[GNC] Help - entering opening balances

[Stan Brown]

On 2020-09-08 05:52, Chris Green wrote:
> ... I can't work out how to enter
> opening balances for the two accounts we have - a current account and
> a savings account (which is basically the building fund). ...
> 
> So, ignoring the help system, how do I enter an Opening Balance?
> There's a section in accounts under 'Equity' for opening balances and

You can enter an opening balance in the dialog when you create a new
account.

If the account is already created, you can give it an opening balance by
creating a transaction.

Debit:Assets:Bank Account
Credit:Equity

> I tried creating two accounts under that and entering balances but the
> result made no sense at all to me.  Having entered an opening balance
> I'd expect the balance sheet to show me that amount but GnuCash just
> did a decrease and a balancing increase in the Equity account which
> doesn't really make much sense.

I don't understand. What transactions, exactly, were created by you and
by GC?

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