gnucash-user Digest, Vol 179, Issue 21
Roger Hatton
roghat3 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 6 21:12:16 EST 2018
Re separate ledgers (books?) for new entities would
you be kind enough to show the menu steps (being new
and somewhat fearful of mixing new entity data with existing
entity data).
Gratefully, Roger H
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> 1. RE: Copying transactions from an account to the general
> ledger (Mike Donovan)
> 2. New Entities (Roger Hatton)
> 3. Re: Copying transactions from an account to the general
> ledger (Mike or Penny Novack)
> 4. Re: Changing GTK theme or UI Font on macOS (John Ralls)
> 5. Re: New Entities (John Ralls)
> 6. Re: New Entities (Adrien Monteleone)
> 7. Re: Changing GTK theme or UI Font on macOS (Adrien Monteleone)
> 8. Re: New Entities (David Carlson)
> 9. Re: New Entities (Adrien Monteleone)
> 10. Re: New Entities (Matt Graham)
> 11. Re: New Entities (David Carlson)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 16:40:49 -0500
> From: Mike Donovan <donovan.michael.g at gmail.com>
> To: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com>, gnucash-user
> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: RE: Copying transactions from an account to the general
> ledger
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> Adrien:
>
> Thanks again. Geert?s recommendation regarding the filter solved my
> problem.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: Adrien Monteleone
> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 3:43 PM
> To: gnucash-user
> Subject: Re: Copying transactions from an account to the general ledger
>
> Mike,
>
> See the replies by Geert and John.
>
> The GL by default only shows the last 30 days of transactions. If the
> transactions you entered previously were dated more than 30 days ago, you
> won?t see them. Turn off the default filter first as they mentioned.
>
> As John noted, be wary of entering directly in the GL. You CAN do so, but
> it?s not necessarily the best practice. Unlike other registers, it is not
> an account, merely a view of all accounts. Entering from another register,
> you can default to a split containing the account you are in holding the
> balance. The GL has no such option since it isn?t an account, you?ll have
> to be careful to enter both debit and credit lines before entering out of
> the transaction or you?ll have a mess of unbalanced entries to clean up.
>
> For example, if I?m entering an expense paid with cash, I open the cash
> account register, enter my debit expense split and the register includes
> the matching split as a credit to cash already there for me. I also don?t
> have the option of deleting that cash split since it would ?un-link? the
> transaction to that register. This helps me enter transactions properly
> without mistakes. Normally, I use Transaction Journal view by default, but
> this is even more important if using Basic view which only shows one
> account split.
>
> Also, please copy the list on all replies so others can benefit from the
> exchange.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> > On Feb 6, 2018, at 1:42 PM, Mike Donovan <donovan.michael.g at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Adrien,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply. When I go to Tools> General Ledger, I show a new
> line waiting for transaction entry. No other transactions are shown. Is it
> possible that I need to change a setting to get your (favorable) result?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mike
> >
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> >
> > From: Adrien Monteleone <mailto:adrien.monteleone at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 12:59 PM
> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> > Subject: Re: Copying transactions from an account to the general ledger
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > There?s no copying anything to the General Ledger. The GL is simply a
> consolidated view of all accounts. Your transactions should be there. I
> just did a test with a fresh book, entered some transactions in Cash,
> opened the GL and the transactions were all there. I presume you are going
> to Tools > General Ledger right?
> >
> > Certainly you can enter transactions in the GL only if you prefer.
> Personally, I like to enter them in the account the money is coming from to
> keep my entries straight. (some enter their credit card charges as expenses
> from the card liability account for the same reason)
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > > On Feb 6, 2018, at 11:15 AM, Mike Donovan <donovan.michael.g at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Having recorded many transactions to the cash account, I would like to
> copy these to the GL (which has no transactions currently) and then use the
> GL for recording all future transactions. Can this be done? Thanks.
> > >
> > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 07:57:34 +1000
> From: Roger Hatton <roghat3 at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: New Entities
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> Does GNU Cash support more than one entity?
> In other words separate ledgers for separate business names?
> Using the one single downloaded GNU Cash system?
> Process advice appreciated.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:12:03 -0500
> From: Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at dialup4less.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Copying transactions from an account to the general
> ledger
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
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> On 2/6/2018 12:15 PM, Mike Donovan wrote:
> > Having recorded many transactions to the cash account, I would like to
> copy these to the GL (which has no transactions currently) and then use the
> GL for recording all future transactions. Can this be done? Thanks.
