[GNC] Orphan-<currency> and Imbalance-<currency> splits created on stock transaction when closing & reopening GnuCash data file

[Chris Grinton]

Thanks for the thoughts. I have been entering everything manually - I'm not
using Scrub Accounts. However I've just tried using the scrub accounts, but
the problem still persists.

Chris

On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 at 23:39, Murugan Muruganandam <
m.muruganandam at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Chris
>
> on the realised loss transaction, are you using the action->view
> lots->scrub accounts feature or inserting it manually?.
>
> please try using the scrub accounts and then update the orphan account to
> the correct income / expenses account
>
>
> Saludos Cordiales
>
>
> Murugan
> ------------------------------
> *From:* gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+m.muruganandam=
> hotmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Chris Grinton <cgrinton at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 5, 2022 9:08 AM
> *To:* Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> *Subject:* [GNC] Orphan-<currency> and Imbalance-<currency> splits
> created on stock transaction when closing & reopening GnuCash data file
>
> Hi GnuCashers,
>
> I have a strange situation where a transaction is automagically (and
> unexpectedly) getting splits added to it against the "Orphan-<currency>"
> and "Imbalance-<currency>" accounts when my GnuCash data file is closed and
> reopened. I can't work out why these splits are getting added, and would
> love any insights that people might have on how to stop it from happening.
>
> The unexpected behavior here appears to be somehow related to having
> trading accounts enabled, and a consequence of changing the namespace of a
> security.
>
> Here are steps I do to reproduce this problem:
>
> 1. Create a transaction as follows:
>         Expenses:Realised capital losses     DR 5000
>         Assets:Stock account                                         CR
> 5000 (with shares & price = 0)
>
> This appears in GnuCash as per the following screenshot:
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> No change occurs to this transaction as long as I keep the GnuCash file
> open.
>
> 2. Edit the UNLISTED:ACME security, and change its namespace. For example,
> change the namespace from "UNLISTED" to "UNLISTED2".
>
> 3. Open a different GnuCash file (or close GnuCash), and then open the
> original file again. The act of opening the file appears to cause the
> transaction to be updated with additional splits to read as follows:
>
>         Expenses:Realised capital losses     DR 5000
> *        Orphan-AUD                                      DR 5000*
>         Assets:Stock account                                         CR
> 5000 (with shares & price = 0)
> *        Imbalance-AUD                                                  CR
> 5000*
>
> Here's a screenshot showing this:
> [image: image.png]
>
> 4. If I delete the Orphan & Imbalance splits, they continue to reappear
> every time I reopen the GnuCash file.
>
> I have not seen this behavior occurring for securities that have not had a
> namespace change, but is reliably reproducible for securities that have had
> a namespace change.
>
> I'm using GnuCash 4.8 on Windows with a SQLite data file.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>