No idea I've never used. On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 12:42 PM David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Since Quicken isn't a formal double entry accounting package, the data > structures don't complicate things. I'd be curious to know whether > QuickBooks allows copy and paste to or from any account... > > > On August 19, 2022 7:14:37 PM GMT+03:00, Jack Slater < > theillini...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Not that I'm in any way wanting to go back to Quicken but I'm >> thinking that it was never an issue to Copy/Paste To/From any type of >> account. >> >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 1:46 AM David T. via gnucash-user < >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >> >>> Liz, >>> >>> I think the issue really boils down to "what exactly is getting copied >>> and pasted?" >>> >>> I don't know the specifics, but as far as I understand it, a transaction >>> in GnuCash looks unitary to the end user, but actually consists of a >>> strange hybrid: a Transaction entry with (at least) two subsidiary splits. >>> Each element has its own interconnected data that may or may not make sense >>> when moved into another account. What happens when you change the context >>> of a transaction will be unpredictable. >>> >>> David T. >>> >>> On August 19, 2022 6:42:15 AM GMT+03:00, Liz Dodd <ed...@billiau.net> >>> wrote: >>> >On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:12:29 -0500 >>> >Jack Slater <theillini...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> >> When I tried to Copy a transaction from an account named Checking and >>> >> Paste to the same account at a later date, the debit amount in the >>> >> original Withdrawal column did not appear in the pasted transaction >>> >> but the credit amount showed up in the Deposit column?? >>> >> >>> >> I have screen captures of both if needed. >>> >> >>> >> I've copy/pasted transactions before and never noticed the problem. >>> >> >>> >> Jack in Illinois >>> > >>> > >>> >I have seen this happen when trying to move a transaction to another >>> >account, for example when I entered the transaction in the cash ledger >>> >and had really paid by card. When pasted into the card account, I would >>> >find a deposit instead of a withdrawal. >>> >I haven't ever taken the time to report and discuss the problem, but >>> >learned that jumping to the Expense account involved and moving the >>> >transaction from there was more reliable. >>> >I have vague memories that it wasn't always like this, but I've been on >>> >Gnucash since about V1.6 and I didn't pay attention to when this >>> >started. >>> >I haven't even tried it more recently to see if I can still reproduce >>> >the problem. >>> > >>> >Summary: I also think copy and paste of a transaction has problems. >>> > >>> >Liz >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >gnucash-user mailing list >>> >gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> >----- >>> >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 >>> ----- >>> 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
