Questions tagged [gnucash]
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How to show ₹ symbol in GNUCash?
In GUNCash INR currency symbol is showing by a question mark('?').
How to show ₹ symbol in this ?
USING Version: 2.6.18
Windows: 8.1 Pro

Kritik
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Dealing with old accounts in Gnucash
I have been using Gnucash for a few months for all of my finances. Recently I have started keeping track of various friends owing me money (for instance if I pay for dinner and they say they will pay me back later). Right now I just have a "Who Owes…

Phillip
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How can I map my transactions to accounts in a QIF file?
Scenario
I have two accounts at a bank, and would like to import transactions into GnuCash. My bank only gives me CSV files, but it can at least put transactions for both accounts into a single CSV file.
These CSV files are, as is, un-parseable by…

Jamie Schembri
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How can I change GNUCash UI language?
I've been trying to change GNUCash UI language as it's described here: Link
...by running the following command in the terminal:
LANGUAGE=ar_SY LANG=ar_SY gnucash
But it returned the following:
The locale defined in the environment isn't…

Anas R.
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Transferring Gnucash transactions to another Gnucash account
What is the best way to export/import transaction from a Gnucash file to another Gnucash file?
The most obvious (and actually only way I can find) is to Export Transactions to CSV... and then to import from your other account.
But CSV import doesn't…

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OFX4J with American Express
So I'm trying to connect to American Express using OFX4J. I'm using the data provided in the OFX home page and I am getting a 503 error whenever I attempt to access the service. I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing wrong.
I'm getting the Institution…

Evan Ruff
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Create transaction in GnuCash in response to an email?
I would like to create a script which is triggered by an email filter which, when run, creates two transactions in GnuCash. I see that GnuCash has Python bindings but the documentation is sparse at best... a better term would be "nonexistent".
Is it…

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Not having ability to link pthreads to resolve cmake compiling issue
Here is the output when compiling, I get to 100% then when linking it fails, presumably due to missing pthreads
cd /home/username/code/gnucash/build/src/gnc && /usr/bin/cmake -E cmake_link_script CMakeFiles/cutecash.dir/link.txt…

jett
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How do I make a GNUCash saved report configuration default?
How do I make a GNUCash saved report configuration default, so I don't have to constantly apply it every time a print an invoice?

Geremia
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SQLite selecting transactions that do / do not meet a particular criteria
I am trying to extract data from a GnuCash SQLite database. Relevant tables include accounts, transactions, and splits. Simplistically, accounts contain transactions which contain splits, and each split points back to an account.
The transactions…

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Datetime format for piecash transaction
I´m working on a very simple code to write a transaction to GNU Cash book using piecash. I´m having problems with the date format. Here is the code:
from collections import defaultdict
import piecash
import datetime
gnubook =…

Rods
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Python SWIG wrapper for C++ rvalue std::string &&
I'm trying to build a python wrapper for gnucash c++ parts. In QofBackend I encountered the method const std::string && get_message (). In python this message returns instead of a string as in…

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How do I easily convert a CSV with a strange date format to a specified format?
This is more a data related question than programming, but I wasn't sure where else to post it. If it better fits elsewhere modders are free to move it.
I'm trying to import a bank exported CSV into GNUcash, but GNUcash only takes specific date…

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gnucash xml and sqlite file format
I'm working on a simple database.
For me it's the first time that I use gnucash and I must use it.
When I save my database I expect a file in .xml or sqlite format but after clicking "Save As" in my save folder I see only a file in .gnucash format…

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gnucash - migrate from file to mysql
I've been using gnucash for years and it's awesome. But the reports are a bit rough.
I'm planning to load the data into Mysql so I can write my reports easily.
I started using the xml but when I try to "Save as..." to Mysql, gnucash doesn't create…

Desorder
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