> >
> > Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> Review the intro to double entry bookkeeping.
>
> a) The cash account IS a ledger account.
> b) Each transaction you entered (entering from the cash account) had
> ANOTHER (at least one other) account associated with it, the other side
> of the transactions. If you did not specify that other account, gnucash
> used the account "Imbalance" as a (temporary) default account. You need
> to FIX each of these (change to the correct account)
> c) Gnucash only has a ledger. The journal is virtual (you can run a
> report that will show it to you).
>
> Michael D Novack
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 14:24:55 -0800
> From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> To: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: Changing GTK theme or UI Font on macOS
> Message-ID: <EB37192C-B427-4553-954F-50D08D67154A at ceridwen.us>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
>
>
> > On Feb 6, 2018, at 12:51 PM, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I started playing around with using a different theme than Raleigh for
> my GTK apps. I?ve managed to install gtk-chtheme via Homebrew along with a
> couple of themes and their required engines. I can select the theme with
> gtk-chtheme, but GnuCash doesn?t seem to use it. Inkscape does however. I
> haven?t yet tested 2.7.x so it may be a GTK version issue. I did note that
> Inkscape uses XQuartz and GnuCash does not, so there might be something
> there.
> >
> > I also tried using a RC file (~/.gtkrc-2.0.gnucash) to set a custom
> font, but it doesn?t seem to honor that either. The Register preference:
> Don?t use GnuCash built-in colors, seems to have no effect other than to
> change the color scheme. (the stylesheet customizations don?t seem to use
> other fonts either, but I can change font size)
> >
> > Has anyone successfully managed either customization on a Mac?
> >
> > I?m presently using El Capitan, if that?s an issue. I?ll be upgrading to
> Sierra soon though.
>
>
> This works for me to set a font:
>
> style "font"
> {
> font_name = "Baskerville 12"
> }
> widget_class "*" style "font"
>
> Homebrew-built engines won't link with the libgtk-quartz.dylib in GnuCash
> unless you tailor the build so that it matches what's in the GnuCash bundle
> (same versions, -arch i386) then change the install names of all the
> dependencies to point at the libraries in the bundle.
>
> You're likely to have better luck with the Gtk3-based 2.7.4 because
> theming in Gtk3 doesn't use engines.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 14:26:08 -0800
> From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> To: Roger Hatton <roghat3 at gmail.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: New Entities
> Message-ID: <5D357541-B865-4D26-B623-9DCEAB1020B1 at ceridwen.us>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>
>
> > On Feb 6, 2018, at 1:57 PM, Roger Hatton <roghat3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Does GNU Cash support more than one entity?
> > In other words separate ledgers for separate business names?
> > Using the one single downloaded GNU Cash system?
> > Process advice appreciated.
>
> You can have as many books as you like. Each one gets its own file or
> database.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 16:31:23 -0600
> From: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: New Entities
> Message-ID: <2029F217-E69B-426E-8A0E-3B04BEFB99C9 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> Roger,
>
> Yes.
>
> Just start a new GnuCash book file for the new entity. Create its account
> structure as you wish. Save the file. (probably using the name of each
> entity helps)
>
> Only one file at a time is allowed to be open. (the same holds for
> Quickbooks incidentally)
>
> Open the file corresponding to the entity you want to work on, do your
> work, save, then open a different book and so on.
>
> I have one book to manage my personal finances, and another to manage a
> club I belong to. Switching is as easy as File > Open. I have auto-save
> turned on, and I leave GnuCash open 24/7, so generally I don?t even have to
> save my work first unless it?s a real quick switch.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> > On Feb 6, 2018, at 3:57 PM, Roger Hatton <roghat3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Does GNU Cash support more than one entity?
> > In other words separate ledgers for separate business names?
> > Using the one single downloaded GNU Cash system?
> > Process advice appreciated.
> > _______________________________________________
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 17:11:17 -0600
> From: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: Changing GTK theme or UI Font on macOS
> Message-ID: <002CCB19-88EA-4ABC-8DB5-1F5C4653B7FA at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> Thanks John,
>
> I?ll test 2.7.4 then for theming.
