[GNC] Paying invoices from the edit invoice screen

[Adrien Monteleone]

I'm guessing you mean the Transfer Account pane in the bottom right of 
the Payment dialog.

I seem to recall that it defaults to no selection, then to whatever was 
last used, per customer or vendor. As to why it ever was used for 
Liabilities in your case, I have no idea. But intentionally changing it 
for one payment then processing another payment, for that same 
customer/vendor, *should* then default to whatever you used last.

Or are you saying it keeps going back to Liabilities no matter what? I'd 
say that behavior is certainly a bug. But the easy solution is to just 
make sure to select the desired account, Checking in your case, each time.

Regards,
Adrien

On 10/29/22 9:28 PM, Liz wrote:
> Background
> Debian 11
> Gnucash 4.11
> 
> Workflow
> I use the business features to note income which is invoiced through
> another program. I copy invoice numbers and amounts into a Gnucash
> invoice so I keep track of my income through Gnucash. This money comes
> frequently (which is a ‘good thing’) and sometimes I get behind in my
> invoicing. Then I can be doing the invoice when I already have the
> money in the bank account, and can choose to “pay invoice” from the
> dropdown menu for post or unpost the invoice.
> 
> Problem
> I had noticed money not arriving in Gnucash’ data for the bank account
> when I pay the invoice from that dropdown menu. The customer report
> showed the money had been paid, but the bank account didn’t show the
> deposit. Friday night I spent some time posting, unposting, paying and
> unpaying the same invoices until I opened the relevant split in
> ‘Accounts Receivable’ and found that the money had gone to the
> Liabilities top level account. This account has no entries but I have
> not marked ‘placeholder’.
> 
> Question
> Why is the money in Liabilities?
> The ‘Process Payments’ child window is defaulting to ‘Liabilities’ when
> I have never used this. It used to default to ‘Assets > Bank Account’,
> where the money has been deposited. How can I stop this occurring?