[GNC] GETTING MY ACCOUNT TO TRIAL BALANCE

[Christopher Lam]

You've hit the known bug https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796696 -
this will be fixed in v3.3 so perhaps you can try the previous version 3.1
for now, or wait a few weeks.


On 26 July 2018 at 07:11, H Millar MacDonald OBE <spahonsecobe at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks David.  The release is 3.2 and the OS is High Sierra.  I’m not very
> savvy so complex debugging is probably beyond me.  If all else fails then i
> can do the trial balance manually but it rather defeats the purpose.
>
> Shug
>
> > On 25 Jul 2018, at 23:49, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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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