[GNC] Exporting Data

[Rogier F. van Vlissingen]

in the 3.8 version I had:

My Opening balances transaction on 1/1/20 was
                                                                  Debit
Credit
Assets: Current Assets Checking:            $A
Assets: Current Assets Advance/Loan:    $B
Equity: Opening Balances:                       $C
Equity: Retained Earnings:                       $D
Liabilities: Credit Card:                                           $E
Liabilities: Officer Loan 1:                                       $F
Liabilities: Officer Loan 2:                                       $G
Liabilities: Officer Loan 3:                                       $H
-----------------------------------------------

And it all balanced. That is just exactly how simple it is.

in 4.9 I have not been able to recreate anything similar. for when you edit
the accounts, you can enter the opening balance, but not for Retained
Earnings.





On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 4:54 PM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> There is nothing special about opening balances. They are just regular
> transactions that the fresh start wizard makes for you.
>
> You should be able to edit those transactions just like any other.
>
> But I don't understand what the problem is. Even the Retained Earnings
> account would have an 'opening balance' entry if you didn't start your
> books at zero. Thus the Opening Balance account would very likely
> include Retained Earnings. Why do you think it shouldn't?
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 12/30/21 6:01 AM, Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote:
>
> > However, now I end up with another problem to which I have yet to
> receive a
> > satisfactory solution. When setting up the opening balances, the retained
> > earnings is not allowing editing, so it ends up that the Opening Balance
> > account now holds the total of the actual opening balances plus an amount
> > that should be retained earnings. In 3.8 I was able to set this up
> properly
> > with one opening transaction, but in 4.9 I have not found the way. I
> posted
> > about it on the list, but so far no usable suggestions. Only another user
> > having the same problem.
> >
> > I used gnucash years ago without a problem for some small project, but at
> > this point , I feel like I am in a total Catch-22. I don't trust 3.8
> > anymore and so far 4.9 is letting me down.
> >
>
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