adding previous transactions

Jonathan Silvey jonathan.silvey at gmail.com
Mon Jan 16 05:32:59 EST 2017


Thanks!

Jonathan

*Think before you print.*

On 16 January 2017 at 10:26, Christopher Lam <christopher.lck at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Perhaps I used technical terms incorrectly.
> See case study at http://imgur.com/a/asO2w
> I'd hope imgur stays online forever!
>
>
> On 16 January 2017 at 17:46, 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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