[GNC] GETTING MY ACCOUNT TO TRIAL BALANCE

[David Carlson]

That is a bird of a different feather.  Then it will help to know which
release you are using and what operating system your computer has, because
the solution may be to switch to a different release or to try some more
complex debugging if you are up to it.

Do include gnucash-user at gnucash.org in every reply so other users see the
comments.

David C

On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 3:13 PM, H M MacDonald OBE <sassunachobe at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi David/Richard
>
> The error message is as follows:
>
> *Report error*
>
> *An error occurred while running the report.*
>
> It doesn’t give any clue as to what’s wrong.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Shug
>
> From: D <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wednesday, 25 July 2018 at 20:33
> To: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>, Hugh MacDonald OBE <
> spahonsecobe at gmail.com>
> Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] GETTING MY ACCOUNT TO TRIAL BALANCE
>
> Shug,
>
> I would ask you to tell us what error message you have received, since I
> don't usually see any error messages when I run this report. (I do have
> trouble getting this report to balance, however).
>
> However, David has made useful advice regarding tracking transaction gain
> or loss; I would add that in Gnucash, a commodity is a broadly defined
> concept, and covers anything you have that is not counted in your default
> currency.
>
> In other words, stocks, mutual funds, as well as accounts denominated in
> another currency will all fall into this category, and any time you have a
> transaction involving thread accounts, you will need to account for gain or
> loss hidden in the conversion.
>
> David T
>
> On July 25, 2018, at 1:52 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I assume that you mean the debits do not equal the credits rather than that
> GnuCash failed to generate the report.
>
> This is commonly the result of selling a commodity for a different price
> than what was originally paid without correctly accounting for the profit
> or loss.  One technique to close in on a transaction contributing to the
> difference is to include a shorter time period in the report until the
> values do balance.  Once the date is determined, look for a commodity
> transaction that is not balanced by a profit or loss.
>
> David C
>
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:20 PM, H Millar MacDonald OBE <
> spahonsecobe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I¹ve just become involved with GnuCash 3.2 and set up my first accounts for
> our club.   It all looks okay except  and will provide a profit and loss
> report on Income and Expenditure  which is good.  However, when I try to
> get
> a Trial Balance I get an error message which according to Google seems to
> be
> quite common.  I don¹t know where to start to fix this.  Can anyone offer
> any advice please?  I am an absolute novice at all of this so please be
> patient with my request.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Shug
>
>
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