[GNC] 2 questions

[Adrien Monteleone]

I recall that file fiasco. I'm glad you finally got it sorted!

Any time you are starting over completely, you will not get auto-fill 
suggestions until you have transactions that match in the register already.

Note, this is true between accounts even without starting over.

If you use one Description in say, Checking, and then switch to a 
Savings account and try to use the same description, unless it was used 
already in the Savings register it will not be suggested by auto-fill.

This is a per-register (account) suggestion only. It only reads and 
suggests text *in that register*.

If the balance 'got messed up' the best (and more proper 'accounting') 
solution is to find the error and fix it, or else, enter a correcting 
entry with good notes in it to explain its existence, and then later 
when you find the error - delete the correcting transaction after you 
fix the errors. Starting fresh just for a balance error is the path to 
madness eventually. (will you do this each and every time you notice the 
balance is off?!)

I use the Imbalance account to post correcting entries. That way, I can 
find them easily for later research and deletion by simply viewing the 
Imbalance account register.

Regards,
Adrien

On 1/10/24 5:41 AM, Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote:
> OK, thanks.
> 
> You may remember (with a wince?) a long series of messages a while back 
> that I had 'cos I had more than one location for the G files. It was 
> sorted, by a kind person.
> 
> However, somewhere along the line the balance got screwed up, so I 
> created a subfile with the 2024 addition and the balance from the bank a/c.
> 
> Maybe not be the best or officially approved solution, but it works, 
> except for the lack of a popup, /boo hoo/. No possibility of a cut and 
> paste of the 'other transactions'  do all the other 'new year' methods 
> suffer from the same irritant?? If not, the year is still young, I may 
> relent.