Personally I use #2 as Transaction Journal & Double Line mode 24/7. The
always visible detail doesn't bother me and I generally like to have it
instantly available without having to change modes, but I understand
mileage varies.
Regards,
Adrien
On 11/7/21 6:08 AM, Platon Pronko wrote:
Hi!
I currently find it a bit difficult to handle multi-split transactions
that include several "splits" going to the same account. For example, if
I'm buying some computer hardware I want to record the prices of each
part for later reference, but all those parts are recorded in "Hardware"
account - thus several splits go into the same account.
In default "Basic Ledger" view this is shown in a confusing way - each
split gets its own row, but each row displays the same transaction
description (not the name of the individual part).
For the moment I explored several different solutions to this situation:
1. Record each item (hardware part in this example) as a separate
transaction. This solves the issue with display since I can now put each
item name into the description field. But now I have multiple
transactions my credit card account, which would make reliable
reconciliation almost impossible.
2. Use the "Transaction Journal" view. It handles this situation a bit
better than "Basic Ledger" - the rows are not duplicated. But it show
all the splits, even the ones not related to the currently viewed
account, and the simple two-split transactions start taking 3 rows each,
which is too verbose, especially since this is a global setting.
3. Show "memo" as a separate column in "Basic Ledger" view (I've
attached the code patch that does it, applies to version 4.8). This
works quite nicely - simple transactions keep using one row, complex
transactions display only the splits related to the current register and
each split shows its memo right in the register. However this is a code
customization, won't help anybody else with similar problems, and
maintaining it is going to be more difficult than built-in solutions.
Do you have any suggestions about a better way of handling this?
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