[GNC] Error message

[D]

Hi,

Please keep the list in the loop by copying Gnucash users.

I would look in the Scheduled Transaction Editor. There is some transaction there, I believe, which is named CHECKING STATEMENT. This scheduled transaction includes an entry that refers to an account by its (hidden) GUID*, which no longer exists in your file. You must change that transaction so that it refers to an account currently in your Chart of Accounts. Rather than reverse engineer the GUID by searching the data file for that GUID, I would simply delete all the template transactions in that scheduled transaction and recreate them anew, which will correct the reference.

To return to your original question, your data will most likely not suffer from this error; whatever scheduled transaction you had will not get created, however.

HTH, 
David


* Transaction entries store an account's GUID, rather than an account name. So, were you to examine your raw Gnucash data, you would see a 32 character code, instead of "Assets:Checking". This allows you to rename accounts without screwing up all your historical data. Thus, your renaming of this account would not break the Scheduled Transaction, I believe. The way you break your system is more convoluted, and involves deleting accounts and creating new one with the same human-readable name.

On October 14, 2019, at 1:27 PM, RICHARD YENTZER <ryentzerjr at gmail.com> wrote:

I use Android gnucash to enter daily shopping expenditures on my phone, then transfer the file weekly through Dropbox to my PC. I recall temporarily renaming the account on the PC. Do you know of a way to ferret out the dangling transaction?

Richard


On Mon, Oct 14, 2019, 1:29 AM D <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

Reading the error, I'd say you have a scheduled transaction named "CHECKING STATEMENT" that refers to a no-longer-valid account ID. 

Did you by chance delete your checking account at some point and then create a new account for it?

David

On October 14, 2019, at 10:19 AM, RICHARD YENTZER <ryentzerjr at gmail.com> wrote:

each time i open gnucash i receive the following message before my user
data file loads:

Unknown account for guid [13f77f105c19b5a8b17edef872d7eed5], cancelling SX
[CHECKING STATEMENT] creation.
Unknown account for guid [13f77f105c19b5a8b17edef872d7eed5], cancelling SX
[CHECKING STATEMENT] creation.
Unknown account for guid [13f77f105c19b5a8b17edef872d7eed5], cancelling SX
[CHECKING STATEMENT] creation.

it appears to me that this relates to the user data i'm accessing.

what is this? is it causing or potentially causing harm? How can i get rid
of it?

richard
ryentzerjr at gmail.com
_______________________________________________
gnucash-user mailing list
gnucash-user at gnucash.org
To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information.
-----
Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.