Thanks for the thoughts. I have been entering everything manually - I'm not using Scrub Accounts. However I've just tried using the scrub accounts, but the problem still persists.
Chris On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 at 23:39, Murugan Muruganandam < m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Chris > > on the realised loss transaction, are you using the action->view > lots->scrub accounts feature or inserting it manually?. > > please try using the scrub accounts and then update the orphan account to > the correct income / expenses account > > > Saludos Cordiales > > > Murugan > ------------------------------ > *From:* gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+m.muruganandam= > hotmail....@gnucash.org> on behalf of Chris Grinton <cgrin...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 5, 2022 9:08 AM > *To:* Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > *Subject:* [GNC] Orphan-<currency> and Imbalance-<currency> splits > created on stock transaction when closing & reopening GnuCash data file > > Hi GnuCashers, > > I have a strange situation where a transaction is automagically (and > unexpectedly) getting splits added to it against the "Orphan-<currency>" > and "Imbalance-<currency>" accounts when my GnuCash data file is closed and > reopened. I can't work out why these splits are getting added, and would > love any insights that people might have on how to stop it from happening. > > The unexpected behavior here appears to be somehow related to having > trading accounts enabled, and a consequence of changing the namespace of a > security. > > Here are steps I do to reproduce this problem: > > 1. Create a transaction as follows: > Expenses:Realised capital losses DR 5000 > Assets:Stock account CR > 5000 (with shares & price = 0) > > This appears in GnuCash as per the following screenshot: > > [image: image.png] > > No change occurs to this transaction as long as I keep the GnuCash file > open. > > 2. Edit the UNLISTED:ACME security, and change its namespace. For example, > change the namespace from "UNLISTED" to "UNLISTED2". > > 3. Open a different GnuCash file (or close GnuCash), and then open the > original file again. The act of opening the file appears to cause the > transaction to be updated with additional splits to read as follows: > > Expenses:Realised capital losses DR 5000 > * Orphan-AUD DR 5000* > Assets:Stock account CR > 5000 (with shares & price = 0) > * Imbalance-AUD CR > 5000* > > Here's a screenshot showing this: > [image: image.png] > > 4. If I delete the Orphan & Imbalance splits, they continue to reappear > every time I reopen the GnuCash file. > > I have not seen this behavior occurring for securities that have not had a > namespace change, but is reliably reproducible for securities that have had > a namespace change. > > I'm using GnuCash 4.8 on Windows with a SQLite data file. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks, > Chris > _______________________________________________ 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.
