Period End Accounts

R. Victor Klassen rvklassen at gmail.com
Fri Jan 26 08:23:00 EST 2018


Presumably those are PDF copies of the results of running the reports on prior years, which the OP now wants to do on the current year.

> On Jan 26, 2018, at 1:22 AM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have no idea what he means by having PDFs of his reports ‘saved’ in GnuCash. The only thing I can save are report configurations. Not sure what’s going on there…
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
>> On Jan 26, 2018, at 12:16 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The saved reports-2.4 folder is in the .GnuCash (hidden) folder in the user directory as described in the WIKI where other program specific settings are stored.
>> 
>> However, the OP should have kept printouts or electronic backups such as PDFs, so the custom reports would not be needed.
>> 
>> David C
>> 
>> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 12:07 AM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com <mailto:adrien.monteleone at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> I just had #2 happen to me recently.
>> 
>> It was the result of not being careful in using the command line to delete a folder. I inadvertently deleted a large portion of my "~/Library/Application Support" folder. (I’m on a Mac, not sure of the location for Linux or MS)
>> 
>> I realized what a I did after about a second or two, and managed to kill the rm process, but it was too late. That bugger was fast. Naturally, I happened to be so careless while in-between a physical volume change on my Time Machine backup, (the last one died 6 months ago and I haven’t had the scratch for a new one) thus I had no way to restore anything and lost several months worth of preferences. (Contacts wiped out entirely, that was rough)
>> 
>> My GnuCash register data was all intact, because I store it in my User folder, but my saved report configurations, as well as some custom reports I obtained on this list were all gone.(luckily, I saved a copy of those reports to a special User folder, so I didn’t have to go hunting the list archives for them)
>> 
>> Perhaps something (or someone) either removed those similar files on Mike’s computer or else caused them to not be found where they were expected by GnuCash.
>> 
>> I’m not sure if the naming conventions hold across platforms, but at least the saved-report config for me is called "saved-reports-2.4”. If a file search for that name turns something up, he might be able to get those configs back.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>> 
>>> On Jan 25, 2018, at 11:28 PM, DaveC49 <davidcousens at bigpond.com <mailto:davidcousens at bigpond.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Mike,
>>> 
>>> 1. it is unlikely but it is possible to unset the reconciliation status but
>>> a warning with an opt out of the change is issued before it is changed and
>>> it is possible to edit a reconciled split of a transaction but you will
>>> normally get a warning even if the split you are editing is not into a
>>> reconciled account.  The most likely possiblity is that you may have opened
>>> one of the backup files from before the reconciliation rather than the main
>>> file. The mainfile will be <filname>.gnucash while the backup files have a
>>> format <filename>.gnucash.<timestamp>.gnucash where <timestamp> looks like
>>> "20161215163750". Each time a backup file is created (when gnucash is
>>> closed) a corresponding log file is created
>>> <filename>.gnucash.<timestamp>.log.  If you find files with a format
>>> <filename>.gnucash.<timestamp>.gnucash.<timestamp).gnucash (or log) it is
>>> highly likely you have opened up a backup file in error at some point. (I
>>> lost 3 months of reconciliations through doing this recently).
>>> 
>>> The other files you can expect to see in the data directory will be
>>> <filename>.gnucash.LCK ( a lock file to prevent the file being opened
>>> more than once) and a <filename>.gnucash.<random string>.<random
>>> number>.LNK. These are normal
>>> 
>>> 2. Unsure of what is happening here. I have just saved a custom report using
>>> Reports->Save Report Configuration
>>> and recalled it using
>>> Reports->Saved Report Configuration.
>>> 
>>> After closing Gnucash and Reopening the report is still there so the
>>> mechanism is fine. I wonder if your problem may be related to a similar
>>> possibility as 1 where an earlier backup file has been opened as the main
>>> file?  As far as i can tell the saved reports are in the main gnucash file
>>> (I couldn't find them elsewhereon my Linux setup).
>>> 
>>> 3.  Yes there is a mechanism for period end. Tools->Close Book.  (see
>>> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-help/tool-close-book.html <https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-help/tool-close-book.html>)  in
>>> the Gnucash Help manual
>>> (https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-help/help.html <https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-help/help.html>). This should
>>> create transactions to zero the income and expense accounts to Equity as
>>> described in the documentation referenced.  There is much discussion about
>>> whether this is necessary in Gnucash as the reports can be set to generate
>>> for any specified period but if you have a pedantic accountant it is there.
>>> 
>>> Setting in stone is another question. Any computer file on a read/write
>>> medium is always alterable ( any file locking only helps with accidental
>>> writing not a deliberate attempt to change the file). Most people drop a
>>> copy of their file as it is when the financial reports are generated onto a
>>> readonly medium like CDROM, DVD and store that as a set in stone copy of the
>>> state of the finances at that time. You will also find a lot of discussion
>>> of this issue in the forum archives.
>>> 
>>> David
>>> 
>>> David
>>> 
>>> 
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