Maybe because for those new to GNC, like myself, it's not a very
intuitive process and is easy to screw up.
After two months I still muck it up from time to time especially when
I'm trying to modify a duplicated transaction that has splits.
I'm not complaining but providing an explanation to your "I don't see
why we continue to beat upon this subject" comment.
On 6/3/21 11:11 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
Given how easy it is to correct these problems (i.e., change the
Account in the erroneous entry from Imbalance-XXX to some other
account and press enter), I don't see why we continue to beat upon
this subject.
On 6/3/2021 10:12 AM, Adam Funk wrote:
On 2021-06-01, DaveC49 wrote:
Laura,
The reason Imbalance entries exist is that it is a fundamental
principle in
double entry accounting that the sum of the debits and credits to the
various accounts that make up a transaction must be zero.
The Imbalance results if a user creates and saves a transaction in
which
this is not true. GNuCash tries to force your hand on this. You will
notice
that if you create a transaction in which the sum of the debits and
credits
is not zero, GnuCash will open a new line with an amount which will
balance
that sum with no account selected in the account column. If you
select an
account to assign that imbalance to, then the transaction is then
balanced.
If you do not and save the transaction without specifically
assigning an
account to it, GnuCash will assign the amount by which the
transaction is
unbalanced to an Imbalance account in the currency of the accounts.
If the
transaction involves more than one currency it will be in the
currency which
is imbalanced in the transaction.
The only problem I have is that it is far too easy (IMO, IME!) to
accidentally create or use Orphan-* and Imbalance-* accounts just by
hitting the tab key one time too many. I'd prefer to be able to set an
option to disable that and to force me to balance the transaction
before leaving it.
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