Hi,
On Thu, May 28, 2020 10:05 am, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Finfort <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>
>>
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>> Yes I understand. And I have to open this in something like Excel and
>> recalculate it.
>>
>> What is the problem to do this in GNC after
>>
>>
>> changing of sort order?
>
> GnuCash does not present a running balance in any sort order; the
> balance is 100% based on the default sort order. When you enter a
> transaction it computes the balance, and that balance is stored with the
> transaction split. If you use a different sort order, the balances are
> NOT recomputed, the stored balance is displayed along with the split.
One more thing I forgot to add -- You can view partial registers and when
you do that, if balances were recomputed, you'd NOT have a complete
picture of what's going on. GnuCash would be showing you INCORRECT data
if it recomputed the balance when you hide transactions. That's a worse
outcome, because you might not even know that you're not seeing all your
transactions.
Case in point: View -> Filter By... -> Status
Then turn off, e.g., reconciled transactions.
If the balance were recomputed now, you'd be in BIG TROUBLE.
> This is not a bug; this is just how GnuCash works. I.e., it is working
> as designed.
So, this statement remains true.
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-derek
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