In addition to what Michael said, if you have multiple splits, you might want to view the splits and change it there. Here's a quick video showing this: https://youtu.be/k3wS2lmR5VQ
David On Wed, 18 Jan 2023 at 21:40, Fross, Michael <mich...@fross.org> wrote: > > When I notice I've placed a transaction in the wrong spot, I "jump" to the > matching transaction and correct the credit card. For example: > > I put my Walmart grocery into the CreditCard1 account instead of the > CreditCard2 account. I noticed this in the CreditCard1 account. > > 1. "Jump" to the matching transaction. So now I am in the Grocery account. > 2. Change that transaction to be CreditCard2 instead of the incorrect > CreditCard1 account. > 3. Press enter. > > The transaction in Grocery is fine, but you'll find it's gone from > CreditCard1 and now resides in CreditCard2. The "Jump" command is your > friend. > > Michael > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 3:31 PM Xe Roy <xe...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I asked this question earlier but initial responses made me realize more > > detail was necessary. > > > > I am a newby to gnucash ... trying to switch from Quicken to gnucash. > > A mistake I regularly make is to enter a transaction into the wrong > > account. > > I'll have several accounts open and I just forget to switch. > > In Quicken, I just move the transaction (splits and all) to the new > > account. > > The Internet chatter I've found so far lead me to believe this feature is > > missing from gnucash. > > I hope that's not true because it would really cause me excessive hassle. > > I hope there is a way to move a transaction (including any splits) to > > another account. > > > > Here is an example which illustrates a typical situation: > > Let's say I have two credit cards, VISA and MASTER CARD. > > Each has their own top-level CREDIT CARD account in gnucash, and each has > > its own tab in gnucash. > > I meant to enter a transaction in VISA but accidently entered it in MASTER > > CARD. > > The transaction is for $10 with WALMART in the description. > > So, the main entry shows $10 and the splits show $5 to the clothing > > account and $5 to the food account. > > I want to move the entire WALMART transaction, including the splits, from > > the MASTER CARD top-level account to the VISA top-level account in one easy > > step. > > This is easily doable in Quicken by right-clicking anywhere in the > > transaction, clicking MOVE, and selecting the new account VISA. > > How is this done in gnucash? > > > > > > > > Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. -- David Whiting _______________________________________________ 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.
