Moving transactions retrospectively

[Adam]

On 08/08/2016 15:20, Geert Janssens wrote:
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> On Sunday 07 August 2016 21:57:59 Adam wrote:
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> > On 03/08/2016 22:26, Adam wrote:
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> > > On 03/08/2016 01:19, Chris Good wrote:
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> > >>> Hello,
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> > >>>
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> > >>> I've got some business accounts set up & have some income assigned
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> > >>> to an
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> > >>> income account from marking invoices as paid. I'd now like to
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> > >>> split the recorded entries into two sets, under two different
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> > >>> income accounts. Is this possible?
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> > >>
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> > >> Hi Adam,
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> > >>
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> > >> I believe if you are only splitting the income split into 2 income
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> > >> splits,
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> > >> that this will not cause any problems.
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> > >
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> > > I actually mean to move the entry to another income account. I don't
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> > > want to split it into two parts.
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> >
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> > OK, on reflection, I think I understand - I could use the split as the
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> > mechanism of moving the transaction, so it ends up 100% in the new
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> > account. The trouble is GNUCash won't let me mess with the split
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> > without unposting the invoice and I think when I do that it messes up
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> > the invoice payment records.
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> >
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> True.
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> Although the payment records are kept, they are no longer linked with 
> the invoice. You can relink them using the assign as payment feature 
> or via the Customer payment dialog. There's a wiki page with more details:
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> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Business_Features_Issues
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Thanks, looks good. I'll have a play around.

Adam