Hi All, JRalls authored a patch not too long ago that was around trading accounts and not finding the correct trading account when it wasn't at the top level, so it created a second one. It will be included in 4.6. This scenario sounds pretty similiar and I wonder if this is related. Bug: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798093Change Request: https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/996
Matt On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 07:22:20 AM CDT, D. via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: And, having downgraded to 4.4, I can confirm that this new behavior began with 4.5. -------- Original Message -------- From: "D. via gnucash-user" <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Sent: Tue Jun 01 08:12:27 EDT 2021 To: David G Hamblen <dhamb...@afrinc.com> Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: [GNC] New Imbalance-XXX Behavior Well, that's how it worked before. -------- Original Message -------- From: David G Hamblen <dhamb...@afrinc.com> Sent: Tue Jun 01 07:08:28 EDT 2021 To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] New Imbalance-XXX Behavior Since Gnucash uses guid's, perhaps let it create the imbalance account in the root account, then rename/move it to a location of your choosing. That way it maybe gets added to the list of valid imbalance accounts? On 5/31/21 11:23 PM, DaveC49 wrote: > David, > > I'm not sure why the behaviour has changed, but from a programming > prospective, it is much simpler to create the imbalance accounts at the top > level. There is no need to search for a location which may be different in > every user's CoA. One reason perhaps for keeping it at the top level is that > it sticks out and alerts the user they have made an error in a transaction, > which is perhaps a benefit for new users, although annoying for those who > have an established workflow which takes care of detecting errors anyway > > If an older version of GnuCash was able to create new imbalance accounts in > a lower level position in the account heirarchy, then it had to be recording > that location in the heirarchy that the Imbalance account had been shifted > to after its initial creation at the top level in some manner. > > It should not be too hard to have a preference setting for the Imbalance > account location and if a user shifts an Imbalance account from the default > location, set that preference location to the location in the CoA the > account is moved to and use that for subsequent creation of Imbalance > account entries. I can imagine that some users could want to have Imbalance > accounts for different currencies in different locations which would require > a preference location for each currency in use. > > Just requires someone to program/reprogram it. > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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. > . -- dhamb...@afrinc.com home phone (207) 633-4342 Cell Phone (207) 350-0440 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
