Sep 5, 2023 08:33:44 Maf. King <m...@chilwell.net>: > I just tried deleting an account. As expected, I was presented with the > choice to "move transactions to..." or "Delete all transactions" (see > screenshot - this is GC 4.x, maybe the wording is different in v5) > > Deleting the transactions does not really seem to delete anything, the > transaction splits effectively moved to Imbalance-GBP. > > One could argue that "splits" in the deleted account have been deleted, and > GC has auto-created new splits to the Imbalance account - I don't know what > the internal process is- but it "feels" to the end user like a move, not a > delete. > > Given a "transaction" is a collection of "at least 2 splits", then I think I > agree with the OP, (whatever the validity of the reason for wanting to delete > an account), being told that "transactions" will be deleted and them still > existing seems a bug (maybe only in wording in the dialog box)
Ah, it's been a while since I deleted an account, and I don't remember the option to delete all transactions being there (maybe I just forgot). I agree that is confusing at least, and maybe a bug. I don't think I would ever use that option, though. That seems like a confusing side effect to have transactions deleted by deleting an account. Maybe I'm just used to the way GnuCash has done things. _______________________________________________ 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.
