On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > On Wed, 31 May 2000, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > > I now see the following possibility:
> > >
> > > One transaction, that
> > > debits the chequing account by $200, memo groceries
> > > debits the chequing account $10, memo cash
> > > debits the chequing account $90, memo allowances
> > > credits the allowance account $90,
> > > credits the cash account $210
> > >
> > > This way the Quicken splits become gnucash splits in the same accounts.
> > > And Quicken splits that are associated with a category end up
> > > associated with the appropriate account.
> >
> > I'm not sure that I follow your logic here. Look at it from another view:
> >
> > Credit Allowance $ 90
> > Debit Chequing $300
> > Credit Cash $200 groceries
> > Credit Cash $ 10 cash
>
> except that you lose the memo "allowances".
Sorry, that is just a "typo" error. That memo should be attached to the first
line.
>
> > This seems to me to be closer to the transaction items that you would
> > actually realize.
>
> I'd be just as happy with your version as mine.
> It's just that I don't clearly see how your version generalises to
> situations where both ends of the transaction have been split in Quicken.
I had to "jump through hoops" to create such transactions in Quicken.
And the QIF form of them is virtually unrecognizable.
However, I acknowledge that we need to have transactions in gnucash that have
multiple JEs for the same account.
This was discussed on this list a few weeks ago.
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