Split transaction in Wallet account

[Andras Toth]

On Sunday 21 March 2010 22.26.43 James Kerr wrote:
> On Sunday 21 March 2010 Andras Toth wrote:
> > Hi, I am new to GnuCash and accounting principles.
> >
> > Using GnuCash v.2.2.6, I am trying to create a split transaction
> >  for the expenses of a short trip into the account "Assets:Current
> >  Assets:Cash in Wallet". In the split transaction I would like to
> >  add entries like "Bus fare", "Museum entrance", etc. which should
> >  register expenses into different accounts (e.g.
> >  "Expenses:Travels", "Expenses:Culture", etc.). Following the steps
> >  from the manual [1], I enter the values and the destination
> >  accounts. However, whenever I hit enter, or press the "Record
> >  current transaction" icon, the split transaction from the Wallet
> >  account just _disappears_ (!), and the amount of spent money is
> >  not detracted from the amount in Wallet (i.e. it remains the
> >  same). However, individual transactions do appear as split
> >  transactions in the other accounts.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
> Did you enter the total of these expenses as a decrease in the
> "Wallet" account? Each transaction must balance internally. That means
> that the total of the amounts entered in the left-hand column of a
> split transaction must always equal the total of the amounts entered
> in the right -hand column.
>
> Jim


Thank you for the answer: indeed, I was not entering the expenses, which 
caused the problem. Now knowing this, I can enter the split transaction as I 
originally wished.

Regards:

Andras