[GNC] Ghost Equity Accounts

[D.]

Frank, 

We should keep this on the list. 

I've read through this bug, and a related bug mentioned in the comments there, and I admit I do not understand the various points of the discussions there. 

If my experience can be explained by these changes, though, I'd like to point out that in my use case, I am neither attempting to use the New Account Hierarchy nor creating a new file. I am simply creating a new account in my existing CoA. I am adding a comment to that bug to have my problem considered in relation to it. 

David T. 


-------- Original Message --------
From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com>
Sent: Thu Apr 08 02:05:32 EDT 2021
To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Ghost Equity Accounts

Hi David,

I suspect, it could be related to
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798070 and its ancestor.

Regards
Frank

Am 08.04.21 um 03:28 schrieb David T. via gnucash-user:
> Hello,
> 
> I thought I saw something about this not too long ago, but cannot put my
> finger on the thread.
> 
> I am using GC4.4 on Windows 10, and have been using GnuCash since 2005.
> 
> Basically, I recently purchased shares of a new stock, and I followed my
> usual procedure in GnuCash: I created a new asset account of type Stock
> for the new equity under my brokerage account (Assets:Brokerage:XXX
> Stock). While creating the account, I used the new commodity option to
> create the entry in the security database. Having done this, I then
> opened the register and entered the buy transaction in the usual way.
> 
> All good to this point.
> 
> However, now I find a new account in the Equity hierarchy for the new
> commodity: Equity: Opening Balances - XXX
> 
> This account is empty, so I can just delete it, BUT...
> 
> Why is this account getting created? I didn't set up an existing
> holding, which might ostensibly have required an opening balances
> transaction (but which I would not have done in this way anyhow). And I
> didn't explicitly ask for a new equity account to be created.
> 
> Will I get Equity accounts created when I add other kinds of accounts?
> I'll note that I also have a new Equity account for a mutual fund
> account I added at the same time. But, what about Bank accounts?
> Liabilities? And if not, why not?
> 
> And why am I only seeing this NOW? As I've said, I've used GnuCash for a
> long long time, and none of the OTHER equities I've created over the
> years (and there have been a LOT!) have generated these spurious Equity
> accounts. So, why now?
> 
> Finally, Is there some way to NOT have GnuCash create these accounts
> every time I create a new Stock or Mutual Fund Account?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> David T.
> 
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