[GNC] Date error running report from gnucash-cli, report runs fine in GUI
Geoff
cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com
Wed Sep 21 08:06:22 EDT 2022
Hmmm
I've just tested a saved report (Transaction Report) and it worked OK:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash-cli" -R run --name "Saved
Report" --output-file "C:\Temp\SR.html" mybudget.gnucash
I tested both hard coded specific dates, and the same relative dates as
you (Previous Quarter -> Today) - both worked OK. I am running GnuCash
v4.8 on Windows 10.
What next?
You could experiment with the debug settings (see the --help for
gnucash-cli) but unfortunately I lack the knowledge to tell you which
modules to debug. This worked (but told me nothing meaningful):-
"C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash-cli" -R run --name "Saved
Report" --output-file "C:\Temp\SR.html" --log gnc.backend.file.sx=debug
--logto "C:\Temp\SF.txt" budget2021.gnucash
Whereas "--log gnc=debug" generated a 100MB log file before I terminated
the process.
This is a long shot, but you could try saving the report with hard coded
dates to see if that makes any difference.
Regards
Geoff
=====
On 21/09/2022 9:39 pm, William Starrs wrote:
> That's exactly what I was doing, hence this thread! My report name
> should not be an issue as the -R show option finds the report and lists
> the criteria without issue.
>
> What is happening here is that a saved report runs without issue in the
> GUI and errors out in the CLI. If it's a bug I'd like to help fix it,
> just need to know where to look.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 7:25 AM Geoff <cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com
> <mailto:cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Well, in that case it should work out of the box like this:
>
> C:\BUDGET>"C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash-cli" -R run
> --name
> "68827f48ea584054a227fbf7591a2b1b" --output-file "C:\Temp\BS.html"
> mybudget.gnucash
>
> NOTE that in this case, because I have multiple Balance Sheet reports,
> I had to specify the report name using its GUID as I encountered an
> error when I used: -R run --name "Balance Sheet", however the error
> message kindly gave me the GUID.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards
>
> Geoff
> =====
>
> On 21/09/2022 8:48 pm, William Starrs wrote:
> > Hello Jeff, I am au courant with Python (le Python c'est bon!)
> Thank
> > you for that suggestion, I will give it a try.
> >
> > To be clear, all of the date filtering combinations that I tried
> were
> > part of the saved report configurations, I was not trying to
> provide any
> > parameters via command line other than to run the saved report as-is.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 5:36 AM Geoff <cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com
> <mailto:cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com
> <mailto:cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi William
> >
> > Based on my interpretation of the gnucash-cli --help text,
> and this
> > Reddit forum post, I don't think that it is possible to pass date
> > parameters to reports from the command line.
> >
> >
> https://www.reddit.com/r/GnuCash/comments/mf834b/how_to_use_gnucashcliexe_on_windows_to_run_a/
> <https://www.reddit.com/r/GnuCash/comments/mf834b/how_to_use_gnucashcliexe_on_windows_to_run_a/>
> >
> <https://www.reddit.com/r/GnuCash/comments/mf834b/how_to_use_gnucashcliexe_on_windows_to_run_a/ <https://www.reddit.com/r/GnuCash/comments/mf834b/how_to_use_gnucashcliexe_on_windows_to_run_a/>>
> >
> > If you are au courant with Python you could probably achieve a
> > transaction list for a custom date range fairly easily using
> PieCash:
> >
> > https://github.com/sdementen/piecash
> <https://github.com/sdementen/piecash>
> > <https://github.com/sdementen/piecash
> <https://github.com/sdementen/piecash>>
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Geoff
> > =====
> >
> > On 21/09/2022 9:38 am, William Starrs wrote:
> > > Update: I tried also setting a fixed Start Date and end of
> > "Today", as
> > > well as a fixed start and end date. All configurations
> give the same
> > > error. Again, no error in the GUI.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 3:27 PM William Starrs
> > <wjstarrsiii at gmail.com <mailto:wjstarrsiii at gmail.com>
> <mailto:wjstarrsiii at gmail.com <mailto:wjstarrsiii at gmail.com>>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> I would like to script a report that will show me all
> > transactions on
> > >> credit cards since their last closing date. I'll maintain
> > closing dates
> > >> outside of Gnucash. I have the report set to show me all
> > transactions
> > >> since the start of the previous quarter (so it is rolling)
> > through today.
> > >> I would then filter out transactions prior to the closing
> date in
> > >> post-processing.
> > >>
> > >> The report runs fine in the GUI, but when I try to run from
> > gnucash-cli I
> > >> get the following error:
> > >>
> > >> ERROR <gnc.engine.sx <http://gnc.engine.sx>
> <http://gnc.engine.sx <http://gnc.engine.sx>>> Bad End Date:
> > Invalid or before Start Date
> > >>
> > >> The -R show command shows options regarding the dates
> that ought
> > to work:
> > >>
> > >> General / Start Date: relative . start-prev-quarter
> > >> General / End Date: relative . today
> > >>
> > >> So I can't think of a situation where the start of previous
> > quarter would
> > >> be missing or before today.
> > >>
> > >> Any suggestions?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >>
> > >> Bill
> > >>
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