how to handle different expenses in a single transaction

[David T.]

John--

That's a nice description. Another point I might make is that I make use of the Auto-Split register view, which opens the splits for the active transaction. I find that the Split view takes up too much screen real estate; on the flip side, the auto-split view can get disorienting when transactions move around on screen as you go from transaction to transaction. But it makes clear to me that I am working with splits.

David


--- On Mon, 10/20/08, John Dablin <jdablin at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> From: John Dablin <jdablin at ntlworld.com>
> Subject: Re: how to handle different expenses in a single transaction
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 5:08 AM
> On Monday 20 October 2008, David T. wrote:
> > Yes you can. The split transaction is precisely the
> way you
> > accomplish this.
> >
> > Your example would read as follows:
> >
> > Liabilities:Credit Card     150
> > Expenses:Computer                50
> > Expenses:Groceries               50
> > Expenses:Clothing                50
> >
> 
> It may help Girard Aquino if I say that when I first
> started using 
> Gnucash I didn't find entering split transactions at
> all intuitive. 
> This is how I would enter the above example. I don't
> know if it's 
> the "correct" way, but it seems to work...
> 
> 1. Enter the total amount of the transaction (150) under
> 'Charge'. 
> Don't hit return.
> 
> 2. Click on the 'Split' button. 2 extra lines will
> drop down, one 
> with Liabilities:Credit Card as the transfer account and
> 150.00 
> under 'Charge', and one with 150.00 under
> 'Payment'.
> 
> 3. In the second line, click on the transfer account and
> select 
> Expenses:Computer. Change the amount under
> 'Payment' to 50 and hit 
> return. A new line will appear with 'Imbalance' in
> the transfer 
> account and 100 (the remaining balance) under payment.
> 
> 4. In the new line, change the transfer account from
> 'Imbalance' 
> to 'Expenses:Groceries', and the amount to 50.00,
> and hit return. 
> Again, a new line will appear with 'Imbalance', and
> the remaining 
> 50 under Payment.
> 
> 5. Change 'Imbalance' to
> 'Expenses:Clothing' and hit return. As 
> there is now no imbalance remaining, no new line will
> appear, and 
> you're done.
> 
> If you wish, click on the 'Split' button to hide
> the split.
> 
> Hope this helps
> John Dablin
> 
> 
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