[GNC] How to automate $ value on the contra account when editing a transaction

Fred Bone Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com
Mon Dec 3 13:19:28 EST 2018


On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 23:02, David wasserman said:

> Okay John, I will try to be clearer.
> 
> I am talking about  inputting a new entry into an account.  Say, my bank
> account.  So, in the register I could enter Date; Notes: Account to Debit;
> Account to credit and their respective $ amounts.  However, if this is an
> entry I make frequently I will scroll up to the last time I made a similar
> transaction> right click>select  "Duplicate Transaction">enter the
> date>press OK and I am provided with a new transaction, accounts allocated
> and all.  But, the $ amount may be different to what I want.  So I edit
> the Debit and that forces an "Imbalance" entry on the Credit side.

Not if you are in Basic Ledger view, it doesn't (unless there are 
multiple Credit splits, when obviously it won't know how to adjust them 
without being told).



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