GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 769457
Add Note to Guide for Transactions with more than one split in a single account
Last modified: 2018-06-29 23:50:20 UTC
Per discussion on gnucash-user, recommend adding a note to the guide at section 4.3 informing users that a single transaction can appear in an account register more than one time, if the transaction has more than one split assigned to that account. Suggested text: the Transfer column heading disappears, and there is no account name listed in that field. This line shows you only a summary of the transaction’s effect on the current account. For more detailed information, you need to look at the individual splits that make up the transaction. /* NEW TEXT HERE Note: An account register displays a transaction when that transaction has a split assigned to the account. If a given transaction has more than one split assigned to the account, then that transaction will display in the register one time for each split. /* END NEW TEXT The partial lines below the transaction line are the split lines, and they are separated by gray lines.
Hi David, Thanks for raising this and providing suggested text. I intend to do this documentation update shortly. I'll do some screendumps when I get a Linux vm setup with the required theme. Regards, Chris Good
Question: How about suggesting, to switch now or later, as advanced user, to the Journal View, which avoids this confusion? ...and probably add a comparing screenshot in the other mode.
Frank: Those are probably good suggestions. Screenshots sound like a good idea. As for the first part, how about changing the note text to the following: Note: An account register displays a transaction when that transaction has a split assigned to the account. If a given transaction has more than one split assigned to a single account, then in Basic and Auto-Split view modes that transaction will appear in the register one time for each split assigned to that account. In Transaction Journal mode, such a transaction will only appear once in the register.
Nice words thanks David! Thanks for your suggestions also Frank.
David T has added text to guide/C/ch_txns.xml in https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/pull/63 committed to Gnucash/gnucash-docs maint 16 Sep 2016.
Hi David, I still intend to add screendumps. Can you please reopen?
My documentation mods for this are https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/pull/86. Not hassling, just documenting :-)
Also https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/pull/87 has more general info re register views and example screen dumps.
This problem has been fixed in our software repository. The fix will go into the next software release. Once that release is available, you may want to check for a software upgrade provided by your Linux distribution. Pr 86 has been merged for GnuCash-2.6.16.
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