I've set up hotkeys for the different views that gnucash has and I find it helpful for this sort of thing. It allows me to quickly switch between different views.
ctrl+1: basic view ctrl+2: auto-split view (all splits for current transaction) ctrl+3: transaction journal view (all splits for all transactions) ctrl+4: toggle double line view (to see transaction notes) Here's how to set it up: https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2020-August/092757.html David On Sun, 7 Nov 2021 at 12:09, Platon Pronko <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi! > > I currently find it a bit difficult to handle multi-split transactions that > include several "splits" going to the same account. For example, if I'm > buying some computer hardware I want to record the prices of each part for > later reference, but all those parts are recorded in "Hardware" account - > thus several splits go into the same account. > > In default "Basic Ledger" view this is shown in a confusing way - each split > gets its own row, but each row displays the same transaction description (not > the name of the individual part). > > For the moment I explored several different solutions to this situation: > > 1. Record each item (hardware part in this example) as a separate > transaction. This solves the issue with display since I can now put each item > name into the description field. But now I have multiple transactions my > credit card account, which would make reliable reconciliation almost > impossible. > > 2. Use the "Transaction Journal" view. It handles this situation a bit better > than "Basic Ledger" - the rows are not duplicated. But it show all the > splits, even the ones not related to the currently viewed account, and the > simple two-split transactions start taking 3 rows each, which is too verbose, > especially since this is a global setting. > > 3. Show "memo" as a separate column in "Basic Ledger" view (I've attached the > code patch that does it, applies to version 4.8). This works quite nicely - > simple transactions keep using one row, complex transactions display only the > splits related to the current register and each split shows its memo right in > the register. However this is a code customization, won't help anybody else > with similar problems, and maintaining it is going to be more difficult than > built-in solutions. > > Do you have any suggestions about a better way of handling this? > > Best regards, > Platon Pronko_______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. -- David Whiting _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
