adding previous transactions

[Christopher Lam]

Potentially messy yes
But you'll really want to hard-code the Opening Balance along the way. I
usually write it freetext.
Later on if I add prior transactions, the balance value is still visible:
(In practice, once I've added the prior transactions, the running balance
should match the equity statement, and I then *delete* the equity
transaction).

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On 16 January 2017 at 11:27, David via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Aleksey,
>
> Welcome.
>
> The short answer to your question is "yes," but there are challenges. You
> have to recalculate the opening balance for the earlier date and either
> edit or replace the existing entry. Then you have to add in the intervening
> transactions. Finally, if you've reconciled your account, you will need to
> redo that.
>
> None of this is technically tough, but in practice (I've tried it) the
> details get messy, and if you get one thing wrong, you can spend a long
> time tracking it down.
>
> HTH,
> David
>
>
>
> _____________________________________________
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> Sent: Mon Jan 16 05:34:00 GMT+05:00 2017
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: adding previous transactions
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am setting up gnucash and I amusing current opening balance values. I
> suppose I have at least year worth of previous data from my bank and credit
> card companies. Can I add old transactions later on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aleksey
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