adding previous transactions

[Jonathan Silvey]

Hi David,
Thanks!

Jonathan

*Think before you print.*

On 16 January 2017 at 10:07, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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