adding previous transactions

[David T.]

Jonathan,

Christopher included an image showing what he meant (the Description read “Opening balance $2055.55 as of 01/01/2016” or some such).

HTH = Hope That Helps

David

> On Jan 16, 2017, at 2:46 PM, Jonathan Silvey <jonathan.silvey at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Christopher,
> Sorry, I can't follow your first sentence. What does 'hard-code the Opening
> Balance' and 'write it freetext' mean?
> 
> Ditto HTH?!
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> *Think before you print.*
> 
> On 16 January 2017 at 05:21, Christopher Lam <christopher.lck at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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).
>> 
>> [image: Inline images 1]
>> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _____________________________________________
>>> From: ar <ar123456 at gmail.com>
>>> 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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