[GNC] WHY ARE THERE "IMBALANCE ENTRIES" AT ALL ?? JUST CURIOUS

[David Carlson]

Stephen,

There have been several posts explaining why it can be desirable to allow
postponement of the completion of a balanced transaction because not all
the details are known but the core of the transaction should not be
postponed into oblivion.

On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 4:24 PM Stephen M. Butler <
Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6/2/21 11:22 AM, D. via gnucash-user wrote:
> > Why delete an account that's only going to get created again?
>
> 1.  So you know when something needs attention.
> 2.  Make you more careful to not let the account be created in the first
> place.
>
> --Steve
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > From: Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Wed Jun 02 12:25:39 EDT 2021
> > To: Peter West <pbw at pbw.id.au>
> > Cc: GnuCash users group <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> > Subject: Re: [GNC] WHY ARE THERE "IMBALANCE ENTRIES" AT ALL ?? JUST
> CURIOUS
> >
> >> On 2 Jun 2021, at 02:44, Peter West <pbw at pbw.id.au> wrote:
> >>
> >> I’m a fairly naive user, but I find the Imbalance-XXX and Orphan-XXX
> accounts (at top level in my CoA) extremely useful, and I understand why
> they are there. If I ever see a balance, I know I have to fix something,
> which is a good reason to have them at the top. I can’t comment on any
> changes that might have occurred in the behaviour of these accounts
> recently. However, in respect of the tidiness of the CoA, one possible
> solution is to create a special case for these accounts, such that they
> only display in the CoA listing when they have a non-zero balance.
> >>
> >> Peter
> >
> > Why not simply delete the Imbalance and Orphan accounts when you’ve
> sorted out the problem and zeroed their contents - they’ll be created
> automatically if required.
> >
> > Michael
> >
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