The confusion arises when you use "entry" for both splits and transactions in the same paragraph, as you did here.
On June 18, 2022 4:57:57 PM EDT, Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: >When I say entry, I refer to the entire transaction, but I get your point. > > > >Sent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone. > > > >-------- Original message -------- >From: "David T." <sunfis...@yahoo.com> >Date: 6/18/22 4:24 PM (GMT-05:00) >To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org, Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com>, David >Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com>, Kevin T <neviki...@yahoo.com> >Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org >Subject: Re: [GNC] rookie question Imbalance-USD > >Gyle, > >Whether you delete the imbalance account or not once it is empty is a user >preference. Some dislike seeing the imbalance account in their books, and >delete it if it is empty. Others (like myself and you) leave that account in >place. I leave it because it just reappears again later anyways when you miss >an entry. > >Also, I'll note that you made a misleading statement late in the first >paragraph when you said that "If he deletes the entry, he will delete it from >the other accounts as well." In this instance, I think you meant to say "If he >deletes the **transaction,** he will delete it from the other accounts as >well." It's a minor, yet significant, difference in terminology. An entry (as >I understand) is the single line within a transaction, synonymous with the >Gnucash term "split." The Transaction is made up of two or more splits/entries. > >Best, >David T. > >On June 18, 2022 2:57:01 PM EDT, Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: > >I agree that the matching step is critical when importing and the proper >account should be assigned during import. I also agree that the OP needs to >understand Double Entry accounting better, However, if he has "empty" >transactions in the imbalance account, my bet is that if he clicks on the >split icon in the toolbar, he will see his debit and credit accounts, plus the >empty imbalance account. When correcting the imbalance entry, he needs to >open the split and click on the imbalance entry and change that to the proper >account. I think he added the proper account, entered the amount, then >removed the amount from the imbalance account. Doing it this way you can't >delete the imbalance account, unless you "jump" to one of the other accounts >and delete it from there. If he deletes the entry, he will delete it from the >other accounts as well, which he doesn't want to do. > You state that "Once all funds are re-allocated there should be no entries > remaining and you can safely delete that account." You don't delete the > account, once there are no entries the account it is irrelevant and if you > have it set to not display unused accounts you won't see it unless in the > future there is another entry in there, > > >Thank You, >Gyle McCollam > >Gyle McCollam > >609.680.2326 Mobile > >gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email >________________________________ >From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org> on >behalf of David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> >Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2022 1:59 PM >To: Kevin T <neviki...@yahoo.com> >Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >Subject: Re: [GNC] rookie question Imbalance-USD > >First, Imbalance-USD is not an expense account but a top level account, and >it is intended to be used only when an automated function is unable to form >a fully balanced transaction. You are correct that you can look under that >account name to find unbalanced transactions if and when they exist. > >You might find it useful to re-read about double entry bookkeeping in the >various help resources. The F1 key should work while in GnuCash. > >We never use the term "Category" to refer to anything in GnuCash, not even >"Expense" Accounts. > >The fact that you are finding "empty" transactions there indicates that you >are not always deleting references to that account after re-allocating >funds to the desired account. Once all funds are re-allocated there should >be no entries remaining and you can safely delete that account. It will be >re-created if new transactions appear. > >As you noticed, double-clicking is nearly useless in GnuCash. It does work >to change the sort order of columns in some windows. > >When using an import function, GnuCash is trying to learn what Account >transactions have been applied to in the past so it can try to use the same >account with similar transactions. That is why it is important to use the >"Matching" step to correct account assignments before the import process is >closed. > >Lastly, text files in Windows OS always use CR-LF, but other OS's mostly >use CR. This creates confusion when viewing text files in other OS's. > > >On Sat, Jun 18, 2022 at 11:54 AM Kevin T via gnucash-user < >gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > I have been populating my accounts with CSV. During the import, the tool > doesn't have any existing transactions to match, so most of them get > assigned the expense category 'Imbalance-USD'. > I am to the point of making sure that accounts are reconciled and > transactions don't have left over or bad account assignments. Since > Imbalance is one of those expense categories I thought that would be a good > place to make sure things are clean. > I double click that expense category and the tab populates.Most of these > entries have no value in either the deposit or withdrawal columns.Some > do.Some even have a transfer account defined and values. > Sooo.. the stupid questions.. > If they have a transfer account and values already specified, why is this > transaction in this expense category?How do I find out from which account > these transactions were originally created? double clicking does > nothing.If they contain no values, is it safe to delete them? > I did import a number of times, trying figuring out the import behavior, > into temp or no longer existing accounts. Are these left over after > deleting these accounts? > version 4.1 windows. > I have noticed that my original emails contain a ? for every CRLF that > occurs, when the mailing list distributes this. I am using yahoo mail to > send this. Is there a way to stop this ? mark 'feature'?? > > Kevin >________________________________ > 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. >________________________________ >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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