Where is gnucash register?

Ian Lewis ianmlewis at gmail.com
Sun Jan 27 06:06:38 EST 2008


Henry,

I may not be sure what you are looking for but from your description of a
'general register' maybe you are talking about the 'general ledger'? Please
give that a look.

Ian

2008/1/27, Henry Fallon <henryf61 at gmail.com>:
>
> Charles Day wrote:
>
> >
> You can just enter all the checks in your checking account like you do in
> Quicken. I'm confused as to why you'd need to open multiple registers.
> (Maybe you could explain what you are doing in further detail.)
> >
>
> (This is all from memory:) When I opened gnucash, I followed the wizard to
> import my Quicken QIF file, including categories.  After ignoring the
> bogus
> duplicates screen, I ran a summary report to verify that my final balance
> was correct.  Then I clicked on all the menu options that seemed to have
> anything to do with finding a complete register without success. I still
> have had no success even after having followed the suggestions of several
> people here.
>
> If I read your complete reply properly, I gather that the designers of
> gnucash should setup certain account trees for us quicken users or maybe
> we
> should be doing it *before* importing (not that I know how to do that).
>
> After criticizing the gnucash structure, I can now see how the separate
> registers for individual accounts can be very helpful. I could do the same
> thing in Quicken but I would have to setup individual reports each time I
> wanted to do so. Setting up the reports would take some fair amount of
> time
> whereas it is just a mouse click in gnucash.
>
> To give a shorter answer to your question, I don't need to open individual
> registers. I only did that in desperation while looking for a general
> register.
>
> Henry Fallon
>
> On Jan 25, 2008 9:07 PM, Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 25, 2008 5:41 PM, Henry Fallon <henryf61 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Charles (and Josh),
> > >
> > > Thanks for your informative replies. This experience makes me
> appreciate
> > > the genius of Quicken. It just looks like a checkbook. I'm not sure
> how to
> > > describe gnucash but it looks entirely too professional for my simple
> > > requirements in keeping my personal checkbook. For example, when I
> post a
> > > batch of checks to the register, I want to use a single register since
> my
> > > checks will be written to random accounts. I don't want to have to
> open up
> > > an account for each individual check and then close each account
> before they
> > > stretch way beyond the screen's boundaries.
> > >
> >
> > You can just enter all the checks in your checking account like you do
> in
> > Quicken. I'm confused as to why you'd need to open multiple registers.
> > (Maybe you could explain what you are doing in further detail.)
> >
> > Disclaimer: The tutorial and help files didn't come with my copy of
> > > gnucash. I have since discovered them on the web and realize I have to
> do
> > > some homework before using gnucash again.
> > >
> > > Let me try to make a few constructive comments:
> > > --If memory serves me, the import screen was one of the first ones
> > > displayed when I opened gnucash. If I should have been setting up
> accounts
> > > prior to import, then why not warn me of that fact and give me the
> option to
> > > do so? Hint: maybe this would be a good fix for the next release.
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure what the best way to go is, but something ought to be
> done...
> >
> > Regarding accounts: Without reading the manual first, Quicken users
> > wouldn't realize that accounts should be put in to a tree. Perhaps the
> > importer should by default offer to map an QIF account named Checking to
> > Assets:Current Assets:Checking rather than just plain "Checking".
> Similarly,
> > if the QIF file includes a category list then by default Salary could be
> > Income:Salary, Groceries could become Expenses:Groceries, and so on.
> >
> > Plus... if there were no accounts in GnuCash prior to importing, and
> there
> > is no Accounts tab displayed in the main window, then it would be nice
> to
> > have one automatically opened when the import finishes (the New Account
> > Hierarchy Setup druid offers this feature).
> >
> > --Thanks for warning be about import bugs. I got maybe a hundred
> duplicate
> > > entries on my import and quickly decided to ignore them. The
> duplicates did
> > > not exist in Quicken and the final balance in GnuCash was correct. It
> > > wouldn't have been if the duplicates were real.
> >
> >
> > Those duplicates are indeed bogus and that bug has been fixed. Hopefully
> > the fix will make it into the 2.2.4 release.
> >
> >
> > > --I will definitely wait for version 2.2.4 and go back to Quicken
> > > meanwhile.
> > >
> >
> > I'm working with both at the moment... with an eye towards dropping
> > Quicken as soon as its convenient. I do a lot of portfolio stuff and
> GnuCash
> > is a bit behind in that area. GnuCash certainly has its disadvantages,
> but
> > there are advantages too, and the "killer" advantage to GnuCash is that
> > users can fix what they don't like, and add new features that they do.
> > Quicken users are at Intuit's (not so tender) mercy.
> >
> > Before returning, I have a question about downloads from my bank but let
> > > me first search the forum to see if it has been answered. If not, I
> will
> > > start a new thread.
> > >
> >
> > I'm not sure what the planned release date is for 2.2.4 but there has
> been
> > talk of releasing every few weeks. Some of the developers that
> participate
> > in this mailing list would have a good idea.
> >
> >
> > > Thanks again. I am impressed by the speed and quality of the answers.
> > >
> > > Henry Fallon
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 25, 2008 7:39 PM, Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Jan 25, 2008 2:10 PM, henrymds <henryf61 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I can't find the register. I imported a single QIF file from
> Quicken
> > > > in
> > > > > Windows XP to gnucash 2.2.1 in Ubuntu 7.10. Gnucash recognizes all
> > > > my
> > > > > categories/accounts. A report summary has the correct final
> balance.
> > > > A
> > > > > transaction report appears to have all the transactions listed but
> I
> > > > can't
> > > > > find the register anywhere.
> > > > > File > Open > Open is supposed to open an account tree somehow but
> > > > all it
> > > > > does is list the backups of my file.
> > > >
> > > > I know... the GnuCash GUI is brutally confusing for first-time users
> > > > coming from Quicken, particularly if you don't create GnuCash
> accounts
> > > > *before* importing the QIF file.  If you create the GnuCash accounts
> first,
> > > > it's a lot easier. Plus, there are a number of important bugs in the
> GnuCash
> > > > 2.2.1 QIF importer, so I'd really suggest that you start over and
> > > > import your QIF using GnuCash 2.2.3.  If you can wait for 2.2.4, so
> > > > much the better, because I've patched a number of QIF importer bugs
> even
> > > > since the release of 2.2.3. Hopefully these will get released in
> 2.2.4
> > > > .
> > > >
> > > > But starting from where you are already... Go to File -> New -> New
> > > > Accounts Page. You'll see a list of accounts. Since you're a Quicken
> user,
> > > > you probably don't want to see income and expense accounts in the
> list, at
> > > > least initially, so go to View -> Filter By... and uncheck Income
> and
> > > > Expense. Now click on any of those accounts and you'll bring up that
> > > > account's register. If the register comes up blank (like shown in
> bug
> > > > 502649 <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=502649>) then
> click
> > > > anywhere in the register and the transactions will magically appear.
> > > > Hopefully someone can fix this soon, but for now its just an
> annoyance.
> > > >
> > > > To the general GnuCash community: Why is the option to display a new
> > > > accounts page under the File menu anyway? It has nothing to do with
> files or
> > > > printing. The View menu seems more appropriate.
> > > >
> > > > -Charles
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > TIA,
> > > > > henrymds
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