[GNC] Enter a missing transaction Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 222, Issue 23

Sharon Sydnor sydnorbilling at bellsouth.net
Sun Sep 12 19:01:34 EDT 2021


Yes, David is correct, very simple to enter a missed  transaction with a date far sooner than where you might currently be working.  Just go to the very  bottom of the transaction journal and enter your new transaction and type in the correct date it should have (override what is there) look CLOSELY to be sure it is accurate or you might throw off your totals if it has a wrong date and you’ll have a difficult time finding where it went - learned this lesson the hard way - had a typo so far off it put it at the very beginning of ALL my entries.


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>   1. Re:  Change configuration location. (Geert Janssens)
>   2.  How to enter a missed transaction in the Account Register
>      Display (David Sauder)
>   3. Re:  How to enter a missed transaction in the Account
>      Register Display (David H)
>   4. Re:  How to enter a missed transaction in the Account
>      Register Display (David Sauder)
>   5. Re:  How to enter a missed transaction in the Account
>      Register Display (David Sauder)
>   6. Re:  How to enter a missed transaction in the Account
>      Register Display (David H)
>   7. Re:  How to enter a missed transaction in the Account
>      Register Display (Glenn Fowler)
>   8.  Cash Accounting Method (Steve Morrow)
>   9. Re:  Cash Accounting Method (Maf. King)
>  10. Re:  Cash Accounting Method (Derek Atkins)
>  11. Re:  Cash Accounting Method (Rich Shepard)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:48:13 +0200
> From: Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Change configuration location.
> Message-ID: <3139061.44csPzL39Z at legolas.kobaltwit.lan>
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> Op zaterdag 11 september 2021 16:19:17 CEST schreef Paul Medeiros:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I can't make gnucash read its configuration from ~/.config/gnucash.
>> Instead it reads and writes its configuration to and from
>> ~/.local/share/gnucash where the data files are stored.
> 
> I hope you didn't actually use that to save your gnucash data files as that is 
> *not* where data (gnucash or any other) files should be stored. It's a 
> directory gnucash uses to manage some internal state and contains files you 
> normally don't have to edit yourself.
> 
>> The environment
>> variable USER_CONFIG_HOME is currently set to ~/.config.
> 
> The environment variable associated with this directory is USER_DATA_HOME. But 
> don't change it to ~/.config. It's probably not what you want.
> 
> However for a brief range of gnucash versions gnucash made no distinction 
> between USER_DATA_HOME and USER_CONFIG_HOME. I don't know these off-hand. If 
> you happen to run one of those versions, you should consider upgrading to a 
> more recent one that understands USER_CONFIG_HOME as well.
> 
>> I have tried
>> setting other environment variables as specified in
>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations but none have
>> worked.  I have also tried to find a gui configuration setting in
>> Edit/Preferences but failed. When I open Saved report configurations the
>> list is empty when I have all the configuration folders and files stored in
>> ~/.config/gnucash.
> 
> Your save-reports file is supposed to be in GNC_DATA_HOME, not in 
> GNC_CONFIG_HOME so it's normal gnucash won't find it if you move it around.
> 
>> If I move them to ~/.local/share/gnucash the saved
>> report configurations appear in the list.  The contents of
>> ~/.config/gnucash are currently: accelerator-map  books  checks
>> expressions-2.0  saved-reports-2.8  saved-reports-2.8-backup
>> stylesheets-2.0  translog.  Any ideas on how to fix this?
>> 
> What are you trying to fix exactly ?
