This is also similar to NetSuite, which is an on-line double entry bookkeeping service, and where "journal entries" are a special case transaction, even though by definition everything is really a journal entry.
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 9:02 AM Dale Alspach <alspac...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think Frank is on the right track. The original poster is coming from > Quicken which I have never used. I think it is similar to Quickbooks > which I have used a little. Journal entries are used for corrections, > some transfers between accounts, etc., in Quickbooks. > > Gnucash does not have a special notion of journal entry. The General > Journal is just a view of all transactions from all accounts. This may > be what is confusing the original poster. > > Dale > > On 8/12/19 10:38 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote: > > Am Mo., 12. Aug. 2019 um 17:21 Uhr schrieb David T. via gnucash-user > > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>: > >> > >> I'm not sure how this is a challenge, especially since both John and > >> David C. pointed you in the right direction in the docs. Perhaps you are > >> associating the term "Journal entry" with something special? > > : > > In the times of ink and paper, you had to enter (parts of) a > > transaction 3 times: > > Journal, Account A, Account B. > > > > On computers it is different, e.g. > > you enter all details in account A and the relevant parts appear also > > in account B and Tools->General Journal. > > > > HTH > > Frank > > > >> On 8/12/2019 8:20 PM, Harold via gnucash-user wrote: > >> > >>> I have searched, looked, and read what I could find about journal > entries in GC but I am no closer to understanding what I need to do to > enter a journal entry. I am not an accountant and am using GC for my > personal bookkeeping. I have entered journal entries in Quickbooks in the > past but don't understand how to do it in GC. Can anyone nudge me in the > right direction?Thanks,Harold > > : > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > -- Clint (JOATMON) Chaplin _______________________________________________ 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.