Does GnuCash possess a Journal Entry numbering facility

[David Britton]

Me? Patch? Code? Submit?  What fresh, new Hell that would be, Derek!  LOL
Tx for the thought, though.

David

-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Atkins [mailto:warlord at MIT.EDU] 
Sent: Fri, 03 Oct, 2014 11:43 AM
To: David Britton
Cc: 'John Ralls'; 'gnucash-user'
Subject: Re: Does GnuCash possess a Journal Entry numbering facility

I would just add:

If you want to see it, submit a patch...  :) It is unlikely that the
existing developers will ever implement it.

-derek

"David Britton" <bbaruu at gmail.com> writes:

> OK then!  That sounds firm. LOL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us]
> Sent: Thu, 02 Oct, 2014 11:22 AM
> To: David Britton
> Cc: Michael Hendry; gnucash-user
> Subject: Re: Does GnuCash possess a Journal Entry numbering facility
>
>
> On Oct 2, 2014, at 6:48 AM, David Britton <bbaruu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I see, Michael.  Decent workaround.  
>> 
>> @John Ralls: you emailed me with your response.  In it, you state 
>> that "a Journal Entry Number wouldn't mean anything in the normal 
>> accounting
> sense."
>> I think Michael and I could agree that the action of posting should 
>> be the trigger to create a JE# which then would mean something;  
>> you're saying that the posting trigger is already by-passed.  It's 
>> here the process hits the rocks where Michael and I are concerned.  
>> In contrast the old Bedford Accounting/Simply Accounting booked 
>> transactions in real-time like Gnucash but did generate a Number.  
>> So, conceptually there's a way through.  And it makes a lot of sense 
>> from an Audit Trail perspective since Gnucash could be seen as an
indexing system.
>> Personally, I don't use the suggested internal reconciliation 
>> facility that you mention - never found it useful to mark entries; 
>> good to know,
> though, that there's technique out there.
>> 
>> @Michael and @John:  So there's a history here.  A number of folks 
>> find that Gnucash has this perceived shortcoming.  I strongly suggest 
>> that the team look hard at adding this feature.  It's likely a lot of 
>> work; I can appreciate that.  But I think it's key.  Has there been 
>> any developer team debate around this?
>
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> Yes. We're not going to do it. Auditability is not a design goal of
GnuCash:
> GnuCash is intended for home and very small business use where 
> reconciling with one's monthly bank statements is the only required 
> auditing. If that doesn't meet your needs, then GnuCash isn't the right
program for you.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
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