[GNC] I'm getting started in Gnucash and want to list each item that I buy from one merchant

[W. Neal Lewis]

Thank you Adrien,

That's what I will need to do - do some in depth reading of the Help 
Manual and Tutorial.

Best regards,

Neal

On 3/9/24 8:35 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> I'm not certain what you are describing, but I'll hazard a guess that 
> you are seeing GnuCash auto-balance the transaction. That is normal. 
> Every transaction has to be balanced. (Debits *must* equal Credits)
>
> You are free to enter the transaction however you like, as long as 
> that holds true. If your self-entered amounts do not result in equal 
> Debits & Credits, GnuCash will create a split initially not assigned 
> to any account, but when you commit the transaction and that split 
> remains, it will be assigned to the account labeled: 'Imbalance-XXX' 
> (where XXX is a currency code) for the difference.
>
> Please read the GnuCash Help Manual and the Tutorial & Concepts Guide 
> available in the Help Menu, or online, as you are learning the 
> software. Then if you get stuck, come back and ask for help here.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 3/9/24 8:18 PM, W. Neal Lewis wrote:
>> When I do the View > Transaction and put in individual numbers for 
>> each item in the Withdrawal column, it starts to mess with my 
>> figures. It puts in a number at the very top. It adds deposits to 
>> other entries. What I end up with is a mish-mash of costs that the 
>> program seems to think that I need for some mythical number it has 
>> come up with.
>>
>> That's exactly what happened previously. I don't want it adding 
>> numbers, or changing numbers. I just want to put in the correct 
>> values for each line, including tax, hit return and have the final 
>> value show up on the first line of the transaction.
>>
>> I obviously don't know what I am doing.
>>
>> Help!
>> Neal
>
>
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