Frank, We should keep this on the list.
I've read through this bug, and a related bug mentioned in the comments there, and I admit I do not understand the various points of the discussions there. If my experience can be explained by these changes, though, I'd like to point out that in my use case, I am neither attempting to use the New Account Hierarchy nor creating a new file. I am simply creating a new account in my existing CoA. I am adding a comment to that bug to have my problem considered in relation to it. David T. -------- Original Message -------- From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" <frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com> Sent: Thu Apr 08 02:05:32 EDT 2021 To: "David T." <sunfis...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [GNC] Ghost Equity Accounts Hi David, I suspect, it could be related to https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798070 and its ancestor. Regards Frank Am 08.04.21 um 03:28 schrieb David T. via gnucash-user: > Hello, > > I thought I saw something about this not too long ago, but cannot put my > finger on the thread. > > I am using GC4.4 on Windows 10, and have been using GnuCash since 2005. > > Basically, I recently purchased shares of a new stock, and I followed my > usual procedure in GnuCash: I created a new asset account of type Stock > for the new equity under my brokerage account (Assets:Brokerage:XXX > Stock). While creating the account, I used the new commodity option to > create the entry in the security database. Having done this, I then > opened the register and entered the buy transaction in the usual way. > > All good to this point. > > However, now I find a new account in the Equity hierarchy for the new > commodity: Equity: Opening Balances - XXX > > This account is empty, so I can just delete it, BUT... > > Why is this account getting created? I didn't set up an existing > holding, which might ostensibly have required an opening balances > transaction (but which I would not have done in this way anyhow). And I > didn't explicitly ask for a new equity account to be created. > > Will I get Equity accounts created when I add other kinds of accounts? > I'll note that I also have a new Equity account for a mutual fund > account I added at the same time. But, what about Bank accounts? > Liabilities? And if not, why not? > > And why am I only seeing this NOW? As I've said, I've used GnuCash for a > long long time, and none of the OTHER equities I've created over the > years (and there have been a LOT!) have generated these spurious Equity > accounts. So, why now? > > Finally, Is there some way to NOT have GnuCash create these accounts > every time I create a new Stock or Mutual Fund Account? > > Cheers, > > David T. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.