Link account balance to an entry in another account?

[AC]

I don't think that is working quite like I want.  I don't want to be in
the main account list when I'm working the scratch, I'd rather be in the
scratch ledger.

On 2015-04-17 16:19, Edward Doolittle wrote:
> Maybe if the chequing account is a sub-account of the scratch account? Or
> vice versa. Then, in the account tree view, right click -> open
> subaccounts. A tab should open with a + character in the title, which
> indicates that the parent account and subaccounts are amalgamated in the
> view.
> 
> On 17 April 2015 at 15:54, AC <gnucash at acarver.net> wrote:
> 
>> Is it possible to have a link between the balance of an account and an
>> entry or starting balance of another one such that the entry is always
>> up to date?
>>
>> For example, suppose I have a checking account with balance X.  I create
>> a new account Foo whose very first transaction is the checking account
>> balance (so X).  If I add a new record to the checking account that
>> changes the balance to Y, the entry in Foo should change to Y.
>>
>> The idea here is a scratchpad for testing out transaction scheduling
>> (meaning schedule in real life not the schedule in Gnucash) and the
>> ultimate balance.
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