thanks a million. <http://rogierfentenervanvlissingen.me?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=gmail_api&utm_content=thumb> Rogier Fentener van Vlissingen <http://rogierfentenervanvlissingen.me>
<http://rogierfentenervanvlissingen.me?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=gmail_api&utm_content=thumb> On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 7:50 PM <davidcousen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Rogier > > The GunCash Help manual > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/trans-edit.html discusses > this > very briefly " press the Split button on the Toolbar or select Actions → > Split > Transaction". The entry of multisplit transactions is discussed in detail > in > the help manual at > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/trans-multi-enter.html. > > There is also some discussion in the Guide > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/chapter_txns.html. > > > Once the splits of the transaction are displayed you can use the mouse or > tab > key to get to the item you wish to change. The tab key ( nd not the Enter > key) > can take you past the last split line in a transaction to add an > additional line > where necessary. The accounts fields will give you drop down lists to > select > from. GnuCash forces a transaction to be balanced, i.e. the sums of credit > and > debit entries (or deposit and withdrawal if using nonaccounting > terminology) > must be equal and GnuCash will arbitrarily introduce an entry to an > imbalance > account to force this when editing or entering multisplit transactions. > > The trick is to adjust the debits and credits to the other desired > transaction > splits so that any entry to an imbalance account split becomes zero before > pressing enter to close the transaction. This can be a challenge until you > get > the hang of it. > > David Cousens > > > > On Tue, 2021-09-28 at 19:04 -0400, Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote: > > thanks, > > > > I agree with you, in this case though it is about the one time setup of > the > > opening balances, and I made a typo, but I was not able to figure out how > > to edit the transaction. But I think maybe I have it now, I think it is > you > > go in to the GL Journal and then you can edit the line items. The whole > > point is that if you keep that setup in ONE transaction, you can make > sure > > that it balances. Having said that, I am not clear how to add another > line > > item to an existing transaction. > > > > For anything after that, I would agree with your observation that it is > not > > kosher to edit a transaction, you always make a correcting entry. I think > > what I have here is a special case, just setting up the opening > balances. I > > was moving from QB to Gnucash. > > > > > > < > > > http://rogierfentenervanvlissingen.me?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=gmail_api&utm_content=thumb > > > > > Rogier Fentener van Vlissingen <http://rogierfentenervanvlissingen.me> > > > > < > > > http://rogierfentenervanvlissingen.me?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=gmail_api&utm_content=thumb > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 6:23 PM Michael or Penny Novack < > > stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > On 9/28/2021 1:16 PM, Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote: > > > > Thanks to everyone for helping out. > > > > > > > > What worked for me in the end was > > > > > > > > 1. to set up the COA first, without attempting any opening > balances, > > > and > > > > then > > > > 2. to create a single transaction to set up the opening balances > on > > > > 1/1/2020. > > > > > > > > As it was, I had an ending trial balance on 12/31/2020, but there > were a > > > > few mistakes floating around, so in my setup, I made those > corrections, > > > and > > > > settled it against retained earnings, by making that the final line > item > > > in > > > > my opening transaction. > > > > > > > > > > > > - One thing I was not able to figure out. If I do set up this > way, > > > and I > > > > made a mistake in my initial g/l transaction is there a way to > edit > > > that > > > > transaction, or am I doomed to simply start over and do it the > right > > > way? > > > > - And since I made a false starts, I now have a couple of sets of > > > books > > > > that I want to get rid of, but I wasn't sure how to do it, other > > > than just > > > > deleting the file in the file system. > > > > > > a) Correcting the books --- this depends on how formal you are. Gnucash > > > will allow you to edit exiting transactions. That is the informal way, > > > maybe OK for personal books unlikely to be audited. The technically > > > correct way in formal bookkeeping is to enter a correction transaction > > > offsetting the error, with description referring to the original being > > > corrected. That's what I do, but then most of my books are > > > organizational, not my personal books. A treasurer of an organization > > > should do it the right way. > > > > > > b) Deleting books --- yes, simply delete the file. Just like to make a > > > backup you make a copy of the file. > > > > > > Michael D Novack > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. 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