Enter wipes out half of transaction

[Colin Law]

On 29 February 2016 at 03:47, E Rosenberg <wmcomputersystems at gmail.com> wrote:
> Derek -
>
> Excellent!!
>
> Journal view is what I need.

Just to clarfiy the current situation.  The reason that in the default
view it does not show the matching split is that it is entirely
unnecessary and just wastes space on the screen.  The matching split
is implied by the fact that you are looking, in your example, at the
register for Accounts:Checking.  You can immediately tell from the
fact that all you see, after hitting enter, is
Expenses:Groceries  10.00
that there is a matching split from the Checking account.

Not that I am saying that you should not use the journal view, that is
entirely up to you of course.

Colin

>
> 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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