Reconciliation

Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
Mon Feb 23 13:11:58 EST 2015


On Monday 23 February 2015 09:49:16 Alex Aycinena wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> > Cc:
> > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:14:30 +0100
> > Subject: Re: Reconciliation
> > 
> > On Monday 23 February 2015 10:58:52 Andy Pastuszak wrote:
> > > New file has Num and Action.  Sounds like it's time to do an
> > > export
> > > and import.
> > 
> > This behavior is controlled by an option under the General tab in
> > the
> > Preferences:
> > "Set book option on new files to use split "action" field for "Num"
> > field in registers/reports"
> > 
> > I don't know how that got enabled when you created your current
> > file.
> > But from the help on this option it will only be evaluated when
> > creating a new book. So yes you'll have to restart if you want to
> > change the behaviour. And make sure the option is disabled when you
> > create your new book.
> > 
> > Geert
> 
> I don't believe this is exactly correct. When you create a new book
> you are given the choice to set this option. It defaults to 'not
> selected', so Andy could have set it, either intentionally or not,
> when he created the book. It is also possible to go and change the
> setting any time afterwards, So Andy may have set it later, also,
> either intentionally or not. (If you do change it later, you will end
> up with transactions that have the 'number' in one field before the
> change and in another field after the change. There is a warning
> about this in the help description.) Depending on how this option is
> set, the register shows a 'T-num' field on the second line or not.
> That is why some of you are seeing it and some of you are not (you
> don't have that option set).
> 
Thanks for the clarification Alex.

I completely missed the fact that the current book's setting is found in File->Properties. I 
only saw the option under Edit->Preferences->General and drew the wrong conclusions from 
that.

Geert


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