As Michael stated, you don't truly understand double entry bookkeeping. During the import process, you specified the main checking/savings/cc account. But it appears you failed to identify the other account for each transaction. If you had done that, there is a fairly good chance that: 1. The importer would learn how to assign those other accounts automatically for you. 2. The savings and cc import may have found the transaction from the checking import and updated it (if necessary) and would not have loaded it again.
To fix you can either start over brand new and load each one month-by-month. Do checking, then savings, then cc for January. Then the same for February and repeat for all the other months. This way the importer will learn much faster and make the later months much easier. Also it will ensure the transaction matching in the savings and cc loads are finding the transaction from the checking load. Take smaller bytes and chew thoroughly. On Tue, Aug 13, 2024, 08:56 Bruce Griffis <bruce.grif...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to figure out the very basics of managing a checking account, > savings account and credit card in GnuCash. I downloaded a csv of all > checking transactions for a year and imported them. They look good and > match up with my check register. Then I downloaded my savings for a year > into a savings account in GnuCash. Finally, I downloaded a csv of credit > card transactions for a year and imported into a liabilities/credit card > account. > > So, in my checking account, I see a transfer to savings. This is marked > imbalanced. > > In my savings account, I see a deposit maybe the same day and the same > amount. This is marked imbalanced. > > If I open my checking account register and changed the destination > account from imbalanced to savings, then I see that transaction pop up > in my savings register. I now have two transactions of the same amount > and possibly the same day in my savings register. Would I delete the > duplicate entry I got when I downloaded the csv? Or what do I do to show > that my checking transfer out transaction is the same as my savings > increase transaction? > > And the same with my credit account. I see a payment out of checking to > SuperBigBank Mastercard. In the credit card, I see a payment. Both are > imbalanced. If I change the checking transaction to show it goes to my > credit card, I now see two transactions in my credit card register. > Would I simply delete the duplicate entry? Or how do I show that they > are the same transaction? > _______________________________________________ > 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.
