gnucash-user Digest, Vol 45, Issue 4

[Mike Everett]

Just experimenting with setting up a RAID disk array - to give better
reliability & built in backup. 'Course, it could all fail and I'll end up
with no data at all!!!


Watch this space....


On 4/12/06 17:00, "gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org"
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> Today's Topics:
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>    1. Bayesian import (Omen Nemo)
>    2. How to deal with Inventory (Wolf Skafte-Zauss)
>    3. Re: Find-Replace or bulk movement of transactions to a new
>       account (Ariel)
>    4. Re: Find-Replace or bulk movement of transactions to a new
>       account (Daniel Parish)
>    5. colored main accounts (calmar)
>    6. Re: colored main accounts (calmar)
>    7. New problem, but I have no idea how to describe it. Gnucash
>       2.0.2 (Jim Lynch)
>    8. Re: Bayesian import (Derek Atkins)
>    9. Re: How to deal with Inventory (Derek Atkins)
>   10. Re: New problem, but I have no idea how to describe it.
>       Gnucash 2.0.2 (Derek Atkins)
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:13:10 -0500
> From: Omen Nemo <serv994 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Bayesian import
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Message-ID: <BAY12-DAV50B04B8587D5731E39D05E9D80 at phx.gbl>
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just found the 'bayesian import' option, and was wondering what's the
> difference with the regular importing.
> Are most people happy with it?
> In particular, would turning it on erase all the other rules I already have on
> import?
> 
> Thanks!
> ON
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 08:07:58 +1100 (EST)
> From: "Wolf Skafte-Zauss" <wolf at bluewolf.net.au>
> Subject: How to deal with Inventory
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Message-ID:
> <60748.124.184.239.212.1165180078.squirrel at www.bluewolf.net.au>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> Hi there
> I'm just setting up gnuCash for my business. I sell door hardware over the
> net.
> I have setup Expenses:COGS:account for every product class and
> Income:Sales:account for every product class
> I have started doing the invoicing and it seems fine. The main issue I
> have at the moment is how to account for stock on hand. I'm think like
> this:
> For each month end
> 1. run a report in Zencart to get stock on hand
> 2. enter this via a journal
> 3. run month end report
> 
> However what accounts to I journal?
> I was thinking:
> Assets:Stock:account for every product class and
> Expenses:COGS:account for every product class.
> Does that make sense?
> 
> 
> 
> Have a great day
> 
> Wolf Skafte-Zauss
> Blue Wolf Internet Store
> Architectural Door Hardware without the architectural price tag.
> http://www.bluewolf.net.au
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 18:25:30 -0500 (EST)
> From: Ariel <asgnucash at dsgml.com>
> Subject: Re: Find-Replace or bulk movement of transactions to a new
> account
> To: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612031824280.2034 at pureeloreel.qlaqaf.bet>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> "Daniel Parish" <parishd at gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>> I have an account that contains dividends from multiple accounts and looks
>>> like this:
>>> Income
>>>     Dividends
>>> 
>>> I want change this into several new accounts to better organize things so it
>>> would look like:
>>> Income
>>>     Dividends
>>>         Account 1
>>>         Account 2
>>> 
>>> Question:  What is the best way to move all the transactions in the original
>>> account structure to the new structure.  I could have sworn I used a
>>> Find-Replace function in the past, but I can't find it.  I'm using gnucash
>>> 2.0.2 under Fedora Core 6.
>> 
>> Unfortunately there is no way to act on multiple transactions at once,
>> nor is there a way to Find-Replace, either, I'm afraid.  When you want
>> to split up an account you unfortunately have to do it manually, one
>> transaction at a time.  Sorry.
> 
> If one account is going to get the bulk of the transactions, instead
> of moving them one at a time, rename 'Dividends' to 'Account X', that way
> at least some of the transactions are in the right place.
> 
> -Ariel
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 20:19:55 -0800
> From: "Daniel Parish" <parishd at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Find-Replace or bulk movement of transactions to a new
> account
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Message-ID:
> <91d6d0f80612032019x43d2fd21i478eafa0e2b9f2a8 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> On 12/3/06, Ariel <asgnucash at dsgml.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Question:  What is the best way to move all the transactions in the
>> original
>>>> account structure to the new structure.  I could have sworn I used a
>>>> Find-Replace function in the past, but I can't find it.  I'm using
>> gnucash
>>>> 2.0.2 under Fedora Core 6.
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately there is no way to act on multiple transactions at once,
>>> nor is there a way to Find-Replace, either, I'm afraid.  When you want
>>> to split up an account you unfortunately have to do it manually, one
>>> transaction at a time.  Sorry.
>> 
>> If one account is going to get the bulk of the transactions, instead
>> of moving them one at a time, rename 'Dividends' to 'Account X', that way
>> at least some of the transactions are in the right place.
>> 
>>         -Ariel
>> 
> 
> Actually I did something similar this and only moved the transactions for
> the current year into the new account structure.  Not ideal, but until I'm
> positive I have the structure I will use forever, I'd rather not go through
> a tedious reassignment exercise only to have to repeat it again in a few
> months.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:27:24 +0100
> From: calmar <mac at calmar.ws>
> Subject: colored main accounts
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Message-ID: <20061204082724.GA16781 at news.calmar.ws>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I just thought having the possibility to have colored parent
> accounts like: assets, equity, expenses, would help finding
> things in the list of accounts very much maybe!
> 
> At best when they can be user-defined. When its possible to
> assing to any account any color (e.g. for ofen used accounts,
> might would help finding things as well.
> 
> Cheers and thanks,
> calmar
>