[GNC] Another try at "How to record payments for several items paid with a single transaction?"

[Chris Green]

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 11:06:26AM +0100, Maf. King wrote:
> On Monday, 24 July 2023 10:38:35 BST Chris Green wrote:
> > Maybe I should put this a different way, the answers so far don't seem
> > to quite address my question, probably because I'm not describing what
> > I'm trying to do.
> > 
> > So, very simply, say I am buying sweets in a shop and I select:-
> > 
> >     One bar of chocolate        0.99
> >     Two bags of pear drops      1.50
> >     Chewing gum                 1.00
> > 
> > Then I pay the shopkeeper       3.49
> > 
> > 
> > I want to record this in GnuCash in a way that shows that it is a
> > single transaction debiting 'cash in my pocket' and crediting
> > 'shopkeeper' but I want to detail the items making up the transaction.
> > 
> > How do I do this?
> 
> Erm... 4 splits?  3 to Expenses:Sweets and one to CashInPocket.   then for the 
> register, ensure View as... something not auto-expanding splits.
> 
> Will truthfully say that I have not followed the thread so far.
> 
I've yet to work out how to actually enter a split transaction in a
sane way.  I just spent several minutes trying to enter a split
transaction for something like the above and failed miserably.

Can someone run me through how to do this, i.e. enter something like
the above where there are three items making up a single transaction
from 'cashInPocket' to 'shopkeeper'.

-- 
Chris Green