[GNC] Transaction Reconcile behavior differences

[John Nickell]

Stephen,
  I frequently create multi-split transactions, but not in the same manner
you're describing.  I might buy some things at the grocery store and
attribute part of the charge to Expenses:Groceries and part of the
Expenses:Household.

While I think I can see your use case, if my entry on the "Funds In" side
is the exact opposite of the "Funds Out" side checking one side
should check the other.

If it helps any, I originally set up GnuCash following an 'envelope' system
where I would split my paycheck into the various budget areas giving me an
easy visual cue for if I still had 'money left' in that area. To simplify
paying the credit card bill and to remove that 'spent' money from the money
on hand I move those funds out of the envelope into a new envelope waiting
to pay the credit card bill at the end of the month. I had this working
pretty well and was fairly happy with it.

Below is a simple sample transaction, but I could frequently split the
single credit card charge up among 2 -4 expense categories, and 2 - 4 asset
envelopes.

I purchase $100 of groceries on my credit card at the local grocery store.
My typical transaction would be
Hopefully my attempt at a register entry below comes across

Liabilities: Credit card                 Total Payment  || Total Charge
>> Grocery Store
>>>> Expenses: Groceries                     100.00 ||
>>>> Assets:Checking:CCHolding         100.00 ||
>>>> Liabilities: Credit Card                               || 100.00
>>>> Assets:Checking: Food                             || 100.00

On reconciliation (with my Checking statement) This is a wash and doesn't
show up until I pay the credit card bill at end of the month.

On the Linux install, reconciling the left side "Assets:Checking:CCHolding"
entry would also "check for reconciliation the "Assets:Checking:Food"
entry.

Now to reconcile I have to find both sides of the transaction and check
each of them.  It makes reconciling quite a bit more tedious.

Thanks everyone for your consideration.

On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 11:46 AM Stephen M. Butler <
Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2/23/21 4:13 AM, John Nickell wrote:
> > I recently switched from GnuCash on Linux Mint to GnuCash on Windows. I
> > brought the same GnuCash data file over between computers.
> >
> > My checking account is setup in GnuCash as a parent account with multiple
> > sub accounts to the checking account.
> > When reconciling (including sub accounts) on Linux if I selected a
> > transaction that had multiple splits or was simply a transfer among sub
> > accounts, all of the transaction splits that were part of that same
> > transaction would also be marked as reconciled. (i.e. their box would be
> > checked and the reconcile balance would reflect a $0 change.)
> >
> > When reconciling on Windows I'm having to reconcile each split
> individually
> > and if the transaction is between two sub accounts within the checking
> > account I must reconcile both the debit and the credit action separately.
> >
> > Is this expected and desired on the Windows version of GnuCash, or is
> there
> > a setting I'm missing so that a reconciling "part" of a transaction
> > reconciles all of the transaction within the account?
> >
> > I'm not looking for a reconciliation in my checking account to reconcile
> > the transaction split in the savings account, but for transaction splits
> > that are within the same parent checking account being reconciled I'd
> like
> > to see similar behavior as I saw on the Linux version. Or at least
> > understand this is 'expected'.
> >
> > I've made pretty heavy use of these split transaction types and this
> > unexpected difference in transferring OS's has slowed down my
> > reconciliation process.
> >
> > If an example helps:
> > I us a single transaction to transfer a $1000 paycheck into three sub
> > accounts. $300 for Automobile, $500 for Savings, $200 for Food.  All are
> > still within the same parent checking account. In Linux checking the box
> to
> > reconcile the $200 food transaction would also check the Automobile,
> > Savings and $1000 split.
> I would consider that a bug on the Linux side.  I sometimes generate a
> multi-part transaction that has two parts on the checking side. Those
> two parts take different path and one general reconciles several days
> before the other.
>
> I, personally, would want to reconcile each split separately.
>
> >   In my experience with Windows all 4 transaction
> > splits must be "checked" individually.
> >
> > Checking
> >>> Food
> >>> Automobile
> >>> Savings
> > Thanks
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