Since Quicken isn't a formal double entry accounting package, the data structures don't complicate things. I'd be curious to know whether QuickBooks allows copy and paste to or from any account...
On August 19, 2022 7:14:37 PM GMT+03:00, Jack Slater <theillini...@gmail.com> wrote: >Not that I'm in any way wanting to go back to Quicken but I'm thinking that >it was never an issue to Copy/Paste To/From any type of account. > >On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 1:46 AM David T. via gnucash-user < >gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> I think the issue really boils down to "what exactly is getting copied and >> pasted?" >> >> I don't know the specifics, but as far as I understand it, a transaction >> in GnuCash looks unitary to the end user, but actually consists of a >> strange hybrid: a Transaction entry with (at least) two subsidiary splits. >> Each element has its own interconnected data that may or may not make sense >> when moved into another account. What happens when you change the context >> of a transaction will be unpredictable. >> >> David T. >> >> On August 19, 2022 6:42:15 AM GMT+03:00, Liz Dodd <ed...@billiau.net> >> wrote: >> >On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:12:29 -0500 >> >Jack Slater <theillini...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> When I tried to Copy a transaction from an account named Checking and >> >> Paste to the same account at a later date, the debit amount in the >> >> original Withdrawal column did not appear in the pasted transaction >> >> but the credit amount showed up in the Deposit column?? >> >> >> >> I have screen captures of both if needed. >> >> >> >> I've copy/pasted transactions before and never noticed the problem. >> >> >> >> Jack in Illinois >> > >> > >> >I have seen this happen when trying to move a transaction to another >> >account, for example when I entered the transaction in the cash ledger >> >and had really paid by card. When pasted into the card account, I would >> >find a deposit instead of a withdrawal. >> >I haven't ever taken the time to report and discuss the problem, but >> >learned that jumping to the Expense account involved and moving the >> >transaction from there was more reliable. >> >I have vague memories that it wasn't always like this, but I've been on >> >Gnucash since about V1.6 and I didn't pay attention to when this >> >started. >> >I haven't even tried it more recently to see if I can still reproduce >> >the problem. >> > >> >Summary: I also think copy and paste of a transaction has problems. >> > >> >Liz >> >_______________________________________________ >> >gnucash-user mailing list >> >gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> >----- >> >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 >> ----- >> 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
