Moving transactions retrospectively

[Geert Janssens]

On Sunday 07 August 2016 21:57:59 Adam wrote:
> On 03/08/2016 22:26, Adam wrote:
> > On 03/08/2016 01:19, Chris Good wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>> 
> >>> I've got some business accounts set up & have some income assigned
> >>> to an
> >>> income account from marking invoices as paid. I'd now like to
> >>> split the recorded entries into two sets, under two different
> >>> income accounts. Is this possible?
> >> 
> >> Hi Adam,
> >> 
> >> I believe if you are only splitting the income split into 2 income
> >> splits,
> >> that this will not cause any problems.
> > 
> > I actually mean to move the entry to another income account. I don't
> > want to split it into two parts.
> 
> OK, on reflection, I think I understand - I could use the split as the
> mechanism of moving the transaction, so it ends up 100% in the new
> account. The trouble is GNUCash won't let me mess with the split
> without unposting the invoice and I think when I do that it messes up
> the invoice payment records.
> 
True.

Although the payment records are kept, they are no longer linked with the invoice. You can 
relink them using the assign as payment feature or via the Customer payment dialog. There's a 
wiki page with more details:
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Business_Features_Issues

Regards,

Geert