[GNC] Strange Imbalance transactions

[Kalpesh Patel]

Those accounts are auto-magically created, as someone has already mentioned. Even after you delete it(them), it(they) will get re-created next time when there is a need. You possibly can see as many as number of different currencies used in the book. They are the place-holder accounts for each currency when something is ambiguous and GNUCash need to park it somewhere -- remember that GNUCash is double entry system so you need a contra account for each transaction. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Tydeman <tydeman.fred at gmail.com> 
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2025 9:53 AM
To: Brad Morrison <bradmorrison at sonic.net>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Strange Imbalance transactions

On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM Brad Morrison <bradmorrison at sonic.net>
wrote:

> What operating system are you using?
>
> What version of GNUCash are you using?
> https://gnucash.org/download.phtml shows that the current version is
> 5.10
>

I forgot to add those details:  Fedora Linux 41, Gnucash 5.10


> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Importing.2FExporting_Data has some 
> info on importing data, as you mentioned a regular QIF import
>
> Regarding the stock purchase with 2 start & end transactions, 1 being 
> balanced and the other being imbalanced - are both entries for the 
> same transaction? Possibly meaning an importing error?
>

My guess (based upon looking at the log file) is both are for the same transaction.


> Also, why is the account titled "Imbalance-USD" - ?
>

In the past, I have seen
  Imbalance-COP
  Imbalance-GBP
  Imbalance-USD
I have transactions in multiple currencies.