[GNC] Confusing and inconsistent headers in transaction entry and report forms

[Peter S. Shenkin]

That is useful information! Thank  you. I found Increase and Decrease
perfectly understandable until it didn't work. 😊

-P.

On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 7:28 PM Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com> wrote:

> Under "Edit/Preferences/Accounts/Labels" if you check the box you will get
> standard accounting labels with Debits and Credits.  This may be less
> confusing to you than Increase and Decrease.
>
> Thank You,
>
> *Gyle McCollam*
>
> Gyle McCollam
>
> gmccollam at live.com <gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email
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> *From:* gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org>
> on behalf of Peter S. Shenkin <shenkin at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 1, 2022 5:13 PM
> *To:* gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org <gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org>
> *Subject:* [GNC] Confusing and inconsistent headers in transaction entry
> and report forms
>
> Hi, I'm using Gnucash 4.11 on MacOS 11.6.8.
>
> There are two images attached, labeled Transaction entry and Transaction
> report. They are two different views of the same transaction, to a non
> profit that I am doing the books for.
>
> The transaction involves a deposit to our checking account from Wepay. It's
> a donation, which we account for under Revenue:Donations, which increases
> with a Credit, and the bank account will increase with a Debit, so this
> should be properly balanced.
>
> However, from the Transaction-entry screen shot, where the column labels
> are Increase and Decrease, I have to enter the Donation as a Decrease in
> order to make the Donation record increase. This is bizarre, is it not?
>
> You can see in the same image that the checking balance goes up. so it
> seems to be properly recorded as a debit; in addition, though not shown,
> the sum of Donations does goes up, which seems contrary to having to enter
> it as a Decrease.
>
> Now look at the second screenshot, the Transaction-report view for this
> transaction. What is especially strange here is that the labels of the
> Debit and Credit columns are exactly reversed. It says that the Checking
> side of the transaction is a Credit and the Donation side is a Debit, which
> is exactly backwards.
>
> Any insight, including any aspect due to my own foolishness and/or
> inexperience, would be appreciated.
>
> -P.
>