Does GnuCash possess a Journal Entry numbering facility

[Derek Atkins]

I would just add:

If you want to see it, submit a patch...  :)
It is unlikely that the existing developers will ever implement it.

-derek

"David Britton" <bbaruu at gmail.com> writes:

> OK then!  That sounds firm. LOL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us] 
> Sent: Thu, 02 Oct, 2014 11:22 AM
> To: David Britton
> Cc: Michael Hendry; gnucash-user
> Subject: Re: Does GnuCash possess a Journal Entry numbering facility
>
>
> On Oct 2, 2014, at 6:48 AM, David Britton <bbaruu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I see, Michael.  Decent workaround.  
>> 
>> @John Ralls: you emailed me with your response.  In it, you state that 
>> "a Journal Entry Number wouldn't mean anything in the normal accounting
> sense."
>> I think Michael and I could agree that the action of posting should be 
>> the trigger to create a JE# which then would mean something;  you're 
>> saying that the posting trigger is already by-passed.  It's here the 
>> process hits the rocks where Michael and I are concerned.  In contrast 
>> the old Bedford Accounting/Simply Accounting booked transactions in 
>> real-time like Gnucash but did generate a Number.  So, conceptually 
>> there's a way through.  And it makes a lot of sense from an Audit 
>> Trail perspective since Gnucash could be seen as an indexing system.  
>> Personally, I don't use the suggested internal reconciliation facility 
>> that you mention - never found it useful to mark entries; good to know,
> though, that there's technique out there.
>> 
>> @Michael and @John:  So there's a history here.  A number of folks 
>> find that Gnucash has this perceived shortcoming.  I strongly suggest 
>> that the team look hard at adding this feature.  It's likely a lot of 
>> work; I can appreciate that.  But I think it's key.  Has there been 
>> any developer team debate around this?
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> Yes. We're not going to do it. Auditability is not a design goal of GnuCash:
> GnuCash is intended for home and very small business use where reconciling
> with one's monthly bank statements is the only required auditing. If that
> doesn't meet your needs, then GnuCash isn't the right program for you.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
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