Account List Column Headings

[Steven Nusser]

Well, unless there's a better way to do what I do, then yes it's handy
to have a non-summarized column.

Here's my usage scenario:
I have a bunch of student loan accounts all under an 'Education Loans'
account. I have several loan servicers that each manage a few of the
loans together.  As such, each company only withdraws from my checking
account once.  When entering these transactions, I initially just
transfer these to the 'Education Loans' account until the loan
servicer has posted the exact billing info (how much of the payment
was applied to what specific loan, how much interest).  Once I have
this extra info (it can take a few days), I go back in to the
'Education Loans' account and add in the appropriate splits to the
transactions.  Once this is done, the 'Education Loans' account is
empty again.

Basically, I use the 'Education Loans' parent account as a queue for
transactions while I want for the rest of the transaction details.
Having the non-summarized column lets me know when I have transactions
in this account as it will have a balance other than $0.00.

My description was a bit long-winded, but hopefully it's clear enough.
--
Steven C. Nusser





On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Steven Nusser <jaguar11735 at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I'm a bit confused by the column headings on the Account list.  I
>> recently re-installed my PC (Win7 64-bit) and so had to re-install
>> GnuCash.  Previously, I had two columns listing balances, one column
>> that summed up the account and all sub accounts, and one column that
>> was just that account and didn't include any sub-accounts.  Since
>> re-installing, I can't seem to find the column that did not sum up all
>> of the sub-accounts.  It appears that 'Present', 'Total', and
>> 'Balance' are all giving me the same number.  Can anyone shed some
>> light on what I'm looking for?  I'm using GnuCash 2.4.3 now, and was
>> using 2.4.0 before the reinstall.
>
> All the columns were changed to always provide a recursive summation.
> Do you need a non-summing column?  And if so, why?
>
>> Steven C. Nusser
>
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> -derek
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