Xe Roy, Just a note that it's more common to structure your GnuCash accounts with just five top level accounts:
Assets Liabilities Equity Income Expenses You'd put the "Credit Cards" account under Liabilities, with each credit card in its own account within Credit Cards, like so: Liabilities - Credit Cards - - Visa - - Mastercard This groups the accounts in ways that make reporting clearer and easier. David T. On Jan 19, 2023, 2:07 AM, at 2:07 AM, Xe Roy <xe...@hotmail.com> wrote: >Thanks everyone for your patience. >I finally got it. >I had to click on the transaction > click SPLITS > then find the line >in the splits that says MASTER CARD > change that to VISA > ENTER > > > > >Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook> > >________________________________ >From: Phyllis Bruce <pobruc...@gmail.com> >Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1:00 PM >To: Fross, Michael <mich...@fross.org> >Cc: Xe Roy <xe...@hotmail.com>; gnucash-user@gnucash.org ><gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >Subject: Re: [GNC] How to move a transaction with splits from one >top-level account to another - take 2 > >Xe Roy, > >You will find if you just change your top level account in the >transaction, the splits will follow it. Just as Michael described >above. I've used jump but I find it just as easy to make that one >correction. >Additionally, if you found you chose the wrong account for one of your >splits, just change it to the correct account and only that split gets >changed. > >Hth - po > >On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 3:40 PM Fross, Michael ><mich...@fross.org<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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. 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