I didn't mean to imply that I use the "Show Split Transaction Totals" constantly. I don't. I use it when I'm researching transactions and/ or reconciling. And yes I see that reconciling shows the totals. My main "issue" was with how transactions are displayed as filtered by default. I would like it the other way around. I was only using the way MW displays splits as supporting evidence for what seems like a weakness in the current methodology and that showing transactions differently would eliminate the need for the option all together which makes a lot of sense to me.
With that said, I do use the "Show Split Transaction Totals" view outside of reconciling for an "account" that I really can't reconcile using the normal process. Perhaps you can enlighten me to a better way. I have each of my checking, savings and primary credit cards as separate accounts for which I download transactions. However, there are 3 or 4 store credit cards that my wife uses periodically in order to get additional discount promotions etc. However, I really don't want to have those extra accounts taking up space particularly since I have no online access to them and therefore no way to download / import transactions. So I have a catch-all account called "other credit cards". We enter the transactions as they occur but sometimes we miss one and so when we get the statement we "reconcile" it to MW manually. And oftentimes since the transactions are split, the only way I can really reconcile them is to turn the "Show Split Totals" view on. I then match the transactions to my statement and mark them as cleared. I sum the cleared transactions to make sure the numbers match my statement and if they do, I mark all the transactions as reconciled and I'm done. By the way, this method exposed the bug I wrote about in my other recent post about how the transactions are summed incorrectly. Going through this process led me to thinking that it would be better - at least for my way of thinking - to have the transactions shown differently. I appreciate your feedback and although we may see things differently, I know that I'm being heard. Thanks. Kevin M. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
