[GNC-dev] tb, gnc or me? my trial balance is wrong and I think it is gnc not me

[David Carlson]

Following up on my last email, in version 2.6.17 the Trial Balance report
does default to nearest in time as the default valuation procedure.   I
don't know what happens in 3.4.

David Carlson

On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 9:05 AM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Now if there is an exchange rate entry for 12-19 and 12-16 but not for
> 12-18 or 12-17-2017 and the report is using nearest in time, that could
> cause what you are seeing.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 7:04 AM D via gnucash-devel <
> gnucash-devel at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
>> That sounds to me like it's using a different exchange rate from one day
>> to another, and I'd agree with your assessment in that case. I would have
>> thought that the exchange rate in the transaction would be used.
>>
>> Mind you, I can't wrap my head around the subtleties that seem to apply
>> on this report.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On February 9, 2019, at 5:56 PM, Wm via gnucash-devel <
>> gnucash-devel at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 09/02/2019 07:00, Wm via gnucash-devel wrote:
>> > Background: My gnc TB has been wrong for years.  This hasn't been a
>> > problem for me because I can do my own TB in sql and satisfy myself all
>> > is relatively well with my accounts.  Over the last week or so I
>> decided
>> > to try again and I think the gnc TB report is b0rked.
>>
>> OK, have a think about this.
>>
>> Having deleted the tx previously mentioned.
>>
>> If I run a TB report to 2017-12-17 it balances.
>>
>> If I run a TB report to 2017-12-18 it is out by .01
>>
>> Problem?  There are no tx on 2017-12-18
>>
>> The ordinary use of a TB is to help find accounting errors.  If the
>> report introduces errors I say it is not fit to be used.
>>
>> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797097
>>
>> --
>> Wm
>>
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