[GNC] Split Transaction in One Account results in Multiple Transactions in the Other Account

[Tom Route-36]

Hi all,

I'm still new and learning my way around GnuCash; but I'm noticing an 
annoying behavior.  When I record a transaction I put a LOT of detail 
into the recording of that transaction.  For example, let's say I bought 
a large quantity of groceries at a particular grocery store and charged 
it to a credit card.  For the example here, let's say it was 17 grocery 
items on a single credit card transaction, and the total charge came to 
$136.00.

When I record this $136.00 transaction in GnuCash, the credit card 
account will have a single transaction consisting of 17 splits, where 
each split documents the description (in each Memo field) and the cost 
of each of those 17 items.  And all 17 split items get recorded into my 
Expenses:Groceries account.

In the credit card account all looks normal the way I expect it to be. 
It's a single transaction with 17 SPLITS, each split going to the 
Expenses:Groceries account.  But when I jump to the Expenses:Groceries 
account, there I see 17 SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTIONS -- all with the 
same date, and all with the identical set of 17 splits.  The only thing 
different among these 17 separate transactions is that the Expense 
column amount of each transaction shows the amount of each individual 
split line entry.  That is not at all what I expect.

What I would expect to see in the Expenses:Groceries account is also a 
SINGLE transaction, just like I entered in the credit card account.  And 
I would expect that that single transaction would have 17 splits in it 
documenting each of the 17 grocery items and amounts the same as it 
appears in my credit card account.  Why is that not happening?  And is 
there some setting or option in GnuCash to change that behavior?

Tom