[GNC] Editable and Non-Editable Transactions in the same register

[Adrien Monteleone]

Mark,

Business Feature transactions in the AP/AR registers cannot be edited. 
They are immutable via normal means.

Manual transactions in those registers can be edited.

The correct way to edit an invoice/bill is to unpost, edit, repost.

If the payment is already linked and simple (applying to only one 
document) GnuCash will try to re-link it automatically.

The correct way to edit a payment transaction is to right-click and 
choose 'Edit Payment'.

Otherwise, there is a 'read-only' threshold for all transactions if you 
like, but it is rather limited in how it is set.

Regards,
Adrien

On 11/20/23 5:01 PM, Mark at Lorimark wrote:
> I'm curious what causes register entries to go read-only?
> 
> I have an "income" account, where I post invoices.  Some of the entries 
> there are editable, and some are not.  I'm wondering what causes these 
> entries to be read-only or read-write?
> 
> The ones that are read-write seem to be entries that I made manually... 
> to 'add bonus payments' to invoices - like adding a 'tip' to a bill. The 
> invoice is $100 and the 'bonus payment' is $20, so I went back and 
> "somehow I guess" added the additional $20.  Today, I just 'unpost' the 
> invoice and add the necessary lines to change the value, re-post it, and 
> then pay it (not sure if that's the 'right' way).
> 
> The ones that are read-only seem to be entries that came directly from 
> the posted invoice.
> 
> So, I'm wondering what is controlling the editable-status of those entries?