>
> As for font and size, that?s the code I was trying. (with a different
> font) I even switched it to Baskerville as a test to see if the font itself
> I chose was the issue. Still no dice.
>
> I had to use this format below, but only the register is affected of
> course, not the entire app:
>
> style "gnc-register"
> {
> font_name = "Helvetica Neue UltraLight 14"
> }
> widget "*.GnucashSheet" style "gnu-register"
>
> (taken from the gnucash git example of a .gtkrc file)
>
> That worked. Now there is the issue that some text colors aren?t
> consistent. I haven?t defined them yet which may be the problem. They seem
> to change between red and black after several times of opening a register.
>
> I?ll probably just play with this with 2.7.4 as well. I?ll be moving to
> 3.0 anyway when it reaches stable.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> > On Feb 6, 2018, at 4:24 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Feb 6, 2018, at 12:51 PM, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I started playing around with using a different theme than Raleigh for
> my GTK apps. I?ve managed to install gtk-chtheme via Homebrew along with a
> couple of themes and their required engines. I can select the theme with
> gtk-chtheme, but GnuCash doesn?t seem to use it. Inkscape does however. I
> haven?t yet tested 2.7.x so it may be a GTK version issue. I did note that
> Inkscape uses XQuartz and GnuCash does not, so there might be something
> there.
> >>
> >> I also tried using a RC file (~/.gtkrc-2.0.gnucash) to set a custom
> font, but it doesn?t seem to honor that either. The Register preference:
> Don?t use GnuCash built-in colors, seems to have no effect other than to
> change the color scheme. (the stylesheet customizations don?t seem to use
> other fonts either, but I can change font size)
> >>
> >> Has anyone successfully managed either customization on a Mac?
> >>
> >> I?m presently using El Capitan, if that?s an issue. I?ll be upgrading
> to Sierra soon though.
> >
> >
> > This works for me to set a font:
> >
> > style "font"
> > {
> > font_name = "Baskerville 12"
> > }
> > widget_class "*" style "font"
> >
> > Homebrew-built engines won't link with the libgtk-quartz.dylib in
> GnuCash unless you tailor the build so that it matches what's in the
> GnuCash bundle (same versions, -arch i386) then change the install names of
> all the dependencies to point at the libraries in the bundle.
> >
> > You're likely to have better luck with the Gtk3-based 2.7.4 because
> theming in Gtk3 doesn't use engines.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 18:21:49 -0600
> From: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> To: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: New Entities
> Message-ID:
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>
> Actually, more than one file can be opened simultaneously, but certain
> settings that apply to the program environment on the computer can be lost
> if they are changed while editing one file then it is not the last file
> closed.
>
> It is better not to open more than one file at a time.
>
> David C
>
> On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Roger,
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > Just start a new GnuCash book file for the new entity. Create its account
> > structure as you wish. Save the file. (probably using the name of each
> > entity helps)
> >
> > Only one file at a time is allowed to be open. (the same holds for
> > Quickbooks incidentally)
> >
> > Open the file corresponding to the entity you want to work on, do your
> > work, save, then open a different book and so on.
> >
> > I have one book to manage my personal finances, and another to manage a
> > club I belong to. Switching is as easy as File > Open. I have auto-save
> > turned on, and I leave GnuCash open 24/7, so generally I don?t even have
> to
> > save my work first unless it?s a real quick switch.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > > On Feb 6, 2018, at 3:57 PM, Roger Hatton <roghat3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Does GNU Cash support more than one entity?
> > > In other words separate ledgers for separate business names?
> > > Using the one single downloaded GNU Cash system?
> > > Process advice appreciated.
> > > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 19:42:38 -0600
> From: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: New Entities
> Message-ID: <1E0546A4-B7DE-4236-861B-AC18DDDA0E89 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> The only way I?ve found to do this is from the command line. While
> certainly possible, the normal methods, including the File > Open method I
> described in this thread should not allow opening two files at once. I
> can?t seem to get it to do so otherwise. I don?t suspect a new user will be
> launching via cli. Or maybe this is OS specific?
>
> But the caution is noted. Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> > On Feb 6, 2018, at 6:21 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Actually, more than one file can be opened simultaneously, but certain
> settings that apply to the program environment on the computer can be lost
> if they are changed while editing one file then it is not the last file
> closed.
> >
> > It is better not to open more than one file at a time.
