Yup. If you messed up an import then you definitely want to delete
those transactions in all accounts. If you left those entries hanging
out there then a new import will also really mess up everything even
more royally than what Gyle is suggesting.
On 9/5/23 14:00, Gyle McCollam wrote:
John,
for the 1st time, I have to disagree with you. If you delete the transactions
when you delete an account it is not only an accounting issue, but will
seriously mess up your other accounts. Say there are debits (deposits) and
credits (withdrawals) from your checking account. If the account your deleting
has been around for years, good luck trying to get your bank account to balance
after those entries are gone.
Thank You,
Gyle McCollam
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From: john <jra...@ceridwen.us>
Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 11:44 AM
To: Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com>
Cc: Maf. King <m...@chilwell.net>; Mark <mrpen...@mailbox.org>;
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Subject: Re: [GNC] Transaction inconsistency when deleting account
Yeah, it's a bug. It's supposed to delete the transactions, not just the splits
in that account only to recreate them in an imbalance account. Otherwise it's
the same as the move to account option.
The fact that it's poor accounting practice is beside the point. If the user
wants to follow good accounting practice they can choose to move the splits to
another account.
Regards,
John Ralls
On Sep 5, 2023, at 08:18, Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote:
No Mark, it is not a bug. If you made credit card purchases and subsequent
payments to that card, those transactions have already been made and if you
were to delete an account and the transaction within, it would be the same as
if the transactions had never happened and they did. Gnucash, offering to move
them to another account is the only way not to screw up all the account
affected by the account you are deleting.
Thank You,
Gyle McCollam
Gyle McCollam
gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email
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Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 11:04 AM
To: Maf. King <m...@chilwell.net>
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Subject: Re: [GNC] Transaction inconsistency when deleting account
Sep 5, 2023 08:33:44 Maf. King <m...@chilwell.net>:
I just tried deleting an account. As expected, I was presented with the
choice to "move transactions to..." or "Delete all transactions" (see
screenshot - this is GC 4.x, maybe the wording is different in v5)
Deleting the transactions does not really seem to delete anything, the
transaction splits effectively moved to Imbalance-GBP.
One could argue that "splits" in the deleted account have been deleted, and
GC has auto-created new splits to the Imbalance account - I don't know what
the internal process is- but it "feels" to the end user like a move, not a
delete.
Given a "transaction" is a collection of "at least 2 splits", then I think I
agree with the OP, (whatever the validity of the reason for wanting to delete
an account), being told that "transactions" will be deleted and them still
existing seems a bug (maybe only in wording in the dialog box)
Ah, it's been a while since I deleted an account, and I don't remember the
option to delete all transactions being there (maybe I just forgot). I agree
that is confusing at least, and maybe a bug.
I don't think I would ever use that option, though. That seems like a confusing
side effect to have transactions deleted by deleting an account. Maybe I'm just
used to the way GnuCash has done things.
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