Geoff, Changing values of reconciled transactions without notice renders a book completely unreliable for any accounting purpose. If that's not evil, what is?
David T. On July 27, 2022 2:46:34 PM GMT+03:00, Geoff <cleanoutmys...@gmail.com> wrote: >Lots. > >(And they aren't really evil, just wilful). > >;--)) > >Geoff >===== > >On 27/07/2022 8:36 pm, David Carlson wrote: >> This has confused me. Is the recent thread titled " >> [GNC] Evil Lots Behavior" about lots or trading accounts? >> >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 12:10 AM David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> David C. >>> >>> Trading accounts are not the same as lots. Different concept, different >>> code. Just a for instance: trading accounts are turned on by book; lots can >>> be enabled by account. >>> >>> David T. >>> >>> On July 27, 2022 3:33:37 AM GMT+03:00, David Carlson < >>> david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I believe that you are witnessing first hand why trading accounts are not >>>> enabled by default, i.e. they create a royal mess in your trading history. >>>> >>>> You might want to re-read the recent thread about evil trading accounts. >>>> They may work ok for some users who's documentation goals align with the >>>> design parameters of TA's. >>>> >>>> Other users will prefer to continue either manually tracking lots in >>>> external spreadsheets or trusting their brokers back rooms to do it for >>>> them. >>>> >>>> Oh, I am neither a developer nor an accountant, just a long term user. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022, 5:47 PM Fred Tydeman <tydeman.f...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Over the past several months, I have been importing Quicken data into >>>>> GnuCash. There is about 6 years of data and lots of transactions. >>>>> Besides >>>>> normal income and expenses, that data involved many different stocks and >>>>> many different currencies. Recently, I saw a reference to "Trading" >>>>> accounts. I have now enabled that feature. Based on reading >>>>> https://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/accounting/tutorial, I believe >>>>> that >>>>> my old transactions that involve currencies (and maybe stocks and other >>>>> assets whose value varies) were done wrong. >>>>> >>>>> Do I need to redo old transactions involving currencies? >>>>> Do I need to redo old transactions involving stocks? >>>>> Do I need to redo old transactions involving any assets whose price >>>>> varies? This probably depends upon the asset, eg. no for Real Estate. >>>>> >>>>> Is there an easy way to fix the mess I have created? >>>>> >>>>> Aside: I do not recall any mention of trading accounts in the Tutorial >>>>> early on when it talked about setting up the Chart of Accounts. >>>>> >>>>> What is the reason that Trading accounts are not turned on by default? >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ 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.