Split transaction

[Tommy Trussell]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 4:11 AM, Fredrik Eriksson
<fredrik.eriksson at snowmen.se> wrote:
> I have a problem when following up my transactions and comparing with
> my bankstatements. For example if I go to the store and by food and
> take out some money at the same time I  enter this as two transactions :
>
> assets:account -> expenses:food     300
> assets:account -> expenses:cash    500
>
> But checking my bankaccount I only have one statement :
>
> 2008-09-12 Food store     800
>
> Can I do this someway in gnucash so one transaction is split in two
> deposits for easier handling?

Yes, if you know it will appear as one transaction from the bank's
perspective, then enter it that way in the bank's account, and create
as many splits as you need within the single transaction.