I have a substantially similar arrangement with sub-accounts under a checking account. And I also use v4.12 under Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
I suspect there are a couple of things going on: 1) When you click the Open button on the placeholder account, nothing shows up. If you want to see the consolidated balance and listing of transactions, in the Accounts tab, right-click on the Banking Account line and select 'Open SubAccounts' from the pop-up menu. That will display all the transactions in the sub-accounts 2) I agree, the Reconcile button is grayed out when you open the register this way. I can't say if that's a feature or a bug, but it can also be worked around by -- from the Accounts tab, right click on the Banking Account line and select 'Reconcile' from the pop-up menu. That will open the Reconcile Information window that you're familiar with and be sure to select 'Include subaccounts'. Robin On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 3:49 PM Jay Ridgley <jridgl...@austin.rr.com> wrote: > Good afternoon, > > Up until Ubuntu 22.04 The reconcile button was NOT grayed out for the > type of account I am using (Parent account and Placeholder). I am > including an example of my account structure here: > > Banking Account (Parent Account, Placeholder) > Checkbook (sub-account)(contains all checkbook transactions) > Reserve (sub-account) (contains minimum account balance) > Separate Purpose (sub account) (rental income & expenses) > Checkbook Blind (sub-account) (amount held as a pad) > > All transactions take place in the sub-accounts. For me it has worked > successfully since I began using GnuCash (over 25 years ago). > > I was advised of a workaround that allows me to continue using this > arrangement until it can be fixed/changed to act as it did previously. > > It is as follows: > Open Parent account > right click and choose reconcile from the drop down > > Works just fine. > > Would not be necessary if the Reconcile button was not grayed out. > > My question boils down too: Is this change a bug or a "feature" and can > it be put back the way it was? > > > Please advise how I should proceed. > > Thanks, > Jay > > On 10/8/22 07:50, David T. wrote: > > That account register doesn't have any transactions in it, so it won't > > have any value either. Is it possible that in the past, you used a > > report to see the parent account balances, or even the Chart of Accounts? > > > > And if the account in the screen shot is a placeholder account, then you > > a) wouldn't be able to open the account by double clicking, b) be told > > on selecting Open that it was read only, and c) once opened, the entire > > register would be greyed out. The screen shot seems to show a normal > > account. It also shows a similarly-named tab next to the active tab. > > > > David T. > > On Oct 8, 2022, at 1:51 PM, Jay Ridgley <jridgl...@austin.rr.com > > <mailto:jridgl...@austin.rr.com>> wrote: > > > > On 10/7/22 16:38, john wrote: > > > > > > > > On Oct 7, 2022, at 12:43 PM, Jay Ridgley > > <jridgl...@austin.rr.com> wrote: > > > > Good Morning, > > > > BRAND NEW to the list, have been using GnuCash on my Ubuntu > > system for over 20 years, this is the first problem I have > > encountered that I have not been able to resolve. > > > > I discovered that the balance amount that should appear in a > > the parent account for my bank is missing. Therefore I am > > unable to do this month's reconcile. > > > > The account was proper last month, and I was able to balance > > my checkbook successfully. In the meantime I upgraded to > > Ubuntu 22.04 LTS from 20.04 LTS every thing seems to running > > properly, otherwise, including GnuCash. > > > > Today when I tried to reconcile my bank account I discovered > > the amount of the balance is missing and the reconcile > > button is grayed out(naturally since nothing shows). > > > > All the sub accounts point to the parent account and when I > > list my accounts the balance appears there and is correct. > > > > What happened and how can I get it back? > > > > > > > > Can you attach (don't inline!) a screenshot of the problem? It's > > not clear from your description what balance is missing and what > > button is disabled. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > John, > > > > Sorry it took so long... > > The account shown is the parent and the Balance should NOT be blank, > but > > the sum of 4 account balances. > > > > Thanks, > > Jay > > > > -- > Jay Ridgley > jridgley2 at austin.rr.com > Registered Linux User ID - 9115 > https://linuxcounter.net/cert/9115.png > Registered Ubuntu User ID - 23320 > > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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