adding previous transactions

[Christopher Lam]

Perhaps I used technical terms incorrectly.
See case study at http://imgur.com/a/asO2w
I'd hope imgur stays online forever!


On 16 January 2017 at 17:46, Jonathan Silvey <jonathan.silvey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Christopher,
> Sorry, I can't follow your first sentence. What does 'hard-code the
> Opening Balance' and 'write it freetext' mean?
>
> Ditto HTH?!
>
> Jonathan
>
> *Think before you print.*
>
> On 16 January 2017 at 05:21, Christopher Lam <christopher.lck at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Potentially messy yes
>> But you'll really want to hard-code the Opening Balance along the way. I
>> usually write it freetext.
>> Later on if I add prior transactions, the balance value is still visible:
>> (In practice, once I've added the prior transactions, the running balance
>> should match the equity statement, and I then *delete* the equity
>> transaction).
>>
>> [image: Inline images 1]
>>
>> On 16 January 2017 at 11:27, David via gnucash-user <
>> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Aleksey,
>> >
>> > Welcome.
>> >
>> > The short answer to your question is "yes," but there are challenges.
>> You
>> > have to recalculate the opening balance for the earlier date and either
>> > edit or replace the existing entry. Then you have to add in the
>> intervening
>> > transactions. Finally, if you've reconciled your account, you will need
>> to
>> > redo that.
>> >
>> > None of this is technically tough, but in practice (I've tried it) the
>> > details get messy, and if you get one thing wrong, you can spend a long
>> > time tracking it down.
>> >
>> > HTH,
>> > David
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > _____________________________________________
>> > From: ar <ar123456 at gmail.com>
>> > Sent: Mon Jan 16 05:34:00 GMT+05:00 2017
>> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> > Subject: adding previous transactions
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am setting up gnucash and I amusing current opening balance values. I
>> > suppose I have at least year worth of previous data from my bank and
>> credit
>> > card companies. Can I add old transactions later on?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Aleksey
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