Michael - from reading what he did, I think the problem may have been caused by importing checking, savings, and credit cards separately instead of all together.
Thus, the checking import couldn't find a matching transaction and thus used "imbalance" -- and the same thing happened with the savings and credit card imports. On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 11:17 AM Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Fundamentals ---- this is double entry bookkeeping. Every transaction > has at least TWO accounts associated with it, at least one debit and at > least one credit. > > Read the introduction/tutorial as many times as necessary for you to > absorb this concept, at least two accounts. Failure to specify the other > account is wy gnucash is using the special virtual account Imbalance. > > Do not try to import transactions until you have gotten some experience > entering them manually. Starting out learning using a "test" set of > books is a good idea. > > Michael D Novack > > > > On 8/13/2024 11:55 AM, Bruce Griffis wrote: > > I'm trying to figure out the very basics of managing a checking > > account, savings account and credit card in GnuCash. I downloaded a > > csv of all checking transactions for a year and imported them. They > > look good and match up with my check register. Then I downloaded my > > savings for a year into a savings account in GnuCash. Finally, I > > downloaded a csv of credit card transactions for a year and imported > > into a liabilities/credit card account. > > > > So, in my checking account, I see a transfer to savings. This is > > marked imbalanced. > > > > In my savings account, I see a deposit maybe the same day and the same > > amount. This is marked imbalanced. > > > > If I open my checking account register and changed the destination > > account from imbalanced to savings, then I see that transaction pop up > > in my savings register. I now have two transactions of the same amount > > and possibly the same day in my savings register. Would I delete the > > duplicate entry I got when I downloaded the csv? Or what do I do to > > show that my checking transfer out transaction is the same as my > > savings increase transaction? > > > > And the same with my credit account. I see a payment out of checking > > to SuperBigBank Mastercard. In the credit card, I see a payment. Both > > are imbalanced. If I change the checking transaction to show it goes > > to my credit card, I now see two transactions in my credit card > > register. Would I simply delete the duplicate entry? Or how do I show > > that they are the same transaction? > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > -- > There is no possibility of social justice on a dead planet except the > equality of the grave. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
