2010-11-15 GnuCash IRC logs
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07:16:43 <Teka> Hi i have saving with rate change after a year. Is ther a way of setting a reminder for the date?
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07:29:10 <Jimraehl> Teka: a scheduled transaction in reminder mode, comes to mind
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08:10:52 <Teka> Jimraehl Thanks - have looked at that and set up a trial
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10:59:02 <ropp1gra> Hello! I am delighted with what GnuCash has to offer, and I have all my transactions imported back to May 2000. My question pertains to closing the books.
10:59:04 <ropp1gra> If I want to close out all the transactions to equity, should I change the accounting period in preferences before closing the books for each year (e.g., 2001, 2001, 2002, ... 2009)? Is there anything else to be aware of before closing the books? Thanks!
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11:09:18 <warlord> The preferences have nothing to do with Closing the Books.
11:09:47 <warlord> The only thing to be aware of is that the reports dont ignore "closing" transactions, and you cannot run reports that cross 'closing' boundaries.
11:10:22 <warlord> Most of the reports handle closing themselves, so really the only reason to run the Close the Books action is if you want your Chart of Accounts balances to show for "this year"
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11:11:27 <ropp1gra> So, you're saying that reports all are based on the current accounting period, and once the transactions have been closed out, reports can no longer be generated for them?
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11:12:37 <warlord> No, I'm saying that reports already take periods into account, and don't "ignore" the close-out transactions if you accidentally cross one.
11:13:07 <warlord> E.g., if you run the Income Statement from Jan 1 - Dec 31 you'll get your yearly income and expense Profit&Loss numbers.
11:13:12 <ropp1gra> oh ok.
11:13:14 <warlord> No need to run the closing function
11:13:37 <warlord> HOWEVER, if you DO run the closing function on, e.g., Jan 1, then the Jan1-Dec31 report run will include that and set your numbers off.
11:22:24 <ropp1gra> Could you explain the 10:13:26 AM comment a little more?
11:24:23 <warlord> ropp1gra: 1) I'm in a different timezone; 2) I don't see seconds; 3) the logs at http://code.gnucash.org/logs don't show anything at 11:13:26 (assuming you're in CST, I'm in EST). So, which comment?
11:25:01 <ropp1gra> HOWEVER, if you DO run the closing function on, e.g., Jan 1, then the Jan1-Dec31 report run will include that and set your numbers off. ~ sorry about that!
11:26:03 <warlord> Ah. You could have just said, "HOWEVER..." -- that would've been unique enough. Which part don't you understand?
11:35:23 <ropp1gra> "Set your numbers off": Does that mean that whenever transactions are closed out they are included in the report?
11:36:02 <warlord> If the report covers the close-out day, then yes.
11:36:09 <ropp1gra> oh, ok
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