[GNC] WHY ARE THERE "IMBALANCE ENTRIES" AT ALL ?? JUST CURIOUS

[s310310 at gmail.com]

hi,
why not make it configurable (either nag or create a dummy account/entry)
as a settings option?

Shay

On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 5:30 PM <menace at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> David, thank you for taking the time to fill me in the thought process.
> Laura
>
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> Subject: Re: [GNC] WHY ARE THERE "IMBALANCE ENTRIES" AT ALL ?? JUST CURIOUS
> Date: Tuesday, June 01, 2021 9:23 AM
>
> Laura,
>
> Welcome to gnucash.
>
> The question about imbalance entries goes back a long ways in GnuCash, and
> you can find discussions about it in the lists over the years.
>
> Essentially, the debate boils down to this: is it better to allow a user
> to enter an imbalanced transaction and automatically create the balancing
> entry in a dummy account (Imbalance-XXX generically speaking), or should
> the program nag the user to balance the transaction every time? Gnucash
> choose the former many years ago, and has stuck with that model since.
>
> David
>
>
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