[GNC] New user error

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 2/7/2024 4:59 PM, R Losey wrote:
> 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.

Gnucash is "virtual journal". Those of us who learned in the old paper 
and pen on paper days will remember we FIRST entered transactions in the 
journal, then posted them to the ledger accounts. IF you select "journal 
view" you can enter transactions that way, and when the entry is 
complete, automatic posting. BUT except for one transaction at a time, 
you can't see the journal directly while in interactive mode.

There IS however a report which will show you the journal (the date 
ordered transactions) if for some reason you wanted to look at that.

This is not the time or place to discuss that some reports have 
misleading names (in gnucash)


Michael D Novack