Transaction balancing

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
Tue Jan 21 23:56:19 CST 2003


"Phillip Shelton" <shelton@usq.edu.au> writes:

> I ask, What if I do not want to balance the transaction that I just
> clicked on by mistake *just now*, Can we let the user move around
> and just not let them finish the import until all are balanced?

And I answer, 99.9% of the time your transaction is already balanced,
and if it isn't, well, you should "balance it dammit"!  That's what an
invariant means -- does not vary.  The register _should not_ allow you
have unbalanced transactions.

> I suppose the split to Equity: Unbalanced would let you do that, so
> long as you can reorder the view on destination so as to find the
> ones that need further work.

Sure, just open your "Equity:Unbalanced" account.

-derek
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