Those accounts are auto-magically created, as someone has already mentioned. Even after you delete it(them), it(they) will get re-created next time when there is a need. You possibly can see as many as number of different currencies used in the book. They are the place-holder accounts for each currency when something is ambiguous and GNUCash need to park it somewhere -- remember that GNUCash is double entry system so you need a contra account for each transaction.
-----Original Message----- From: Fred Tydeman <tydeman.f...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2025 9:53 AM To: Brad Morrison <bradmorri...@sonic.net> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Strange Imbalance transactions On Thu, Feb 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM Brad Morrison <bradmorri...@sonic.net> wrote: > What operating system are you using? > > What version of GNUCash are you using? > https://gnucash.org/download.phtml shows that the current version is > 5.10 > I forgot to add those details: Fedora Linux 41, Gnucash 5.10 > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Importing.2FExporting_Data has some > info on importing data, as you mentioned a regular QIF import > > Regarding the stock purchase with 2 start & end transactions, 1 being > balanced and the other being imbalanced - are both entries for the > same transaction? Possibly meaning an importing error? > My guess (based upon looking at the log file) is both are for the same transaction. > Also, why is the account titled "Imbalance-USD" - ? > In the past, I have seen Imbalance-COP Imbalance-GBP Imbalance-USD I have transactions in multiple currencies. _______________________________________________ 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.
