Newbie Split Transaction Problem

[Robin Chattopadhyay]

When you say that GnuCash is moving your values, are you possibly entering
the values in as negative number? If you enter, for example, a credit as a
negative number, Gnucash will represent the value as a positive debit.

On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Paul Warthe <warthes7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your reply John. I realized that I did not explain everything
> enough. I am following the example in the tutorial, entering the same
> values in the same cells. GnuCash moves them over to the cells I show in my
> results. It also recalculates and enters the values you see. Jcard21, this
> may be the things that don't seem right to you. I wasn’t aware screen shots
> could be posted to this list. I will see what I can do about posting one.
>
> I appreciate your help guys.
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us]
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 5:10 PM
> To: Paul Warthe
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Newbie Split Transaction Problem
>
>
> > On Dec 13, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Paul Warthe <warthes7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm a newbie trying to work through the examples in the Help: Tutorial
> > and Concepts Guide. I'm using version 2.6.3 built from git rev
> > 166cbb7+ on 2014-04-01.
> >
> > My current problem is with split transactions. The program is not
> > working the way it is described in the guide. Under the chapter
> > "Transactions" "The Account Register" there is the example of entering
> > a paycheck as a split transaction. Figure 4.1 shows: (my apologies in
> > advance if the following doesn't line up in columns as does in the
> > program.)
> >
> > Description                               Tot Deposit  Tot Withdrawal
> > Balance
> > Employers R Us                                 670.00
> > 1,624.79
> >     After Tax        Assets: Checking         670.00
> >     Federal Tx       Expenses:Taxes:Federal   180.00
> >     Medicare         Expenses:Taxes:Medicare   90.00
> >     Social Security  Expenses:Taxes:Social     60.00
> >     Before Tax       Income:Salary                     1,000.00
> >
> >
> > When I attempt to enter this information, being careful not to use the
> > "Enter" key, I end up with:
> >
> > Description                               Tot Deposit  Tot Withdrawal
> > Balance
> > Employers R Us                                 670.00
> > 1,624.79
> >     After Tax        Assets: Checking         670.00
> >                      Imbalance                940.00
> >     Federal Tx       Expenses:Taxes:Federal              490.00
> >     Medicare         Expenses:Taxes:Medicare              90.00
> >     Social Security  Expenses:Taxes:Social                30.00
> >     Before Tax       Income:Salary                     1,000.00
> >
> > Also, when I am entering my data, I see small, greyed out boxes with an
> "X"
> > in them appear in the upper left corner of the cells. They disappear
> > when I enter the transaction.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest what I may be doing wrong?
>
> You’re putting the expenses in the wrong column.
>
> The little grey boxes are warning you that the transaction is out of
> balance; when you save it GnuCash creates the imbalance split to
> automatically balance it.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
>
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