> .config/gnucash and .local/share/gnucash are two directories with different 
> purposes (at least on linux). The former is for config files that gnucash 
> never writes to directly, but only reads. The latter for metadata maintained 
> by gnucash itself. Why do you want to move these files to another location ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:33:44 -0400
> From: David Sauder <dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: [GNC] How to enter a missed transaction in the Account
>    Register Display
> Message-ID:
>    <17cc131c-fa5d-4ad5-d200-7c213b0c9209 at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>
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> 
> I missed entering a transaction in the Account Register Display. There 
> have been eleven transactions in the Account Register Display since the 
> missed transaction.? How due you enter this missed transaction?? It 
> needs to be entered between the July and August transactions.? How can I 
> enter a new transaction at the end of July without having to delete all 
> of the August transactions and having to start over with the August 
> transactions?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 08:48:36 +1000
> From: David H <hellvee at gmail.com>
> To: David Sauder <dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>
> Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How to enter a missed transaction in the Account
>    Register Display
> Message-ID:
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> 
> Just enter it with the date in July it was made - you can change the "Date"
> column from Today's Date - either click the down arrow or just highlight
> that date and type over it.  When you press enter to commit the transaction
> it will slot it into the correct date order.
> 
> Cheers David H.
> 
> 
>> On Sun, 12 Sept 2021 at 08:35, David Sauder <
>> dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I missed entering a transaction in the Account Register Display. There
>> have been eleven transactions in the Account Register Display since the
>> missed transaction.  How due you enter this missed transaction?  It
>> needs to be entered between the July and August transactions.  How can I
>> enter a new transaction at the end of July without having to delete all
>> of the August transactions and having to start over with the August
>> transactions?
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:02:57 -0400
> From: David Sauder <dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>
> To: David H <hellvee at gmail.com>
> Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>, manager and trustees
>    <manager_trustees at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How to enter a missed transaction in the Account
>    Register Display
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> Thank you David.? It worked!? I must have spent hours in the "Help" part 
> of gnucash and I couldn't find a clear direction. Then again I'm not 
> very computer savvy.
> 
> Dave
> 
>> On 9/11/2021 6:48 PM, David H wrote:
>> Just enter it with the date in July it was made - you can change the 
>> "Date" column from Today's Date - either click the down arrow or just 
>> highlight that date and type over it.? When you press enter to commit 
>> the transaction it will slot it into the correct date order.
>> 
>> Cheers David H.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, 12 Sept 2021 at 08:35, David Sauder 
>> <dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org 
>> <mailto:dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>    I missed entering a transaction in the Account Register Display.
>>    There
>>    have been eleven transactions in the Account Register Display
>>    since the
>>    missed transaction.? How due you enter this missed transaction?? It
>>    needs to be entered between the July and August transactions. How
>>    can I
>>    enter a new transaction at the end of July without having to
>>    delete all
>>    of the August transactions and having to start over with the August
>>    transactions?
>> 
>>    Thank you.
>> 
>>    Dave
>> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:03:49 -0400
> From: David Sauder <dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>
> To: Glenn Fowler <gfowler1 at outlook.com>
> Cc: GnuCash users group <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>, manager and
>    trustees <manager_trustees at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How to enter a missed transaction in the Account
>    Register Display
> Message-ID:
>    <6c662732-8a48-505a-a0d6-b5c718164e45 at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> 
> Thank you Glenn.
> 
> Dave
> 
>> On 9/11/2021 6:59 PM, Glenn Fowler wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Simply change the date to the end of July and GnuCash will sort the 
>> transaction by date correctly
>> 
>> On Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 6:33 PM David Sauder 
>> <dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org 
>> <mailto:dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>    I missed entering a transaction in the Account Register Display.
>>    There
>>    have been eleven transactions in the Account Register Display
>>    since the
>>    missed transaction.? How due you enter this missed transaction?? It
>>    needs to be entered between the July and August transactions. How
>>    can I
>>    enter a new transaction at the end of July without having to
>>    delete all
>>    of the August transactions and having to start over with the August
>>    transactions?
>> 
>>    Thank you.
>> 
>>    Dave
>> 
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 09:05:12 +1000
> From: David H <hellvee at gmail.com>
> To: David Sauder <dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>
> Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>,  manager and trustees
>    <manager_trustees at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How to enter a missed transaction in the Account
>    Register Display
> Message-ID:
>    <CA+5xQdqQXON8GBEyk+_5+_2-FVkErEhfo86APNtDFPX3Qgfc0g at mail.gmail.com>
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> 
> Glad to hear it, bit of a learning curve with Gnucash but it's a great
> package when you get used to it :-)
> 
> Cheers David.
