Read only transactions

[Geert Janssens]

Op zondag 14 januari 2018 16:14:18 CET schreef Cliff McDiarmid:
>    Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 12:27 PM
>    From: "Colin Law" <clanlaw at gmail.com>
>    To: "Cliff McDiarmid" <cliffhanger at gardener.com>
>    Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>    Subject: Re: Read only transactions
> 
>    >Sorry, it is in File > Properties > Accounts. Best left at zero
>    >unless you want earlier transactions to be protected.
> 
>    Yes that's what mine is set to, i.e. zero.
> 
>    Where is this read only nonsense coming from then?
> 
>    Cliff

There are several reasons why transactions can be read-only.

The "Read-only" treshold is one.

If you have voided a transaction, that one will become read-only as well.

And if the transaction is the result of posting an invoice or bill using the 
business features, it will equally be read-only.

There may be other reasons but I only know of these.

Solutions:

In the case of a voided transaction, unvoid it. In case of a transaction from 
a bill or invoice (or employee voucher for that matter), use the business 
features to unpost it again.

Regards,

Geert