[GNC] Account Total not matching Account Balance

[Jim DeLaHunt]

Hello, Rares:

On 2025-08-07 19:30, Rares Vernica wrote:
> ...The account Totals shows on the summary Accounts page shows totals that are
> different from the balances of the account. The balances of the
> accounts are correct. So, the Totals shown on the Accounts page are
> incorrect.
>
> For example, on the Accounts page I see account Foo with a Total of $15
> while if I open account Foo, the balance after the last transaction is $20.
> $20 is the correct value that I expect to see in Accounts Total. This
> happens for a number of accounts....

In my book file, GnuCash displays totals on the Accounts page which 
match the Balance value for the last transaction shown in the register 
of the corresponding Account.  In other words, I don't see the problem 
which you see.

One thing to confirm is whether or not you have future transactions. 
Near the bottom of every register is a blank transaction space. You 
enter new transactions in this space. For transactions dated after the 
current date, GnuCash can either display them before that blank space, 
or after. Try scrolling all the way to the bottom of the register, past 
the blank space, and see if there are future transactions.

You can tell GnuCash to display future transactions after the blank 
space in the register with a GnuCash Preferences Setting, in section 
Register, labelled Layout, with a checkbox labelled "Placement of future 
transactions".  The tooltip for this setting says,

> If checked, transactions with a date in the future will be displayed 
> at the bottom of the register after the blank transaction unless in 
> reverse sort order when they are displayed at the top before the blank 
> transaction. If clear, the blank transaction will be at the bottom of 
> the register after all transactions unless in reverse sort order when 
> it will be at the top.
Does that help?

      —Jim DeLaHunt