nomenclatural clarification - parts of a transaction

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 14 23:50:24 EDT 2017


Good call David R,

Another point of possible confusion for even long-time users like me is
that the column titles will change as the curser moves around in the
transaction display, so the user must carefully note the current position
of the curser to correctly interpret the column title.

David C

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 6:16 PM, David Reiser <dbreiser at icloud.com> wrote:

>
> > On Sep 14, 2017, at 12:00 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
> >
> >
> >
> > <transaction screen Capture.JPG>__________________
> _____________________________
>
> Not quite.
> B is the note (notes are associated with the whole transaction)
> C’s are memos (a memo is associated with a single split within a
> transaction)
>
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