Two real-live bank accounts in GnuCash

[nathaniel courtens]

    You got it almost right. 
    
    Remove the 500 that is not part of the transaction and you will end
    up with -/+500 and not 0 
    
    I hope this helps 
    
    On 3/29/2016 4:48 AM, lugge [via
      GnuCash] wrote: 
    
     Hi there,
      
      
      I have an account in GnuCash with represents my giro bank account.
      
      I can get all my transactions into GnuCash via onlinebanking
      interface (AqBanking), thus, I don't need to type them all by
      myself.
      
      Because all transactions in GnuCash needs a "to/from"-account, all
      transactions are mirrored in an "Unbalanced" account.
      
      I have to go into my giro account and set the proper to/from
      account by hand.
      
      This way, I split my transactions into subcategories, like
      "expenses:loan", "expenses:living", "expenses:sports"...
      
      
      My expenses:loan account for example only has debits because every
      month there is a transaction from giro to loan, each of size, say,
      500€ for example.
      
      
      Now it's getting complicated (at least, for me).
      
      
      I have a second real-live bank account which reflects my loan.
      
      Now I'd like to add this account into GnuCash.
      
      
      I now have to bank accounts in one GnuCash file.
      
      When I update my transactions via AqBanking, I have a 500€ credit
      in one account and a 500€ debit in another account.
      
      
      But, GnuCash doesn't know this transactions are related!
      
      Sure, I can set the to/from in both accounts to my "virtual" loan
      account in GnuCash.
      
      But this will end up the loan account always showing 0€.
      
      Because for every +500€, there will be a -500€ transaction,
      resulting in a sum of 0€.
      
      
      I'm not sure if I'm using GnuCash correctly.
      
      How do you manage two (or more) real-live bank accounts in GnuCash
      which share transactions?
      
      Do you connect them via a "virtual" account in GnuCash?
      
      I'm not good in booking, is it OK for the virtual account to
      always show 0€?
      
      
      Greetings, lugge 
      
      
      
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