lockard wrote: >maybe someone else who knows off the top of their head can advise a >command that will export your file list to a

Re: [GNC] Consolidation of family member accounts

2023-08-13 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
A transfer between two asset accounts (your account to your wife's) doesn't need any further entries, unless you're considering these transfers as some kind of bookable event. Are you paying them, or just transferring them funds? If the latter, then just two entries crediting/debiting the two as

Re: [GNC] Unsubscribe

2023-08-16 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I think you meant to send that to one of the addresses listed in the message to which you replied (like gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org). Sending to the user group generally won't achieve your goal. ⁣ David T.​ On Aug 16, 2023, 12:27, at 12:27, teal-05plummy--- via gnucash-user wrote: >Unsubs

Re: [GNC] Fwd: Gnucash

2023-08-28 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
+1 ⁣David T.​ On Aug 28, 2023, 12:34 PM, at 12:34 PM, Nigel Stapley wrote: >As a watcher of this list might I suggest you good folk call a halt. I >suggest to OP that he takes a basic course in managing his computer >with >Windows. Someone who doesn't appear to understand what is meant by >"log

Re: [GNC] Issues with gnucash files

2023-08-28 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Maf, With regards to Nigel's comment, over the past month and a half, there have been well over a hundred messages sprinkled across eight different threads that seek to address the situation. At some point, it would seem that the problems cannot be solved through this venue. For me, that was ab

Re: [GNC] Help

2024-01-08 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
That's handled in settings. You can disable by setting the log file retention to 0. ⁣David T.​ On Jan 8, 2024, 9:05 PM, at 9:05 PM, Max Crystal wrote: >Every time I open and close the register it creates a notepad log entry >on >my hard drive. Can I disable this so I will not have multiple en

Re: [GNC] Help

2024-01-08 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I don't really know. I don't pay any attention to the log files. They're there if I ever need them, and seem to disappear after a reasonable time. ⁣David T.​ On Jan 8, 2024, 10:18 PM, at 10:18 PM, Max Crystal wrote: > > > > > > > > >David, > >As you can see, I checked never for backup log to

Re: [GNC] Moving from Quicken

2024-01-08 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I will echo R Losey's comments but also add that over the years, I've used (and abandoned) the various download transactional data features in favor of manual entry. First, many institutions have become restrictive in their download offerings and refuse to consider anything outside the commerc

Re: [GNC] posting of Switching of Mutual Fund

2024-01-09 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Paras, I used the lots feature for quite some time, and for a while I felt that it made my investments life so much easier. But. The day came when I had to change one capital gain entry that was off for some reason*. I changed it to the proper amount (as reported to the tax authorities), an

Re: [GNC] Starting a new year

2024-01-09 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Grace might also look at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Closing_Books ⁣David T.​ On Jan 9, 2024, 8:27 PM, at 8:27 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote: >Grace, >You can export your account tree in CSV format. Look under >"FILE/EXPORT". If you "close Books..." under tools it will simplify >entering the star

[GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-11 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, Long time user working in Windows 10 with Gnucash 4.13. I have a number of scheduled transactions that I use; one of them has multiple splits. With the new year, I needed to update this scheduled transaction. I began modifying the amounts on different lines of the transaction, and when

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-11 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
T.​ On Jan 11, 2024, 8:17 PM, at 8:17 PM, "Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)" wrote: >On 2024-01-11 12:55, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: >> Long time user working in Windows 10 with Gnucash 4.13. >> >> I have a number of scheduled transactions that I use; one o

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-11 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
>Regards, >Adrien > >On 1/11/24 2:55 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: >> I understand that there might be use cases in scheduled transactions >where one might not want an automatic calculation, but is there a way >to

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-11 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
ets me see and do whatever I want, and I just >run the SLR periodically to fire my SXs. (Oddly, there is no 'watcher' >that fires them when the system date should otherwise trigger them) > >Regards, >Adrien > >On 1/11/24 3:36 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: >>

Re: [GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

2024-01-12 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Thanks all for the discussion. I can rest easy knowing that this is how the SX editor works. It just took me by surprise... ⁣David T.​ On Jan 12, 2024, 7:09 PM, at 7:09 PM, David Carlson wrote: >I consider the SX to be a graphical form of a script, and so I am not >sure >how the editor could d

Re: [GNC] FAQ (WAS: End of Year?)

2024-01-14 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
For the record, I'm also against this popup, but for a different reason. The FAQ is an overwhelming never-shrinking aggregation of items that would be better placed in other documentation. Including it on a monthly basis would not really benefit a new user with a specific problem. When I go to

Re: [GNC] Terminology WAS: Liability Balances - All payments disappeared

2024-01-18 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
The Gnucash community has had this discussion many times in the past. My recollection is that the following terminology is accepted: * Each line is a "split," and thus a basic transaction has two such splits. * A transaction with more than two splits is referred to as a multi-split transaction.

Re: [GNC] how to record tax credit for capital loss

2024-01-24 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Likewise not an accountant. In the US (my tax authority), gains are taxed at two rates (long term and short term), and gains and losses offset each other. I maintain separate income accounts for short term and long term gains/losses (income accounts because I'm an optimist!). These are placed

Re: [GNC] how to record tax credit for capital loss

2024-01-24 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
ecessarily hard? > > >Again, note that I'm not using this to compute my own taxes, that's >done >by the brokers already (I'm nowhere near the volume where it would make >sense for me to take over that "job" - which I could fwiw), but I do >want my

Re: [GNC] No suitable backend was found

2024-01-26 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I'll echo Adrien's comments regarding your use of a backup. On the reported problem, I'll note that your book file appears to be on a cloud drive ("OneDrive") and perhaps your connection to the cloud has been interrupted? You could test this by copying the data file to a known local folder on

Re: [GNC] Proposed change of "U+R" and "R" in the Import main matcher.

