Manually entering historic records

[Adrien Monteleone]

Location of that preference must be OS specific. On Mac it is in File > Properties. This is a window of Book preferences. (as apposed to application preferences)

Setting it to “0” turns off the read-only function.

I don’t ever recall messing with this. I just happened to look it up after reading this thread and find it set this way.

I’ve never had a transaction complain that it was read only so I had no idea what the hoopla was about. (there’s at least one if not two other current threads on this general subject)

I have no intentions of changing this setting. I get that I should do correcting transactions as proper procedure, but I’m still working out my account scheme and revise and refine it from time to time and I’d hate to have to muck about with read-only issues. I also think correcting entries are for more formal systems with controls in place. For me, I only need a correcting entry if something turns out not to be correct. But if I entered something tentatively not quite sure it was right to begin with, I’ll just edit it when I confirm the proper values.

Certainly, if you’re still learning GnuCash and getting your feet wet with proper accounting or trying to get your imported books straight, turn this off by setting it to zero(“0”) and be done with it.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Jan 14, 2018, at 8:31 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, the red line read only option is not in release 2.6.11. I am
> surprised that it might not be defaulting to 0 (off) for some users.
> 
> There is another possibility.  The General Ledger view (under the Tools
> menu button) defaults to only show the last 30 days, which could make it
> appear that older transactions have disappeared and therefore are
> un-editable.  That is easily changed by clicking on View > Filter by..>
> Date.
> 
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 6:25 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 14 January 2018 at 12:22, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 14 January 2018 at 09:59, Gregory L. Davis <gd at centurytel.net> wrote:
>>>> Trevor:
>>>> 
>>>> It sounds to me like you have to increase the number of days for "Read
>> only"
>>>> transactions.  Try clicking on the file menu, then preferences. In the
>>>> "Accounts" tab, increase "Day Threshold for Read-Only Transactions (red
>>>> line):".  You can set the number of days to to something like 800 to
>> include
>>>> all of 2016.
>>> 
>>> Is that a new feature? I don't see it in 2.6.17.
>>> I think it is Edit > Preferences rather than File, but I still don't
>> have it.
>> 
>> Sorry, you are right, it is File > Preferences, and it is there.
>> 
>> Colin
>> 
>>> 
>>> Colin
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>> 
>>>> greg
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I've been following the user group for years but still not started the
>> move
>>>> from 20yrs of MSmoney... all looks too hard with an MSM file with
>> records
>>>> back to 1997.
>>>> I thought I could test the water with a new business and associated bank
>>>> account that started in 2016.I've been managing this with a spreadsheet
>> as
>>>> very few transactions.
>>>> So I set up a business set of accounts and tried entering manually, the
>>>> historic records... I'm immediately stumped. It does not let me enter
>> past
>>>> dates. Clearly I'm going about this in the wrong way.Advice
>>>> appreciated.Trevor
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Gregory L. Davis
>>>> gd at centurytel.net
>>>> 
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