[GNC] empty transactions

[Marty Landman]

Out of curiosity, since I am neither an accountant nor a bookkeeper. Is 
there a valid reason that someone might want to enter such a transaction?

On 9/4/2026 10:05 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> There is an account -- the open register into which you've entered the
> transaction.
>
> There is no TRANSFER account, but that's not required because the
> transaction is balanced by the $0 amount.  If you had a value in there the
> scrubber would just insert it into your Imbalance account.
>
> So I repeat -- train yourself to not hit Enter until you're done entering
> your transaction.
>
> -derek
>
> On Fri, September 4, 2026 10:00 am, Marty Landman wrote:
>> How is the transaction considered valid when there is no account? IMHO
>> not choosing an account should cause the trx to fail validation.
>>
>> On 9/4/2026 9:36 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I wouldn't call it a feature, but I wouldn't call it a bug.  I would
>>> call
>>> it "GnuCash is doing exactly what you tell it to do".  Namely, once you
>>> edit ANY field in the new transaction it is considered "completed" --
>>> and
>>> if you hit Enter it will run through the "is this a balanced
>>> transaction"
>>> tester (NB: 0 == 0: Balanced) and get committed.
>>>
>>> So you're basically saying that you want to enter a transaction with a
>>> specific date, but without a description (this is allowed) and with
>>> $0.00
>>> amount (also allowed).
>>>
>>> Train yourself to not hit Enter prematurely.
>>>
>>> -derek
>>>
>>> On Fri, September 4, 2026 9:15 am, Marty Landman wrote:
>>>> Notice that GnuCash creates empty transactions having nothing in it but
>>>> the date when altering the date on a blank transaction and entering.
>>>>
>>>> I accidentally create these on a semi-steady basis and then have to
>>>> find
>>>> and remove them. Is this a feature for some reason? Can I remove this
>>>> ability through configuration somehow? Or get a warning before blank
>>>> trx's are created?
>>>>
>>>> Marty
>>>>
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