2019-08-06 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Indeed. I ask myself, "which character do I see after invoking this option?" It isn't "R"--it is "C." Furthermore, the imported transaction isn't "Reconciled," it is "Cleared." You still have to reconcile it. As for changing the Reconcile value to "R," well, that goes a little further down t

Re: [GNC] Proposed change of "U+R" and "R" in the Import main matcher.

2019-08-07 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Building on Christopher's comment, my experience was that if a transaction to be imported has the flag set, Gnucash imports that value. I'm not sure the exact mechanics or heuristics (and it was a long time ago that I migrated to Gnucash), but I know I didn't have to reconcile my imported trans

[GNC] Windows Report Options Dialog Setting

2019-08-11 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, GnuCash 3.5 on Windows 10. I have discovered a UI problem that I believe to be a bug. It appears that if a user maximizes the Options dialog for a report, and then saves the options by clicking OK, the maximized window size becomes the default options window size from that point forwar

[GNC] Transaction Report Sign Reverses

2019-08-11 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, I am trying to create a YTD Capital Gains report, and am encountering a problem with how the Transaction Report implements the Sign Reverses setting. I recall some time back a discussion about the fact that the Sign Reverses setting reverses signs in these reports in a confusing way.

Re: [GNC] Transaction Report Sign Reverses

2019-08-12 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
ular case. On Mon., 12 Aug. 2019, 13:02 David T. via gnucash-user, mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> wrote: Hello, I am trying to create a YTD Capital Gains report, and am encountering a problem with how the Transaction Report implements the Sign Reverses setting.

Re: [GNC] journal entries

2019-08-12 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I'm not sure how this is a challenge, especially since both John and David C. pointed you in the right direction in the docs. Perhaps you are associating the term "Journal entry" with something special? To begin, set your View preference to "Basic" and on the Preferences:Accounts tab, uncheck

[GNC] Plot Size on Piechart reports

2019-08-12 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Hello, The attached screen shot shows three iterations of a standard Piechart. Each has its own set of accounts and slices, but each is set to plot its chart to the same 485 by 240 dimensions--and yet, each one is clearly a different size! While the first is an Expense piechart, I believe that

Re: [GNC] Plot Size on Piechart reports

2019-08-12 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Dang. New mail client ate my screen shot! Next try... On 8/12/2019 9:07 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: Hello, The attached screen shot shows three iterations of a standard Piechart. Each has its own set of accounts and slices, but each is set to plot its chart to the same 485 by 240

Re: [GNC] Plot Size on Piechart reports

2019-08-13 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
sizes. However, since they are set to all be the same size, they should all be the same size. What happens if you use the percentage option instead of pixels? Regards, Adrien > On Aug 12, 2019, at 10:43 AM, David T. via gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] Problems moving vertical lines between columns on

2019-08-13 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
As covered in the note at https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/basics-running-gnucash.html#basics-register2 On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 5:40, David Carlson wrote: James, Keep in mind that in the register view the description column is a special case that essentially defaults to u

Re: [GNC] Plot Size on Piechart reports

2019-08-13 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I'm pretty sure that this code isn't making sizing decisions based on readability-- at least not in my experience.  It is perfectly happy to cram huge amounts of data into tiny on screen areas... Percentages default to 100%, but remember previously stored values.  On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at

Re: [GNC] Get online quote for Canada Fund

2019-08-13 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Note that adding the price source column to the security list will allow you to see at a glance which source all your stocks are using.  On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 8:17, David Reiser via gnucash-user wrote: First, make sure that _none_ of your stocks are requesting quotes through yahoo. (y

Re: [GNC] Unrealized gain/loss on Forex

2019-08-14 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I believe that the "Unrealized Losses" entry on the Trial Balance report is calculated. You will need to create an account for it, as well as the transaction to account for the loss.  HTH, David  On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 11:40, Jayakumar Chakravarthy wrote: Hi, When I make an Invoice

Re: [GNC] Plot Size on Piechart reports

2019-08-14 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
esn't show this, but did you report also display a legend ? I believe the legend and chart together are fitted into the dimensions you set. If the text in the legend varies from report to report, that my explain why the charts themselves vary as well. Geert Op dinsdag 13 augustus 2019 10:47:43 C

Re: [GNC] Unrealized gain/loss on Forex

2019-08-15 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Jayakumar, I am no expert on this subject. This has been discussed on the lists before, however, so I hope that one of the previous participants can explain the situation and its solution better than I will.  David On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 11:14, Jayakumar Chakravarthy wrote: David, No

Re: [GNC] Thank you

2019-09-04 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Of course, one can currently set the accounting period for the OS user at Preferences->Accounting Period. ALthough not the same as per-book settings, it is nonetheless a useful option for many. On 9/4/2019 8:08 PM, Christopher Lam wrote: FWIW in the 4.x series it is planned to allow a book-spe

Re: [GNC] Thank you

2019-09-04 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
And, yes, it would be more useful if it weren't set as either an absolute date or "Previous Quarter"... On 9/4/2019 8:08 PM, Christopher Lam wrote: FWIW in the 4.x series it is planned to allow a book-specific accounting-period, so, one can select (e.g. 30-June for Australia, 5-April for UK, or

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