Default account counterpart

[James Kerr]

On Thursday 19 February 2009 Ulrike Fischer wrote:

> Am Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:07:47 -0700 schrieb Dennis Muhlestein:
> > I think you might be missing the greater issue here though.  You
> > aren't supposed to use these hard coded accounts.  You are
> > supposed to create your own accounts that reflect where your
> > money actually went or came from (income, expenses, etc).  These
> > accounts are only used when you haven't entered your transaction
> > into your own accounts.
>
> I didn't use the hard coded accounts by purpose but by accident:
> Once because I edited a large split transactions and created
> through a typo an imbalance, once because I use "Aus:..." to create
> a new account in "Ausgaben" but got one in the imbalance account,
> which starts with "Aus" in german too.
>
> So I was looking for ways to avoid such accidents.

Make sure that there are no transactions in the Imbalance Account and 
then delete that account. Should you ever enter a transaction that is 
not balanced, then the Imbalance Account will be re-created 
automatically, and you'll need to repeat this procedure. At least 
that's how it works for me.

Jim