What is the blue line all about?

Dave H hellvee at gmail.com
Mon Mar 26 06:13:39 EDT 2018


Nothing to do with fiscal year it just marks the difference between today
and future transactions you may have entered.

Cheers Dave H.

On 26 March 2018 at 00:43, Anita Graves <anitagraves at me.com> wrote:

> Today I entered a transaction that is clearly within the dates set for the
> start of our fiscal year and the end of our fiscal year.
>
> These dates are:  Start:  28.03.2017  and End:  01.04.2018
>
> However, a blue line is drawn across the checking account above my entry
> of 26.03.2018 and below an entry dated 23.03.2018.
>
> I have entered the date twice thinking I have made some kind of error, but
> no matter what I do, this blue line is there and it is not supposed to be.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
> Many thanks to you all - I LOVE Gnucash!
>
> Anita Graves
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: Anita Graves <anitagraves at mac.com>
> > Subject: Re: What is the blue line all about?
> > Date: 1 January 2017 at 10:56:39 AM GMT+2
> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> > Cc: GNU Cash User <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> >
> > That is exactly what happened.  I realized this when I looked closely at
> my own transaction and realized it automatically put in 2017 without my
> knowledge.
> >
> > This brings up a serious problem for me.  My fiscal (financial) year is
> not a calendar year.  So, I would be entering transactions as usual up till
> March or April when my financial year begins.
> >
> > Therefore, I wish to disable any settings in Gnucash that conflict with
> this.  I have entered my time frame in the appropriate settings, but I
> still wish to avoid any trouble in the future.
> >
> > I thank you all for your kindness to reply.
> >
> > Anita
> >
> >> On 1 Jan 2017, at 10:48 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, 01 Jan 2017 10:34:03 +0200
> >> Anita Graves <anitagraves at mac.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am a beginner with Gnucash and so far I love it, but suddenly when
> >>> I was entering a normal transaction, a blue line surrounds it and it
> >>> will not move to the appropriate date place…what have I done????
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for your kind assistance.
> >>>
> >>> Anita Graves
> >>
> >> welcome Anita
> >>
> >> That blue line marks the difference between present and future
> >> so check the date on your transaction below the line....
> >> Is it 2017 when you thought it was a 2016 transaction??
> >>
> >> Liz
> >>
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