[GNC] Copy/Paste Transaction Issue

[Jack Slater]

No idea I've never used.

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 12:42 PM David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Since Quicken isn't a formal double entry accounting package, the data
> structures don't complicate things. I'd be curious to know whether
> QuickBooks allows copy and paste to or from any account...
>
>
> On August 19, 2022 7:14:37 PM GMT+03:00, Jack Slater <
> theilliniguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Not that I'm in any way wanting to go back to Quicken but I'm
>> thinking that it was never an issue to Copy/Paste To/From any type of
>> account.
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 1:46 AM David T. via gnucash-user <
>> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Liz,
>>>
>>> I think the issue really boils down to "what exactly is getting copied
>>> and pasted?"
>>>
>>> I don't know the specifics, but as far as I understand it, a transaction
>>> in GnuCash looks unitary to the end user, but actually consists of a
>>> strange hybrid: a Transaction entry with (at least) two subsidiary splits.
>>> Each element has its own interconnected data that may or may not make sense
>>> when moved into another account. What happens when you change the context
>>> of a transaction will be unpredictable.
>>>
>>> David T.
>>>
>>> On August 19, 2022 6:42:15 AM GMT+03:00, Liz Dodd <edodd at billiau.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> >On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:12:29 -0500
>>> >Jack Slater <theilliniguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> When I tried to Copy a transaction from an account named Checking and
>>> >> Paste to the same account at a later date, the debit amount in the
>>> >> original Withdrawal column did not appear in the pasted transaction
>>> >> but the credit amount showed up in the Deposit column??
>>> >>
>>> >> I have screen captures of both if needed.
>>> >>
>>> >> I've copy/pasted transactions before and never noticed the problem.
>>> >>
>>> >> Jack in Illinois
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >I have seen this happen when trying to move a transaction to another
>>> >account, for example when I entered the transaction in the cash ledger
>>> >and had really paid by card. When pasted into the card account, I would
>>> >find a deposit instead of a withdrawal.
>>> >I haven't ever taken the time to report and discuss the problem, but
>>> >learned that jumping to the Expense account involved and moving the
>>> >transaction from there was more reliable.
>>> >I have vague memories that it wasn't always like this, but I've been on
>>> >Gnucash since about V1.6 and I didn't pay attention to when this
>>> >started.
>>> >I haven't even tried it more recently to see if I can still reproduce
>>> >the problem.
>>> >
>>> >Summary: I also think copy and paste of a transaction has problems.
>>> >
>>> >Liz
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