nomenclatural clarification - parts of a transaction

prl prl at ozemail.com.au
Thu Sep 14 21:09:45 EDT 2017


A transaction always has a Notes field, but the Notes field is only 
*visible* in a register if either View>Transaction Log or View>Double 
Line is set.

Peter

On 15/09/2017 02:49, D via gnucash-user wrote:
> George,
>
> A transaction will have a note always.
>
> A transaction in Gnucash by definition has at least two splits, but may have more. Common usage is to refer to a transaction with *more* than two splits as a "split" transaction. Chapter 2 in the guide covers this.
>
> HTH,
> David
>
> On September 14, 2017, at 9:13 PM, George Riner <georgeriner at mycogeo.com> wrote:
>
> I may not be clearly following the information about the names of the
> parts of a transaction.
>
> attached screen capture for reference.
>
> Are these the correct terms for the called-out parts of the split
> transaction?
>
> part "A" is the "Description"
> part "B" is the "Memo"
> parts "C" are each a "Note"
>
> followup question:
>
> If it is not a split transaction, is there no "Note" field at all?
>
> :George
> Gnucash 2.6.17
> Windows 10
>
>
>
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