Stephen, There have been several posts explaining why it can be desirable to allow postponement of the completion of a balanced transaction because not all the details are known but the core of the transaction should not be postponed into oblivion.
On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 4:24 PM Stephen M. Butler < stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/2/21 11:22 AM, D. via gnucash-user wrote: > > Why delete an account that's only going to get created again? > > 1. So you know when something needs attention. > 2. Make you more careful to not let the account be created in the first > place. > > --Steve > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > From: Michael Hendry <hendry.mich...@gmail.com> > > Sent: Wed Jun 02 12:25:39 EDT 2021 > > To: Peter West <p...@pbw.id.au> > > Cc: GnuCash users group <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > Subject: Re: [GNC] WHY ARE THERE "IMBALANCE ENTRIES" AT ALL ?? JUST > CURIOUS > > > >> On 2 Jun 2021, at 02:44, Peter West <p...@pbw.id.au> wrote: > >> > >> I’m a fairly naive user, but I find the Imbalance-XXX and Orphan-XXX > accounts (at top level in my CoA) extremely useful, and I understand why > they are there. If I ever see a balance, I know I have to fix something, > which is a good reason to have them at the top. I can’t comment on any > changes that might have occurred in the behaviour of these accounts > recently. However, in respect of the tidiness of the CoA, one possible > solution is to create a special case for these accounts, such that they > only display in the CoA listing when they have a non-zero balance. > >> > >> Peter > > > > Why not simply delete the Imbalance and Orphan accounts when you’ve > sorted out the problem and zeroed their contents - they’ll be created > automatically if required. > > > > Michael > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > -- > Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM > stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com > kg...@arrl.net > 253-350-0166 > ------------------------------------------- > GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.