Split transaction in Wallet account

[Derek Atkins]

Andras Toth <parrotfortytwo at gmail.com> writes:

> 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?

What you're doing wrong is hitting the enter key or pressing "record
current transaction" before you've completely entered the transaction
(including the Credit to Assets:Current Assets:Cash in Wallet" account).

> Thanks,
>
> Andras
>
> [1] http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.0/C/gnucash-guide/txns-registers1.html

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-derek

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