[GNC] I'm getting started in Gnucash and want to list each item that I buy from one merchant

[Adrien Monteleone]

I'm not certain what you are describing, but I'll hazard a guess that 
you are seeing GnuCash auto-balance the transaction. That is normal. 
Every transaction has to be balanced. (Debits *must* equal Credits)

You are free to enter the transaction however you like, as long as that 
holds true. If your self-entered amounts do not result in equal Debits & 
Credits, GnuCash will create a split initially not assigned to any 
account, but when you commit the transaction and that split remains, it 
will be assigned to the account labeled: 'Imbalance-XXX' (where XXX is a 
currency code) for the difference.

Please read the GnuCash Help Manual and the Tutorial & Concepts Guide 
available in the Help Menu, or online, as you are learning the software. 
Then if you get stuck, come back and ask for help here.

Regards,
Adrien

On 3/9/24 8:18 PM, W. Neal Lewis wrote:
> When I do the View > Transaction and put in individual numbers for each item in the Withdrawal column, it starts to mess with my figures. It puts in a number at the very top. It adds deposits to other entries. What I end up with is a mish-mash of costs that the program seems to think that I need for some mythical number it has come up with.
> 
> That's exactly what happened previously. I don't want it adding numbers, or changing numbers. I just want to put in the correct values for each line, including tax, hit return and have the final value show up on the first line of the transaction.
> 
> I obviously don't know what I am doing.
> 
> Help!
> Neal