David T, I had realized that was the case. I setup a test transaction with 2-3 entries and verified that what Tom was seeing happened as he had described it. It is not a bug in the sense that the recorded information is incorrect, more that it maybe could be clearer.
On Sat, 2025-08-23 at 22:00 -0400, [email protected] wrote: > David C., > > He is seeing 17 transactions in Groceries because he's entered 17 > separate splits for the Groceries account. As you note, if he were to > change to Transaction Journal mode, he wouldn't see it as 17 entries, > but one multi split transaction. > > Tom, that's your fix. GnuCash has always rendered splits this way, > and I don't expect that will change any time soon. So, set your > default view to Transaction Journal, or settle for entering less > detail into GnuCash generally. > > David T. > On Aug 23, 2025, at 9:50 PM, David Cousens <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Tom > > This is an artefact of the View mode selectable with the View- > > >(Basic > > Ledger, Auto-Split Transaction, Transaction Journal) menu item > > while > > the register is selected (also Edit->Preferences->Regiter Default > > settings). > > In Transaction Journal mode the transaction is displayed as a > > single > > transaction with the splits as you would expect. > > > > In Basic Ledger mode, and Auto-Split mode only a single line is > > displayed for the transaction. At present to show all the entries > > to > > that account, GnuCash does not display the sum of all splits > > against > > that line for the transaction but displays each split as though it > > were > > a separate transaction and similarly in the Auto-Split ledger mode > > where you will notice that the total for each split as a single > > line is > > only the value of the split. > > > > When you open the transaction in Auto-Split mode you will see that > > the > > transaction total now displays as the sum of the splits and each > > split > > is listed. You can open the transaction from any of the single line > > displays of the splits, but it is the same transaction being opened > > from any of the splits belonging to that transaction, so the > > transaction is not recorded multiple times although it may appear > > to > > be. > > > > It may be possible that this could be fixed to display the total of > > the > > transaction splits in the Basic Ledger mode and Auto-Split in > > single > > line mode and not display the individual splits on separate lines > > and > > similarly in the Auto-Split mode. > > > > If you report this as a bug (see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Bugzilla > > ) there is a much higher chance of it being addressed by one of the > > developers, however it may also be a result of the way the > > underlying > > GTK library used for the GnuCash register display works in which > > case > > it may be much harder to program to do this as you would like. That > > is > > a likely explanation for the way it is currently working. > > > > On Sat, 2025-08-23 at 18:27 -0600, Tom Route-36 wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm still new and learning my way around GnuCash; but I'm > > > noticing an > > > annoying behavior. When I record a transaction I put a LOT of > > > detail > > > into the recording of that transaction. For example, let's say > > > I > > > bought > > > a large quantity of groceries at a particular grocery store and > > > charged > > > it to a credit card. For the example here, let's say it was 17 > > > grocery > > > items on a single credit card transaction, and the total charge > > > came > > > to > > > $136.00. > > > > > > When I record this $136.00 transaction in GnuCash, the credit > > > card > > > account will have a single transaction consisting of 17 splits, > > > where > > > each split documents the description (in each Memo field) and > > > the > > > cost > > > of each of those 17 items. And all 17 split items get recorded > > > into > > > my > > > Expenses:Groceries account. > > > > > > In the credit card account all looks normal the way I expect it > > > to > > > be. > > > It's a single transaction with 17 SPLITS, each split going to > > > the > > > Expenses:Groceries account. But when I jump to the > > > Expenses:Groceries > > > account, there I see 17 SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTIONS -- all > > > with > > > the > > > same date, and all with the identical set of 17 splits. The > > > only > > > thing > > > different among these 17 separate transactions is that the > > > Expense > > > column amount of each transaction shows the amount of each > > > individual > > > split line entry. That is not at all what I expect. > > > > > > What I would expect to see in the Expenses:Groceries account is > > > also > > > a > > > SINGLE transaction, just like I entered in the credit card > > > account. > > > And > > > I would expect that that single transaction would have 17 splits > > > in > > > it > > > documenting each of the 17 grocery items and amounts the same as > > > it > > > appears in my credit card account. Why is that not happening? > > > And > > > is > > > there some setting or option in GnuCash to change that behavior? > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > 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. 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