Link account balance to an entry in another account?

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

AC <gnucash at acarver.net> writes:

> 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.

Yeah, umm...  If you want to play with things then you can just be sure
to "Quit without saving".

Otherwise, no, there is no such thing as a shadow register.

-derek

> 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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