[GNC] Unsplitting a transaction

[Mike or Penny Novack]

On 6/5/2019 3:45 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote:

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>> If you did that, then you didn't properly remove the other splits.  You
>> need to go into each cell and manually remove the data, then tab out..
>> Then use the arrow key to move up and the split will disappear.  Continue
>> until all the extra splits are gone.

Not a practical "how to do" answer but it might be a good time to 
mention that "how to correct" in general involves the question "how 
formal is your process"?

In the old days, pen and ink on paper,  erroneous transactions were 
never removed. They were offset (enter the reverse transaction) and then 
the correct transaction entered. In other words, preserving an audit 
trail that there was an error that was corrected << the description 
fields would explain/refer to the erroneous transaction >>

THIS PROCESS is still what is done by those of us required to maintain 
formal books. SOME accounting software will require it, not allow 
existing transactions to be deleted/altered. Might be required in some 
jurisdictions. There has been discussion in this forum that gnucash 
being unable to prevent deletion/alteration is a fault << that is, not 
offering this option -- in effect, open source software cannot provide 
this sort of security as those with programming ability could use an 
altered version of the program to defeat it >>

HOWEVER -- most of us using gnucash are not following the formal 
process. WE will simply delete/alter erroneous transactions.

Michael