[GNC] GNUCash beginner setup

[David Carlson]

Maybe I should have mentioned that I do that accidentally all too often...😐

On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 5:59 PM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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