General Ledger

[David Carlson]

This thread seems like deja vu to me.  I thought this was discussed before
and the result was that GnuCash changed the name of one or the other in
release 2.6.18 or thereabouts.

Am I dreaming?

David C

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 3:52 PM, Buddha Buck <blaisepascal at gmail.com> wrote:

> I suspect that GnuCash terminology regarding journals and ledgers is
> somewhat confused and non-standard.
>
> My basic understanding of classical accounting is that transactions were
> first entered into journals, and then posted into ledgers, one per account.
> The collection of ledger books was the "general ledger", while the nominal
> time-ordered collection of journal entries was the "general journal" (or
> the "general journal" was the journal in which transactions which didn't
> belong in the sales journal, purchase journal, etc were recorded).
>
> In GnuCash terms, a classical account ledger would correspond to a GnuCash
> account register. And the classic general journal would correspond to
> GnuCash's general ledger. The classic general ledger might even be a
> GnuCash book as a whole. I don't know what GnuCash is calling a general
> journal.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 1:43 PM Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Stan,
> >
> > No I knew you were referring to the Ledger and I think David did also
> > though he linked to the help on the Journal.
> >
> > Unfortunately, it seems the Help file needs a tweak. (or the software)
> The
> > link he gives describes in fact, the General Ledger. The terminology on
> the
> > title and within the help article are inconsistent with the naming in the
> > software. (though Journal is probably the more historically correct term,
> > the two might be interchangeable)
> >
> > In the software, the General Journal is a report you can run that shows
> > ALL transactions. (under the Assets & Liabilities sub-menu) You can’t
> enter
> > anything into it. There is no date selector in the options, and the
> Filter
> > By… in View is not available.
> >
> > Since I don’t close books I see everything when I look at either. Perhaps
> > someone who uses that procedure might see only the current accounting
> > period - I’m not sure.
> >
> > To add to the confusion, there is also a General Ledger report located in
> > that same menu. However, it seems to be the same as the Transaction
> Report
> > and is much more versatile than the General Journal report.
> >
> > For the record, I don’t see any separate ‘tool’ or ‘register’ called
> > General Journal at least not in my copy of 2.6.19.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > > On Feb 23, 2018, at 9:42 AM, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks, Adrien.
> > >
> > > Please note that I asked about the general ledger, not the general
> > journal, but I see that the filter works the same way (now that I know to
> > try it).
> > >
> > > As the documentation mentions only the general journal, maybe "and
> > general ledger" should be added, for the benefit of folks who are
> searching
> > for it?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Stan Brown
> > > the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm
> > > http://BrownMath.com
> > > http://OakRoadSystems.com/
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018, at 7:52 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> > >> And unfortunately, this filter change is not sticky. You’ll have to
> > >> reset it each time you load the GL. This is already a filed bug.
> > >>
> > >>> On Feb 23, 2018, at 5:47 AM, David T. via gnucash-user <
> > gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> > >>> "The General Journal defaults to showing only the previous month of
> > transactions. This is changeable by using the "Filter By..." on the View
> > menu."
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Feb 23, 2018, at 4:27 PM, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm
> >
> > wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> There doesn't seem to be any documentation of Tools » General
> Ledger,
> > >>>> neither in the Help Manual nor in the Concepts Tutorial. (I couldn't
> > >>>> find an answer in the FAQ or Using GnuCash either.)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I have transactions entered from 2017-12-31 though 2018-01-31. But
> for
> > >>>> some reason, the General Ledger shows only 2018-01-23 through
> > >>>> 2018-01-31. ...
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Please note: I'm talking about the General Ledger _tool_, not the
> > >>>> report. I want the ability to correct transactions that I get in the
> > tool.
> > >
> >
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