[GNC] Fwd: Problem in marking transaction as "Unvoid"

[David Carlson]

I believe you need to to first switch to two line view so that you can see
and delete the reason for voiding before you can actually unvoid a
transaction.



On Tue, Dec 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> Before getting too far in why or why not the 'unvoid' works, I'd ask:
>
> 1. Why do you have 100s of voided transactions? Voiding is not a
> 'normal' condition. This should be very rare.
>
> 2. Why then do you need to 'unvoid' them?
>
> 3. Why would you void, then unvoid, then delete?
>
> If you want to maintain a trail without editing or deleting, the proper
> action is to reverse a transaction. You can of course, always reverse a
> reversal if you mistakenly reversed it the first time.
>
> If you keep having to do these steps, I'd say, "slow down" when doing
> your entries in the first place.
>
> Finally, there is no rule you can't just edit a transaction. But I do
> understand why some folks prefer to make correcting transactions
> instead. (like the old pen & paper days)
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 12/9/25 6:02 PM, Ram Vilas Gupta wrote:
> > Most of the time I have to mark some transactions as Void. After marking
> > such transactions, if I wish to mark this transaction as Unvoid; it is
> not
> > being done for the reason best known to you. *As a sample attached
> > herewith a screenshot showing one Void transaction categorised in
> Imbalance
> > Category.*
> > *I wish to mark this transaction as Unvoid. Now the main problem is that
> I
> > am unable to mark it as Unvoid. Moreover I am unable to Delete these
> > transactions. I have hundreds of such transactions, which are not being
> > marked as "Unvoid". As an alternative, even I am unable to delete this
> > transaction. *
>
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David Carlson