> 
> 
> On Sun, 12 Sept 2021 at 09:03, David Sauder <
> dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org> wrote:
> 
>> Thank you David.  It worked!  I must have spent hours in the "Help" part
>> of gnucash and I couldn't find a clear direction.  Then again I'm not very
>> computer savvy.
>> 
>> Dave
>> On 9/11/2021 6:48 PM, David H wrote:
>> 
>> Just enter it with the date in July it was made - you can change the
>> "Date" column from Today's Date - either click the down arrow or just
>> highlight that date and type over it.  When you press enter to commit the
>> transaction it will slot it into the correct date order.
>> 
>> Cheers David H.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, 12 Sept 2021 at 08:35, David Sauder <
>> dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> I missed entering a transaction in the Account Register Display. There
>>> have been eleven transactions in the Account Register Display since the
>>> missed transaction.  How due you enter this missed transaction?  It
>>> needs to be entered between the July and August transactions.  How can I
>>> enter a new transaction at the end of July without having to delete all
>>> of the August transactions and having to start over with the August
>>> transactions?
>>> 
>>> Thank you.
>>> 
>>> Dave
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:59:17 -0400
> From: Glenn Fowler <gfowler1 at outlook.com>
> To: David Sauder <dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org>
> Cc: GnuCash users group <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How to enter a missed transaction in the Account
>    Register Display
> Message-ID:
>    <SJ0PR19MB4445F7EE3B2C0764B0D49E2B8FD79 at SJ0PR19MB4445.namprd19.prod.outlook.com>
>    
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Simply change the date to the end of July and GnuCash will sort the
> transaction by date correctly
> 
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 6:33 PM David Sauder <
> dave.trustee at unexpectedwildliferefuge.org> wrote:
> 
>> I missed entering a transaction in the Account Register Display. There
>> have been eleven transactions in the Account Register Display since the
>> missed transaction.  How due you enter this missed transaction?  It
>> needs to be entered between the July and August transactions.  How can I
>> enter a new transaction at the end of July without having to delete all
>> of the August transactions and having to start over with the August
>> transactions?
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 16:39:30 -0700
> From: "Steve Morrow" <stevem at stevemorrow.net>
> To: <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: [GNC] Cash Accounting Method
> Message-ID: <002501d7a766$44c8c4b0$ce5a4e10$@stevemorrow.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
> 
> I spent much of today evaluating GnuCash for use with my U.S. based small
> business. I found it to be robust in its functions.
> 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, it only supports the accrual accounting method (income and
> expense recognized when invoiced or billed).  My business uses cash
> accounting method (income and expense recognized at time of receipt or
> payment).
> 
> 
> 
> I highly recommend an enhancement to add an accounting method option for
> accrual or cash method. 
> 
> 
> 
> This makes a big difference in reporting!
> 
> 
> 
> Steve Morrow
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:53:28 +0100
> From: "Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Cc: Steve Morrow <stevem at stevemorrow.net>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Cash Accounting Method
> Message-ID: <2790932.e9J7NaK4W3 at janus>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> 
> Just ?0.02 that came to mind upon reading your message, Steve.
> 
> If you are on Cash basis, then (strictly speaking) there is no need to ever 
> have A/P or A/R accounts and ageing in your books.  If you want to create your 
> invoices in GC, have you considered trying a workflow whereby you do not post 
> your invoices into GC until the actual payment date?  I think you will still 
> be able to "print" invoices from GC, but the reporting will be fully cash 
> basis?  
> 
> Or, of course, you could create your invoices outside of GC (Writer, Calc 
> etc), and just treat them as simple (ie non-invoice) txns in GC, on the 
> relevant date - though I appreciate this may be doubling the data entry.
> 
> As I said, this is just ?0.02, and it may not work for you in practice.... I 
> will add that I managed to make GC do Accrual basis using the last version 
> before the business subsystems were written (by Derek - about v1.6, IIRC), so 
> it doesn't seem to me correct to suggest that GC "can't" do cash basis, as 
> that was default behaviour in the early days.
> 
> Maf.
