Rebalance message

[Michael Hendry]

> On 18 Nov 2014, at 13:10, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 11/18/2014 4:36 AM, John Volrath wrote:
>> David, thank you for your reply. Does GnuCash offer option of GBP and
>> if so how can I access the option. I believe that this is causing my
>> problems? John

It shouldn’t make any difference what currency you’re using, as long as it’s decimal.

When you talk about 0.99pence you are presumably not talking about 99% of a penny, but 99% of a pound, i.e. £0.99.

Have you been entering the word “pence” after the 0.99 in your transactions?

Michael

>> 
>> On 18/11/2014, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/17/2014 3:18 PM, John Volrath wrote:
>>>> Hi David. This is used for home accounts. Sometimes and I think it
>>>> doesn't like entries with .99pence as a box appears saying I need to
>>>> rebalance the entry either manually or Gnucash will do it. Neither
>>>> seems to work, and I have to delete and reenter as a rounded up to a
>>>> £. I am using a range of accounts e.g. food, gifts, vehicles etc and I
>>>> enter all my costs individually. I find the application language
>>>> complicated as I am not familiar with accountancy terms. Maybe it is
>>>> too sophisticated for my basic needs. John Volrath
>>>> 
>>>> On 17/11/2014, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 11/17/2014 9:07 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>>>>> John Volrath <johnvolrath at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi, I am getting a rebalance request message after entering a purchase
>>>>>>> into a category but I cannot continue use as I can't get rid of it.
>>>>>>> Why dos this happen and how do I get rid of it to continue my entries?
>>>>>>> please help.
>>>>>> What's the exact error message you're getting?  And what do you mean by
>>>>>> "entering a purchase into a category"?  How, exactly, are you entering
>>>>>> this data?  Into what kind of account?  what exactly are you typing?
>>>>>> And what exactly is gnucash doing?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Unfortunately there's not enough information in your initial query to
>>>>>> divine what's going on.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -derek
>>>>>> 
>>>>> John,
>>>>> 
>>>>> It would also help to know the GnuCash version, your OS, and the exact
>>>>> wording of the message.
>>>>> 
>>>>> David C
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>>> John,
>>> 
>>> You did not tell us the exact wording of the message or what version of
>>> the program you are using or what OS your computer has.  GnuCash can be
>>> as simple or as complicated as you want to make it, but you will not get
>>> help with using it unless you give those details.  The clue about .99p
>>> means nothing to me, as Americans do not use that currency.  However, I
>>> thought that pence were not divisible, so that could be part or all of
>>> your problem.  Perhaps a user familiar with your currency could help.
>>> 
>>> David C
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> 
> John
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