There is an account -- the open register into which you've entered the transaction.
There is no TRANSFER account, but that's not required because the transaction is balanced by the $0 amount. If you had a value in there the scrubber would just insert it into your Imbalance account. So I repeat -- train yourself to not hit Enter until you're done entering your transaction. -derek On Fri, September 4, 2026 10:00 am, Marty Landman wrote: > How is the transaction considered valid when there is no account? IMHO > not choosing an account should cause the trx to fail validation. > > On 9/4/2026 9:36 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: >> Hi, >> I wouldn't call it a feature, but I wouldn't call it a bug. I would >> call >> it "GnuCash is doing exactly what you tell it to do". Namely, once you >> edit ANY field in the new transaction it is considered "completed" -- >> and >> if you hit Enter it will run through the "is this a balanced >> transaction" >> tester (NB: 0 == 0: Balanced) and get committed. >> >> So you're basically saying that you want to enter a transaction with a >> specific date, but without a description (this is allowed) and with >> $0.00 >> amount (also allowed). >> >> Train yourself to not hit Enter prematurely. >> >> -derek >> >> On Fri, September 4, 2026 9:15 am, Marty Landman wrote: >>> Notice that GnuCash creates empty transactions having nothing in it but >>> the date when altering the date on a blank transaction and entering. >>> >>> I accidentally create these on a semi-steady basis and then have to >>> find >>> and remove them. Is this a feature for some reason? Can I remove this >>> ability through configuration somehow? Or get a warning before blank >>> trx's are created? >>> >>> Marty >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> 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. >>> >> > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 [email protected] www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
