General Ledger Balance

[David Carlson]

Interesting question.

I have always assumed that the balance column was just there but a useless
vestige of the register view which could not be populated because there was
a mixture of values in all the currencies and commodities used in that data
file.  That column is also not used in the 'with sub-accounts' register
view,, where it could be used if all sub-accounts were denominated in the
same currency or commodity.

Just to be more general, I wonder what the Balance column would be filled
with if the register view were sorted by some key other than date?

David C

On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 9:12 PM, F. Eugene Aumson <feaumson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Using menu Tools, General Ledger, I can see all of my transactions in one
> place.  Very handy.
>
> But in this view, there is a Balance column on the right.  In two separate
> books I manage, the Balance is always 0.00, for every transaction.
>
> What should be happening in the Balance column?  What information is it
> supposed to convey?  If I had to guess I'd say that it should be a running
> balance of Assets, with the final transaction showing a balance that
> matches the Net Assets shown in the Summary Bar of the Accounts Page.  Is
> that right?
>
> Is there a bug here?  Or is there some extra information I need to be
> entering with my transactions in order to make them contribute to this
> Balance?  Or is there some configuration setting that needs to be enabled?
> Or, ... ?
>
> Thank you!
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