Debit a 'Checking Account' Only

[David T.]

For what it's worth, there is an entry in FAQ on this topic:

http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Is_there_a_way_to_merge_two_accounts_into_one.3F

Cheers,
David

--- On Tue, 7/20/10, John P. New <jnew at hazelden.ca> wrote:

> From: John P. New <jnew at hazelden.ca>
> Subject: Re: Debit a 'Checking Account' Only
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 7:50 AM
> On Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:19:41 am
> b4wt wrote:
> > Thanks for the replies people
> > 
> > - Didnt have 'Checking Account' Earlier so edited
> 'Imbalance' and made the
> > necessary amendments
> > 
> > Supposing if i already had such an account, what would
> be the alternative
> > course of action to move them
> 
> Paraphrasing James Kerr's reply from yesterday, in 2.2.9,
> if you want to move 
> *all* of the transactions in the Imbalance (or any) account
> to another 
> account,
> 
> 1) Make a backup of your data file
> 2) In the Accounts tab, highlight the account that holds
> the transactions you 
> want to move (in this case, the Imbalance account),
> 3) From the menu, choose Edit>Delete Account (to delete
> the account that holds 
> the transactions to be moved, in this case the Imbalance
> account),
> 4) In the Delete Account dialog, choose the Move To option
> and select the 
> account that will receive the transactions (in this case,
> Checking account),
> 5) Press Delete, and Delete again when asked.
> 
> This will move the transactions (in the Imbalance account)
> into the existing 
> account (Checking) and delete the old one (Imbalance
> account). In the case of 
> the automatically created Imbalance account, GNUCash will
> re-create it the 
> next time an imbalanced transaction occurs.
> 
> To the List: If I were to add this procedure to the wiki,
> any suggestions 
> where best to put it?
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> John New
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