Another item to check is the Edit >Preferences >Date/Time >Date Completion setting. You may prefer to change it.
David C On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 3:43 PM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have a look in View > Filter By (from that account) and see if you > have selected a date range to show. > > Colin > > On 2 March 2018 at 21:16, David Dutra <ddu...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > > Colin, > > > > I've attached a screen shot. Everything is fine through the transaction > dated 2/25/2017 that I entered a year ago. Today I wanted to pick up with > the first transaction of the new fiscal year which was a cash payment of > $1,550 dated 3/3/2017 that was split between $1,500 for salary and $50 for > expenses. I believe the way it's shown on the screen is the way it should > look. The problem is, if I hit Enter (either by hitting the key or clicking > on the menu), the transaction is no longer there - or anywhere else on the > whole ledger - but if I start to input it again, it all comes back, > properly split. > > > > D > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Colin Law [mailto:clan...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, March 2, 2018 3:57 PM > > To: David Dutra > > Cc: gnucash-user > > Subject: Re: GnuCash 2.6.7 question > > > > Can you enter it again and do a screenshot before hitting enter? Post > it here. > > > > Colin > > > > On 2 March 2018 at 20:52, David Dutra <ddu...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, but I have done that and scrolled up the whole list of > transactions - it's not there. > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: gnucash-user > >> [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+ddutra=nycap.rr....@gnucash.org] On > >> Behalf Of Colin Law > >> Sent: Friday, March 2, 2018 3:35 PM > >> Cc: gnucash-user > >> Subject: Re: GnuCash 2.6.7 question > >> > >> Also you can use the search feature to search for the lost transaction. > >> > >> Colin > >> > >> On 2 March 2018 at 19:38, Evan Van Dyke <eva...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> This will sound like a stupid response, but it’s happened to me a > >>> bunch… > >>> > >>> Are you 100% sure you have the date right on the transaction when you > enter it? I’ve had this happen too many times when I enter just the > month/day on a transaction, and GnuCash puts in last year’s year for some > reason… causing the new transaction to jump up off the top of the screen > when I hit “Enter” to create the transaction. Most common around the end > of the year (for me), and you say you’re coming back to the DB after time > off, so it might just be “helping” you in an incorrect fashion. > >>> > >>> The fact that it auto-fills when you try to re-enter it suggests that > the Tx is in your ledger somewhere. If you’ve been clearing/reconciling > your transactions, you can probably find it fast by scrolling up and > looking for a Tx in the cleared section of your ledger which says “n” in > that column. > >>> > >>> —Evan > >>> > >>>> On Mar 2, 2018, at 1:26 PM, David Dutra <ddu...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I'm very much a newbie and I'd appreciate some help. I used GnuCash > >>>> last year for our small nonprofit to keep track of income and > >>>> expenses based on transactions through our check book. I figured out > >>>> how to use it for simple and split transactions last year and it > >>>> worked fine. I haven't used it since and when I tried to carry on > >>>> where I left off a year ago, I encountered a problem. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I set up a payment and split it into its two expense components - no > >>>> problem. I hit Enter, but instead of entering that transaction and > >>>> moving to the next line for the next entry, my transaction > >>>> disappeared from view and all that was left was the date. However, > >>>> when I began to enter it again beginning in the Memo column, the > >>>> whole transaction reappeared with the correct amounts and splits. > >>>> Hit Enter, and the same thing happened - line disappeared except for > >>>> the date. Same thing happened when I clicked on the Enter button on > the menu rather than hitting Enter on the keyboard. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Not sure why I was able to figure it out a year ago, but having > >>>> issues now, but I'm assuming I'm making some simple mistake. Can > anyone help me out?? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> David > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> gnucash-user mailing list > >>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >>>> ----- > >>>> 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 > >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >>> ----- > >>> 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 > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >> ----- > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >> > >> --- > >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > >> http://www.avg.com > >> > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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