Forcing transaction order

[Lt. Goose]

2016-04-29 11:21 GMT+02:00 <gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org>:

> From: Philip Harris <philip_harris at yahoo.com>
> To: "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Cc:
> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 02:36:02 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Forcing transaction order
>  I am having an issue in which GnuCash is reordering same-dated
> transactions from their entry order and I cannot get it to restore the
> proper order. I enter transactions 1, 2, and 3. Upon entering #3, GnuCash
> moves it above #'s 1 and 2. I have tried entering numbers in the Num field
> to force the desired order but they are being ignored. I can get the
> application to resort based off the Num field, but the balances are not
> recalculated so now they will be jumbled up. I have been very impressed
> with the application until now. Is there anyway to get it to stop with this
> insane behavior, to cajole it to retain entry order, or to instruct it to
> recalculate after a resort? While this behavior does not break my
> accounting, the resulting order is illogical and causes confusion for the
> person reviewing the books.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>From time to time I get such behavior (mainly upon CSV-imported
transactions). What I end up doing is duplicate the entries that do not
reorder correctly (transactions 1 and 2 in your example) and delete the old
ones.

I don't know why it happens, but it works fine for me as a workaround.

HTH.
Regards,
Gus.