[GNC] GNUCash beginner setup

[David Carlson]

Michael, in fact, you *Can* change the "home' account line.  You will know
that it worked when the transaction disappears from the register view.

I don't recommend that because you cannot see what you just did and there
is no warning that the transaction will disappear or chance to discard the
edit.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 5:45 PM Michael or Penny Novack <
stepbystepfarm at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 4/7/2020 4:30 PM, jess wrote:
> > The opening balance in the previous message refers to the current
> balance I
> > have on my bank account in real life.
> >
> > I was able to solve this too. It works for resolution if the imbalanced
> > transactions are assigned an account inside the checking account
> transaction
> > list. If you try to assign the account in the "Imbalanced" account, it
> does
> > not work.
> >
> > Why does this happen?
>
> I think I understand what is confusing you.
>
> You can enter transactions working from any of the accounts affected (if
> more than one, then it is a "split" transaction. You can specify/change
> (if editing the transaction) anything about the transaction EXCEPT the
> account you chose to work in. If you think about that for a second it
> may become obvious why that should be so.
>
> Which means ---- If you are trying to correct a transaction that has an
> account of "Imbalance" (an account was not specified; gnucash used the
> default account "Imbalance") you can't fix that from within the
> "Imbalance" account. Sure, you find these transactions that need fixing
> by seeing what transactions, if any, are in the "Imbalance" account.
> Then in each one see the other (or of a split, others) and go to that
> transaction there. NOW you can specify the correct account instead of
> "Imbalance".
>
> You were probably looking for/expecting a different process. What
> gnucash is doing is letting "Imbalance" be just like any other account,
> no special process.
>
> Michael D Novack
>
>
>
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David Carlson