[GNC] Example of multi-split feature of CSV importer?

[Adrien Monteleone]

And to carry that on, I’ve worked with some POS (Point of Sale) systems in restaurants that referenced each portion of a split check as a ’split’ (noun) and not just as a verb. (the act of dividing it)

So there is some industry usage of each resulting portion being ‘a split’. (and probably why it never confused me as I was already familiar with that usage)

Of course, that too may have been an incorrect usage, and perhaps there is something more descriptive in formal accounting.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Mar 18, 2019, at 1:23 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> At Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:54:30 +0100 Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Hendry,
>> 
>> The term split has been in use in GnuCash long before I joined the project. As 
>> I'm not an accountant, I don't know which would be the proper formal 
>> accounting term to use in this context. And additionally it may be very hard 
>> to change the use of this term throughout the project (though if there really 
>> is a more correct term it may be worth gradually promoting it).
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Geert
>> 
>> Op maandag 18 maart 2019 18:19:00 CET schreef Michael Hendry:
>>>> On 18 Mar 2019, at 16:36, Patrick <plafratt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> That makes sense. Thank you for the very helpful response and the example.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Patrick
>>> 
>>> Am I alone in finding the use of the word “split” in this context to be
>>> confusing?
>>> 
>>> In ordinary everyday English, splitting an object involves its being
>>> separated into two or more fragments.
>>> 
>>> When I split a log in two with an axe, the result is ONE split (the plane in
>>> which the log separates) and TWO smaller logs. If I keep on going, the
>>> outcome of N splits is (N - 1) smaller logs.
> 
> When you split a log, you end up two (or more) log sections (generally like
> pie slices). One can say "one split that log". In the case of GnuCash, one
> split the overall transation across two (or more) accounts. It is also common
> English usage to "split the tab" when a group of friends goes out for dinner,
> etc. This comes very close to what is happening in GnuCash.
> 
>>> 
>>> In the context of double-entry bookkeeping, each transaction involves two
>>> entries - one (for example) recording the issue of a cheque from a bank
>>> account, and the other logging the same transaction through the appropriate
>>> expense account.
>>> 
>>> When several expense accounts are involved in the same payment (e.g. if you
>>> buy petrol, milk and a bunch of flowers at a service station) there are
>>> actually three double entries. It’s convenient to record the cheque issued
>>> to cover all three expenses as one entry, and to allocate an entry for each
>>> of the separate expenses to put together as one (quadruple)-entry
>>> transaction.
>>> 
>>> So what you get when you split a Gnucash transaction is two or more
>>> _entries_ relating to the same financial transaction.
>>> 
>>> No?
>>> 
>>> Michael