Enter wipes out half of transaction

[E Rosenberg]

Derek -

Excellent!!

Journal view is what I need.

Ethan

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> Change your default register view from Split Register to Journal View.
> C.f. View Menu.
>
> -derek
>
> Sent on my mobile. Please forgive any typos.
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "E Rosenberg" <wmcomputersystems at gmail.com>
> To: "farleykj" <farleykj at gmail.com>
> Cc: <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Enter wipes out half of transaction
> Date: Sun, Feb 28, 2016 7:00 PM
>
> I am tying to reply to all your replies in 1 email....
>
> #1
>  For example if I buy some groceries using my
> checking account, the transaction as I enter it looks like:
>
>                                Deposit          Withdrawal
> Expenses:Groceries  10.00
> Accounts:Checking                        10.00
>
> Once I hit <Enter> and move to the next transaction, it looks like
>
> Expenses:Groceries  10.00
>
> Data is still there, you just don't see it unless the transaction is
> "active".
>
> Fine, but it would be better at my end if I could see both halves
>
> #2
>
> Using gnucash you are entering directly into the LEDGER. The JOURNAL
> is implicit/virtual.  I am saying this because in old fashioned
> bookkeeping one DID first enter the transaction into the JOURNAL where
> you would be entering both sides -- and those two lines would later be
> posted into the LEDGER ---- hence the possibility that a little bit of
> knowledge about double entry bookkeeping (the old fashioned way) might
> be confusing you. Computerized accounting software COULD have been
> designed that way (enter into JOURNAL plus automatic posting) but as
> far as I know ALL do it more like "cashbook accounting" (no journal,
> well not an explicit journal)
>
> Why couldn't  it be simpler??!!!!
>
> All that being said, is there any way I can see both halves?
>
> Ethan
>
>
>
> #3
>
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 9:14 AM, farleykj <farleykj at gmail.com> wrote:
>> <Enter> isn't "wiping out" your last entry, it's just the interface. It
>> closes the transaction down to only show the part of the split that refers
>> to the other account affected. If you click on the transaction again, the
>> splits are once again shown. For example if I buy some groceries using my
>> checking account, the transaction as I enter it looks like:
>>
>>                                Deposit          Withdrawal
>> Expenses:Groceries  10.00
>> Accounts:Checking                        10.00
>>
>> Once I hit <Enter> and move to the next transaction, it looks like
>>
>> Expenses:Groceries  10.00
>>
>> Data is still there, you just don't see it unless the transaction is
>> "active".
>>
>>
>>
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