[GNC] New user error

[R Losey]

I was intrigued by the Transaction Journal mentioned, but I don't have a
Transaction Journal in my View menu...

after additional digging, I discovered it doesn't show up on the Accounts
page; one must be in one of the accounts to see it.



On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 10:14 AM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> In both situations where you provided screenshots (Equity & Expenses)
> you have recorded equal and offsetting transactions, which balance to
> ZERO, which is why you see $0.00 on the Accounts tab. (note the
> respective account balance columns - that is what is reported on the
> Accounts tab)
>
> While you are learning GnuCash, here is my recommendation:
>
> Go to the View menu and select Transaction Journal. This will show all
> splits for all transactions at all times. This view is more like using
> Pen & Paper Journals.
>
> I suspect you are trying to 'balance' your transactions with separate
> entries, without realizing, GnuCash is helping you do so. My suggestion
> should be sufficient to illustrate this. You can also use View >
> Auto-Split which will only show the splits when you have a transaction
> in 'focus' with the mouse/keyboard.
>
> There is no need for anyone to mess with Zoom to help you with this.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 2/7/24 8:43 AM, accounting Billing wrote:
> > I did read the manual and understand the double entry. But how come the
> > software is not recording and showing any transactions?
>
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