> 
> 
>> On Sunday, 12 September 2021 00:39:30 BST Steve Morrow wrote:
>> I spent much of today evaluating GnuCash for use with my U.S. based small
>> business. I found it to be robust in its functions.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Unfortunately, it only supports the accrual accounting method (income and
>> expense recognized when invoiced or billed).  My business uses cash
>> accounting method (income and expense recognized at time of receipt or
>> payment).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I highly recommend an enhancement to add an accounting method option for
>> accrual or cash method.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This makes a big difference in reporting!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Steve Morrow
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> Message: 10
> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 08:38:03 -0400
> From: "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com>
> To: "Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org, "Steve Morrow" <stevem at stevemorrow.net>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Cash Accounting Method
> Message-ID:
>    <dbb89737789f1f5723ddb8b7064789fc.squirrel at mail2.ihtfp.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8
> 
> Hi,
> 
> You are correct, the *business* features only account in accrual mode, not
> cash.  In MOST cases this is not an issue; you just need to be careful
> around accounting-period boundaries.
> 
> And FYI, Steve, this is not a new issue: 
> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95700
> 
> -derek
> 
>> On Sun, September 12, 2021 7:53 am, Maf. King wrote:
>> Just ?0.02 that came to mind upon reading your message, Steve.
>> 
>> If you are on Cash basis, then (strictly speaking) there is no need to
>> ever
>> have A/P or A/R accounts and ageing in your books.  If you want to create
>> your
>> invoices in GC, have you considered trying a workflow whereby you do not
>> post
>> your invoices into GC until the actual payment date?  I think you will
>> still
>> be able to "print" invoices from GC, but the reporting will be fully cash
>> basis?
>> 
>> Or, of course, you could create your invoices outside of GC (Writer, Calc
>> etc), and just treat them as simple (ie non-invoice) txns in GC, on the
>> relevant date - though I appreciate this may be doubling the data entry.
>> 
>> As I said, this is just ?0.02, and it may not work for you in practice....
>> I
>> will add that I managed to make GC do Accrual basis using the last version
>> before the business subsystems were written (by Derek - about v1.6, IIRC),
>> so
>> it doesn't seem to me correct to suggest that GC "can't" do cash basis, as
>> that was default behaviour in the early days.
>> 
>> Maf.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sunday, 12 September 2021 00:39:30 BST Steve Morrow wrote:
>>> I spent much of today evaluating GnuCash for use with my U.S. based
>>> small
>>> business. I found it to be robust in its functions.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately, it only supports the accrual accounting method (income
>>> and
>>> expense recognized when invoiced or billed).  My business uses cash
>>> accounting method (income and expense recognized at time of receipt or
>>> payment).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I highly recommend an enhancement to add an accounting method option for
>>> accrual or cash method.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> This makes a big difference in reporting!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Steve Morrow
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
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> 
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>       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
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> 
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> 
> Message: 11
> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 05:41:10 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Cash Accounting Method
> Message-ID:
>    <alpine.LNX.2.20.2109120536340.26502 at salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
> 
>> On Sat, 11 Sep 2021, Steve Morrow wrote:
>> 
>> I spent much of today evaluating GnuCash for use with my U.S. based small
>> business. I found it to be robust in its functions.
> 
>> Unfortunately, it only supports the accrual accounting method (income and
>> expense recognized when invoiced or billed). My business uses cash
>> accounting method (income and expense recognized at time of receipt or
>> payment).
>> 
>> I highly recommend an enhancement to add an accounting method option for
>> accrual or cash method.
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Permait me to disagree. I've run my sole professional services practice for
> 29 years using GnuCash for ... many, many years. For both personal and
> professional.
> 
> Years ago I had the same perception as you. Discussing this with my
> accountant I learned how to use cash accounting.
> 
> When I send an invoice to a client (typeset using LaTeX, not generated by
> GnuCash) I don't enter it into Accounts Receivable until I receive the check
> (or wire transfer). When I have the money I enter the invoice, post it, and
> pay it recording the payment details.
> 
> Works like a charm. If you have more questions ask.
> 
> Stay well,
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
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