A better approach for entering this might be to schedule a paycheck with gross and all the other deductions from your prior check (if pay is a regular frequency), import from the bank statement (assuming you are downloading transactions from your bank) to reconcile which should only touch the net leg of the split, and then when the paystub comes in or when you get to it, update according to paystub. Until then you may have imbalance entry which is sort of reminder to go back to fix deductions. If your reconciliation against bank and paystub is correct. The imbalance entry should go away as there should not be any when all said and is done.
In case you are not aware of, you can also right click on a transaction and make that transaction as a template to schedule it up. -----Original Message----- From: R Losey <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2025 9:03 PM To: Patrick James <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GNC] Split transaction problem Also, GnuCash will memorize the transaction, and will bring it all back again; I'd have a deposit of "Salary" for my salary, with all of the splits listed. If the amount wasn't exactly right, I would just update the ones that were off. But having GnuCash pulled it up has been wonderful. On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM Patrick James via gnucash-user < [email protected]> wrote: > This message is a comment regarding Greenberg's request: "What I'd > really like is a transaction template, but the closest we get are > scheduled transactions." > > My personal strategy is to use a spreadsheet with a multi-split CSV > template. With sufficient complexity, one could duplicate the entire > scheduled transaction editor. I also realize that my template strategy > is using another tool outside of and in addition to GnuCash. > > I have a few monthly transactions that are essentially the same, some > with some variance, but others are exactly the same with a different > date. Those are all ready, so all I have to do is make a few updates, > and export to a CSV file. > > After saving the CSV, it's a few clicks to import into GnuCash. > > Using the multi-split CSV import, just about any journal entry is possible. > > My spreadsheet looks very similar to the multi-split example in the > GnuCash documentation. > > See Example 6.1 here: > > https://gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/trans-import.html > > > > > > On 12/08/2025 8:05 AM PST Ed Greenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On the subject of splits. Most of my split transactions start out > > as downloaded transactions into the checking account. Mine, in > > particular, are mortgage payments and payroll check deposits. > > > > I generally accept the transaction into the checking account with a > > corresponding account of "mortgage payment net" or "salary net". > > > > I then come back to the transaction and edit the offsetting items > properly > > (think loan, interest, principal). > > > > So, in the case of the mortgage payment, the largest amount is > > indeed the actual checking account deduction, but in the case of > > payroll, the > largest > > amount is one of the offsetting amounts, specifically the gross pay. > > > > If I try to edit the transaction later, GC requires that I use one > > particular account. I'm not sure how it decides where I should edit > > the transaction. > > > > If I try to do it in the "salary net" account, as soon as "salary net" > > disappears from the split, the transaction seems to save and vanish, > > so I edit it in the checking account side, deleting salary net, > > replacing it with "gross pay" and a set of deductions. Am I doing this > > right?" > > > > What I'd really like is a transaction template, but the closest we > > get > are > > scheduled transactions. > > > > Ed > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
