Maybe I should have mentioned that I do that accidentally all too often...😐
On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 5:59 PM David Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael, in fact, you *Can* change the "home' account line. You will know > that it worked when the transaction disappears from the register view. > > I don't recommend that because you cannot see what you just did and there > is no warning that the transaction will disappear or chance to discard the > edit. > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 5:45 PM Michael or Penny Novack < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 4/7/2020 4:30 PM, jess wrote: >> > The opening balance in the previous message refers to the current >> balance I >> > have on my bank account in real life. >> > >> > I was able to solve this too. It works for resolution if the imbalanced >> > transactions are assigned an account inside the checking account >> transaction >> > list. If you try to assign the account in the "Imbalanced" account, it >> does >> > not work. >> > >> > Why does this happen? >> >> I think I understand what is confusing you. >> >> You can enter transactions working from any of the accounts affected (if >> more than one, then it is a "split" transaction. You can specify/change >> (if editing the transaction) anything about the transaction EXCEPT the >> account you chose to work in. If you think about that for a second it >> may become obvious why that should be so. >> >> Which means ---- If you are trying to correct a transaction that has an >> account of "Imbalance" (an account was not specified; gnucash used the >> default account "Imbalance") you can't fix that from within the >> "Imbalance" account. Sure, you find these transactions that need fixing >> by seeing what transactions, if any, are in the "Imbalance" account. >> Then in each one see the other (or of a split, others) and go to that >> transaction there. NOW you can specify the correct account instead of >> "Imbalance". >> >> You were probably looking for/expecting a different process. What >> gnucash is doing is letting "Imbalance" be just like any other account, >> no special process. >> >> Michael D Novack >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > > > -- > David Carlson > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
