Link account balance to an entry in another account?

[Edward Doolittle]

The only other thing I can think of is pycash, then

On 17 April 2015 at 20:23, AC <gnucash at acarver.net> wrote:

> I don't think that is working quite like I want.  I don't want to be in
> the main account list when I'm working the scratch, I'd rather be in the
> scratch ledger.
>
> On 2015-04-17 16:19, Edward Doolittle wrote:
> > Maybe if the chequing account is a sub-account of the scratch account? Or
> > vice versa. Then, in the account tree view, right click -> open
> > subaccounts. A tab should open with a + character in the title, which
> > indicates that the parent account and subaccounts are amalgamated in the
> > view.
> >
> > On 17 April 2015 at 15:54, AC <gnucash at acarver.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Is it possible to have a link between the balance of an account and an
> >> entry or starting balance of another one such that the entry is always
> >> up to date?
> >>
> >> For example, suppose I have a checking account with balance X.  I create
> >> a new account Foo whose very first transaction is the checking account
> >> balance (so X).  If I add a new record to the checking account that
> >> changes the balance to Y, the entry in Foo should change to Y.
> >>
> >> The idea here is a scratchpad for testing out transaction scheduling
> >> (meaning schedule in real life not the schedule in Gnucash) and the
> >> ultimate balance.
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