General Ledger Balance

[F. Eugene Aumson]

Thank you for your reply.

The Balance column does not seem to change when the sort order is changed.
I tried in both a General Ledger page and also a page for a specific
account.  The General Ledger is still always all zeroes.  In a specific
account, the balance number listed next to a given transaction is always
listed with that transaction, even when the register is sorted by, for
example, Amount.  (Does that answer your question?)

Thanks again.

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 4:07 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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