> >
> > David C
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Roger,
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > Just start a new GnuCash book file for the new entity. Create its
> account structure as you wish. Save the file. (probably using the name of
> each entity helps)
> >
> > Only one file at a time is allowed to be open. (the same holds for
> Quickbooks incidentally)
> >
> > Open the file corresponding to the entity you want to work on, do your
> work, save, then open a different book and so on.
> >
> > I have one book to manage my personal finances, and another to manage a
> club I belong to. Switching is as easy as File > Open. I have auto-save
> turned on, and I leave GnuCash open 24/7, so generally I don?t even have to
> save my work first unless it?s a real quick switch.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > > On Feb 6, 2018, at 3:57 PM, Roger Hatton <roghat3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Does GNU Cash support more than one entity?
> > > In other words separate ledgers for separate business names?
> > > Using the one single downloaded GNU Cash system?
> > > Process advice appreciated.
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > gnucash-user mailing list
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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 01:53:38 +0000
> From: Matt Graham <matt_graham2001 at hotmail.com>
> To: Roger Hatton <roghat3 at gmail.com>, "gnucash-user at gnucash.org"
> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: New Entities
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>
> The only other thing to add - this all presumes that you need separation.
> Probably do for your businesses (tax and legal reasons - I have no idea),
> but don't forget that GNUCash reports are very flexible - you choose the
> accounts you want included.
>
> I don't use the business features though - I'm not sure whether they would
> be as flexible.
>
> You could have two different root accounts for each business (each with
> their own assets, expenses, liabilities, and income sub accounts) and go
> from there.
>
> I'm sure I just gave a few accountants on this list a heart attack...
>
> Ultimately, as others have said, opening different files for each business
> is probably a better way to go.
>
> David/Adrian/John - is opening multiple windows a feature we should be
> putting into bugzilla for eventual incorporation? I'm getting the
> impression that V3.0 onwards will be much easier to fix up stuff like this.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Matt
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Roger Hatton <roghat3 at gmail.com>
> Date: 7/2/18 08:58 (GMT+10:00)
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: New Entities
>
> Does GNU Cash support more than one entity?
> In other words separate ledgers for separate business names?
> Using the one single downloaded GNU Cash system?
> Process advice appreciated.
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> From: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> To: Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com>
> Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: New Entities
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> It is OS specific. You Apple users don't know that ,Windoze and Linux and
> certain other OSes allow the user to open a data file with it's preferred
> program simply by double clicking the data file icon.
>
> Makes it easy to get the right one when there are lots of files with
> similar names. :-)
>
> David C
>
> On Feb 6, 2018 7:45 PM, "Adrien Monteleone" <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The only way I?ve found to do this is from the command line. While
> > certainly possible, the normal methods, including the File > Open method
> I
> > described in this thread should not allow opening two files at once. I
> > can?t seem to get it to do so otherwise. I don?t suspect a new user will
> be
> > launching via cli. Or maybe this is OS specific?
> >
> > But the caution is noted. Thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > > On Feb 6, 2018, at 6:21 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Actually, more than one file can be opened simultaneously, but certain
> > settings that apply to the program environment on the computer can be
> lost
> > if they are changed while editing one file then it is not the last file
> > closed.
> > >
> > > It is better not to open more than one file at a time.
> > >
> > > David C
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Adrien Monteleone <
> > adrien.monteleone at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Roger,
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > Just start a new GnuCash book file for the new entity. Create its
> > account structure as you wish. Save the file. (probably using the name of
> > each entity helps)
> > >
> > > Only one file at a time is allowed to be open. (the same holds for
> > Quickbooks incidentally)
> > >
> > > Open the file corresponding to the entity you want to work on, do your
> > work, save, then open a different book and so on.
> > >
> > > I have one book to manage my personal finances, and another to manage a
> > club I belong to. Switching is as easy as File > Open. I have auto-save
> > turned on, and I leave GnuCash open 24/7, so generally I don?t even have
> to
> > save my work first unless it?s a real quick switch.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Adrien
> > >
> > > > On Feb 6, 2018, at 3:57 PM, Roger Hatton <roghat3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Does GNU Cash support more than one entity?
> > > > In other words separate ledgers for separate business names?
> > > > Using the one single downloaded GNU Cash system?
> > > > Process advice appreciated.
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