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

[David Carlson]

Neal,

By chance are you using the enter key during your editing?

That triggers the full transactiion calculatkions.  Use arrow keys, ta b
key or mouse buttons until you are ready to see the transaction calculation.

I think calculztions within individual amount fields happen as soon as you
move out of that field unless you are creating a scheduled transaaction.

On Sat, Mar 9, 2024, 8:36 PM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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