Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-22 Thread Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user
On 10/21/2024 8:40 PM, John Ralls wrote: Interesse means the action field on splits. The action field is a free-text field with some predefined values that you can use; what the predefined values are depends on the register type (currency, stock, invoice, etc.). Thank you. That was what I me

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-22 Thread John Ralls
That’s correct. Regards, John Ralls > On Oct 22, 2024, at 07:06, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) > wrote: > > The check box in File » Properties » Accounts controls what happens in > the current book. The check box in Edit » Preferences » General controls > whether that box is checked automaticall

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-22 Thread Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)
On 2024-10-21 22:47, David Carlson wrote: > Now I am confused because I found the check box with the text that I quoted > under Edit > Preferences > General as I stated previously. John is also > right though, but the fly-over help is different there. > Strange that it is in two places Is th

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-22 Thread interesse
Attachment was missing. Am 22.10.2024 um 14:50 schrieb interesse: Thanks all previus answers and considerations. To be clear what I meant: (Screenshots are from German version) It is about the predefined options in the Nr column in the individual transaction splits. But as I understood there

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-22 Thread interesse
Thanks all previus answers and considerations. To be clear what I meant: (Screenshots are from German version) It is about the predefined options in the Nr column in the individual transaction splits. But as I understood there is no place with overall definition of the individual entries and

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-21 Thread David Carlson
Now I am confused because I found the check box with the text that I quoted under Edit > Preferences > General as I stated previously. John is also right though, but the fly-over help is different there. Strange that it is in two places Is this a bug? On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 10:10 PM Adrien

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-21 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Also, when you post a bill/invoice, the line-item splits get assigned an action of 'bill'/'invoice' respectively. Another point about the 'payment' actions is that they get applied to both the AR/AP split, and the source account split. As far as I know, only the one assigned to the AR/AP split

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-21 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The business features, at the least, assign a 'payment' action when you link a transaction as a payment to a bill/invoice. (whether linked after the fact, or created as a payment initially) There might be others, but I recall that one off-hand. Regards, Adrien On 10/21/24 7:40 PM, John Ralls

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-21 Thread John Ralls
Interesse means the action field on splits. The action field is a free-text field with some predefined values that you can use; what the predefined values are depends on the register type (currency, stock, invoice, etc.). It can be used to select transactions in the Find dialog, to sort them in

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-21 Thread David Carlson
There is a setting under Edit > Preferences > General regarding setting book options to use split action field... with the flyover note [quoted from the help manual] "Set book option on new files to use split "action" field for "Num" field on registers/reports: If selected, the displayed setting o

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-21 Thread R Losey
I think they are just to make record-keeping easier. I think these tags show up in some of the reports. I routinely do account transfers, so I tend to try hard to use the "Transfer" action (also note that the generated list changes depending upon the type of account... but it is also a freeform f

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-21 Thread Fred Bone
On 21 October 2024 at 11:26, Michael or Penny Novack said: > On 10/21/2024 10:43 AM, interesse wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > can someone explain the meaning and consequences of the different > > actions that can be selected for each transaction split? > > What do they mean? > > > > Are they

Re: [GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-21 Thread Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user
On 10/21/2024 10:43 AM, interesse wrote: Hello everyone, can someone explain the meaning and consequences of the different actions that can be selected for each transaction split? What do they mean? Are they used for anything? For reports or something else? Kind regards Marco Unclear what

[GNC] Split Actions

2024-10-21 Thread interesse
Hello everyone, can someone explain the meaning and consequences of the different actions that can be selected for each transaction split? What do they mean? Are they used for anything? For reports or something else? Kind regards Marco ___ gnucash