I'll note that because GnuCash keeps a running really of the amount needed to balance the transaction, users adding a new line to that transaction can get confusing results.
For example, a user adds a new transaction for a grocery store and places a left column entry for $35 assigned to Expenses:Groceries. They tab off the line, intending to add another split for $15 for Expenses:Household and tab to the left column and enter $15. However, in the right column, GnuCash has already supplied the balancing $35 for the first split. As user tabs of the line, GnuCash takes $15 and combines it with the $35, resulting in a right column entry for $20, rather than a left column entry in the intended amount. David T. On Mar 11, 2024, 6:25 PM, at 6:25 PM, "W. Neal Lewis" <[email protected]> wrote: >David, > >No, I found out very quickly that return causes that sort of result. > >Best regards, >Neal > >On 3/9/24 10:32 PM, David Carlson wrote: >> Neal, >> >> By chance are you using the enter key during your editing? >> >> That triggers the full transactiion calculatkions. Use arrow keys, >ta b >> key or mouse buttons until you are ready to see the transaction >calculation. >> >> I think calculztions within individual amount fields happen as soon >as you >> move out of that field unless you are creating a scheduled >transaaction. >> >> On Sat, Mar 9, 2024, 8:36 PM Adrien Monteleone < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm not certain what you are describing, but I'll hazard a guess >that >>> you are seeing GnuCash auto-balance the transaction. That is normal. >>> Every transaction has to be balanced. (Debits *must* equal Credits) >>> >>> You are free to enter the transaction however you like, as long as >that >>> holds true. If your self-entered amounts do not result in equal >Debits & >>> Credits, GnuCash will create a split initially not assigned to any >>> account, but when you commit the transaction and that split remains, >it >>> will be assigned to the account labeled: 'Imbalance-XXX' (where XXX >is a >>> currency code) for the difference. >>> >>> Please read the GnuCash Help Manual and the Tutorial & Concepts >Guide >>> available in the Help Menu, or online, as you are learning the >software. >>> Then if you get stuck, come back and ask for help here. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Adrien >>> >>> On 3/9/24 8:18 PM, W. Neal Lewis wrote: >>>> When I do the View > Transaction and put in individual numbers for >each >>> item in the Withdrawal column, it starts to mess with my figures. It >puts >>> in a number at the very top. It adds deposits to other entries. What >I end >>> up with is a mish-mash of costs that the program seems to think that >I need >>> for some mythical number it has come up with. >>>> That's exactly what happened previously. I don't want it adding >numbers, >>> or changing numbers. I just want to put in the correct values for >each >>> line, including tax, hit return and have the final value show up on >the >>> first line of the transaction. >>>> I obviously don't know what I am doing. >>>> >>>> Help! >>>> Neal >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> ----- >>> 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 >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> 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 >[email protected] >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >----- >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 [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
