[GNC] My begining balance is wrong

[Billie-Internet]

David,
These problems started before the save as issue. Before that, all I ever
used was the save button on the menu.
[image: image.png]
I did read the info on file names before asking question so I knew what
file I was looking for .   I did not know about the wiki on backups.  I
will read it as follow up.

FYI to all, reconcile is still not holding checked transactions.


Billie
706-383-9057




On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 12:31 PM D. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Derek,  Billie,
>
> I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm going to guess that the various
> problems (unsaved changes, reversion to different points, lost progress,
> etc.) have to do with the attempts to back up the data file using Save As.
> It would be very easy under these circumstances to access the wrong file
> and wonder where the last set of changes had gone.
>
> And to take another point up here, Billie, you didn't ask specifically,
> but I imagine you probably should take a look at the wiki page on backups (
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup) as well as the FAQ entries about
> file naming (
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Basics:_Filenames.2C_Directories.2C_...).
>
>
> David T.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Derek Atkins
> *Sent:* Thu Oct 14 09:52:31 EDT 2021
> *To:* Billie-Internet
> *Cc:* Gnucash Users
> *Subject:* Re: [GNC] My begining balance is wrong
>
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, October 14, 2021 9:32 am, Billie-Internet wrote:
>
>>  Good Morning,
>>  I am running
>>  Version: 4.4
>>  Build ID: 4.4+(2020-12-28)
>>   on windows 10.
>
>
> [snip]
>
>>  So today, while reconciling, rather than leave, I jumped back and forth
>>  from the check register that was open in the background to the reconcile
>>  to
>>  enter the few transactions that were on my bank statement but had not been
>>  put in the register.  I had put these transactions in yesterday but they
>>  were gone today.
>>
>
> For what it's worth, this is how I operate.  I have the account register
> open next to the reconcile window and just go back and forth adding new
> transactions instead of exiting the reconcile every time.  Considering
> sometimes I'm adding in 50 transactions, that would be a LOT of exiting
> sometimes!
>
>  After I clicked finish and then clicked the save button on the menu bar, I
>>  did a file> save as and saved what I hope is a complete backup to my
>>  downloads file.  I was trying to achieve a stop/start point at the
>>  completion of the reconcile.  I did this with QB everymonth and I am not
>>  sure why I quit doing it with gnucash when I started using it at the
>>  beginning of this year.
>>  Now, however, since I did the save as, it appears gnu is saving every time
>>  to downloads instead of where I had it set to auto save to which is my
>>  company files.
>>
>
> Yes.  By doing "Save As" you are telling GnuCash "this file is now located
> in this new location with this new name", and it will use that as the
> primary name going forward.  To save as a backup you need to copy the file
> in the background, or, just after you File -> Save As, you should File ->
> Open the original file again.
>
> Note:  If you have been making additional changes you should probably File
> -> Save As back to the original location.
>
>  [image: image.png]
>>  So here are my questions.
>>  Does anyone have any idea why my system reverterted back to a month
>>  previous?
>>
>
> Perhaps you opened a Backup file?  Honestly, don't know.
>
>  Why would my reconcile not be saving the reconcile when I ask to postpone?
>>
>
> Don't know.
>
>  How do I get my files backing up to my "company files" file where I
>>  normally save them?
>>
>
> See above.
>
>  Could having a version of quickbooks open at the same time as gnucash have
>>  caused these issues?  I had quickbooks open to get a report from last year
>>  for the accountant.
>>
>
> Extremely unlikely. I can't see how there would be any interaction between
> them.
>
>  One last question, will I ever become competant with this program?  I used
>>  QB for 25 years and knew how to work with it but the thought of paying
>>  $200
>>  a year for a program you should be able to buy, just killed me so I went
>>  to
>>  gnucash.  I have been using gnucash since Jan 2021 and I am amazed that  I
>>  am still struggling with split transactions not balancing!!  I am just
>>  lamenting.  I know there is no answer to this but time!
>>
>
> Yes, you will become proficient, eventually.  There are certain "tricks"
> that you eventually learn as you use the program.  For example, when
> entering a split transaction you should never hit the [Enter] key until
> you are absolutely done, and you should be sure you have an anchor split
> entered first, so the transaction doesn't disappear from the current view.
>
> Good Luck!
>
>  Thanks for any and all help.
>>
>>
>>  Billie
>>  706-383-9057
>>
>
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>
> -derek
>
>
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