[GNC] New user error

[Patrick James]

Two questions:

1. What is "interactive mode," how does it differ from other modes, and where do I find the different modes?

> 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.

2. While I understand reports have many options, and this discussion could quickly extend beyond the register view, if we (reasonably) keep it to the register, what's the difference between "Sort by" and select "Date of entry" versus the report?



> On 02/07/2024 2:26 PM PST Michael or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>  
> 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
> 
> 
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