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

[W. Neal Lewis]

Hello Sunfish,

Yes. That is what happened.

That is a good insight that you provided.

Thank you!

Neal

On 3/11/24 12:46 PM, sunfish62 at yahoo.com wrote:
> I'll note that because GnuCash keeps a running really of the amount 
> needed to balance the transaction, users adding a new line to that 
> transaction can get confusing results.
>
> For example, a user adds a new transaction for a grocery store and 
> places a left column entry for $35 assigned to Expenses:Groceries. 
> They tab off the line, intending to add another split for $15 for 
> Expenses:Household and tab to the left column and enter $15. However, 
> in the right column, GnuCash has already supplied the balancing $35 
> for the first split. As user tabs of the line, GnuCash takes $15 and 
> combines it with the $35, resulting in a right column entry for $20, 
> rather than a left column entry in the intended amount.
>
> David T.
> On Mar 11, 2024, at 6:25 PM, "W. Neal Lewis" <wnlewis at southwind.net> 
> wrote:
>
>     David,
>
>     No, I found out very quickly that return causes that sort of result.
>
>     Best regards,
>     Neal
>
>     On 3/9/24 10:32 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>
>         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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