[GNC] multiple sub-entries

[Paul Kroitor]

Actually you may find "Auto-split Ledger" to be even more intuitive than 
either of the options you mention.

It keeps the ledger concise in most cases, but selecting any particular 
line shows you the splits for that ledger entry.

Paul

On 2025-08-07 1:41 p.m., jeffjennwa via gnucash-user wrote:
> Jim & Stephen,
>
> TANX! for the assist!  Your advice & suggestions helped me work my way thru the entry.
>
> Jim,
>       As a retired IT Tech, I should have remembered to also specify the O/S and application version!  Doh!  I am running Debian 12 with the currently available version of GnuCash from their repositories, which is 4.13.  It's my understanding that they're planning to upgrade to GnuCash 5.10 with the release of Debian 13.
>       Depending on how long the wait is for Debian 13, I may try to update GnuCash myself sooner.
>
> Stephen,
>       Your suggestion about switching between 'basic' and 'transaction journal' really helped me see exactly what was going on.  I'll have to remember to switch between those two views whenever I'm entering a split transaction.  I find the view of the register confusing in 4.13 when looking at single line entries.
>
> Again, TANX!
>
> Jeff Jennings
>
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>
> On Wednesday, August 6th, 2025 at 12:22 PM, Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>> On 8/6/25 11:18, jeffjennwa via gnucash-user wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Query I want to ask is:
>>>
>>> I go shopping at a single store
>>>
>>> I buy groceries, beer, kitchen utensils, automotive oil
>>> I want a single entry with the overall total in my checkbook account as this is how it will show up in the bank’s statement
>>
>> I presume you have a checking account in your Asset section. I would
>> recommend that you set the EDIT, PREFERENCES, REGISTER DEFAULT to
>> TRANSACTION JOURNAL. That way you see all the splits for each
>> transaction. In my mind it makes it easier to make the multi-split entries.
>>
>> So, start in the register for your checking account to put the total
>> amount that was written on your check.
>>
>>> I want to also record the individual types of purchase for my tracking purposes under the above single entry, e.g.:
>>>
>>> Store name & total bill
>>>
>>> groceries & groceries amount
>>
>> Then hit the tab to get to the next split. It will put the full amount
>> on that line. You will have to select your EXPENSE, GROCERIES account
>> and adjust the amount to the grocery figure. Hit the tab to get to the
>> next split.
>>
>>> beer & beer amount
>> Tab over to the account field and select EXPENSE, BEER and overwrite the
>> amount field with the beer amount (it will have the total amount minus
>> the grocery amount)
>>
>>> kitchen utensil & kitchen utensil amount
>>> oil & oil amount
>> Keep tabbing to get a new split and repeat the action. At each new line
>> the amount will get smaller. The last one should have the amount for
>> the last line (which might be Sales Tax).
>>
>>> How can I enter this?
>>>
>>> I have looked, and played, with 'split transactions' but made zero progress in establishing how to enter the data in this fashion.
>> That's why I like the Transaction Journal view and I have it set by
>> default. Makes it so easy to see all the existing splits and step to
>> the next split as needed.
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