Nothing to do with fiscal year it just marks the difference between today and future transactions you may have entered.
Cheers Dave H. On 26 March 2018 at 00:43, Anita Graves <anitagra...@me.com> wrote: > Today I entered a transaction that is clearly within the dates set for the > start of our fiscal year and the end of our fiscal year. > > These dates are: Start: 28.03.2017 and End: 01.04.2018 > > However, a blue line is drawn across the checking account above my entry > of 26.03.2018 and below an entry dated 23.03.2018. > > I have entered the date twice thinking I have made some kind of error, but > no matter what I do, this blue line is there and it is not supposed to be. > > Any help is greatly appreciated! > > Many thanks to you all - I LOVE Gnucash! > > Anita Graves > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > From: Anita Graves <anitagra...@mac.com> > > Subject: Re: What is the blue line all about? > > Date: 1 January 2017 at 10:56:39 AM GMT+2 > > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > Cc: GNU Cash User <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > > > That is exactly what happened. I realized this when I looked closely at > my own transaction and realized it automatically put in 2017 without my > knowledge. > > > > This brings up a serious problem for me. My fiscal (financial) year is > not a calendar year. So, I would be entering transactions as usual up till > March or April when my financial year begins. > > > > Therefore, I wish to disable any settings in Gnucash that conflict with > this. I have entered my time frame in the appropriate settings, but I > still wish to avoid any trouble in the future. > > > > I thank you all for your kindness to reply. > > > > Anita > > > >> On 1 Jan 2017, at 10:48 AM, Liz <ed...@billiau.net> wrote: > >> > >> On Sun, 01 Jan 2017 10:34:03 +0200 > >> Anita Graves <anitagra...@mac.com> wrote: > >> > >>> I am a beginner with Gnucash and so far I love it, but suddenly when > >>> I was entering a normal transaction, a blue line surrounds it and it > >>> will not move to the appropriate date place…what have I done???? > >>> > >>> Thank you for your kind assistance. > >>> > >>> Anita Graves > >> > >> welcome Anita > >> > >> That blue line marks the difference between present and future > >> so check the date on your transaction below the line.... > >> Is it 2017 when you thought it was a 2016 transaction?? > >> > >> Liz > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> 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 > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.