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

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

David wasserman <wasserland44 at gmail.com> writes:

> 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.
>
> I would like it to mirror my edit on the Credit contra account - assuming
> the whole transaction consists of a single Debit line and Credit line,
> respectively.
>
> As I say, this is not a major issue in any sense.  I was just wondering,
> hoping, that there is a switch somewhere to accomplish that rule.

You do realize that you could just use Autofill, right?

GnuCash will assume that if you enter in the same Description then it
will auto-fill the rest of transaction.  I.e., you can go to an account,
enter in the "current" date, type in a description you've used before,
then hit "tab" and GnuCash will fill in the rest of the transaction as
before, including transfer account(s), and amounts.  Then will will jump
to and let you edit the amount.

This works in the contra-account as well, although we really recommend
you enter transactions only from Asset and Liability accounts and not
Income or Expense accounts.

If the transaction is a basic, 2-split transaction then if you edit the
amount it will properly edit the other-account amount, too.

I think this will work better than your "duplicate" method.  Try it.

> Regards
> Dave W

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-derek

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