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> On 2 Jun 2021, at 12:52 pm, D. via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > wrote: > > Of course, you can suppress zero balance accounts in the View menu, if that's > your preference... > > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: David Cousens <davidcousen...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tue Jun 01 18:46:57 EDT 2021 > To: John Morris <johnj...@editide.us>, Gnucash Users > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] WHY ARE THERE "IMBALANCE ENTRIES" AT ALL ?? JUST CURIOUS > > John, > > I agree. There is a case for not displaying the Imbalance accounts in the CoA > tab if there are no entries to them, i.e. they are zero balance. This is an > option in reports but not in the account tab. They can of course be left in > the > CoA and hidden in the Account tab by editing the account and setting the > hidden > flag but they then remain hidden even when new entries to them are created. > > I would go further and hide them totally if the balance in them was zero and > change either the background or the font color to a bright red or even > flashing > red( that would clearly need to be optional) to highlight them when they are > present with a non-zero balance. > > Their usefulness to indicate incorrect entries would be enhanced if they are > hidden when the balance is zero as their presence whether highlighted or not > indicates an error. Similarly with the orphan transactions created when an > account with existing transactions to it has been deleted without moving the > transactions to another account. > > I would take a look at it but I am currently heavily involved in a physics > project programming exercise at the moment. The change in behaviour from the > previous version probably needs to be tracked down and, where possible fixed > first, before adding any further enhancements to minimize conflicting changes. > > David Cousens > > On Tue, 2021-06-01 at 18:10 -0400, John Morris wrote: >>> Actually you are given the opportunity to fix it during entry. When the >>> Imbalance account appears in a transaction in the account column, all you >>> have to do is click on it in the Account column and assign the correct >>> account from the drop down list, before closing (pressing Enter) the >>> transaction. >> >> Unfortunately, by then the damage is already done. The Imbalance account has >> been created and I must go and delete it yet again. I don’t like extra >> accounts cluttering up my carefully designed CoA. >> >> Best, >> John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. _______________________________________________ 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.