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

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 6/2/21 2:36 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> 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.

I was responding to the question "Why delete an account that's only 
going to get created again?".  Not commenting on whether or not the 
account should be created as needed.  Yes, most times being more careful 
will eliminate the sudden appearance of the account.  Again, note the 
"most".

>
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 4:24 PM Stephen M. Butler 
> <Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com <mailto: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
>     <mailto:hendry.michael at gmail.com>>
>     > Sent: Wed Jun 02 12:25:39 EDT 2021
>     > To: Peter West <pbw at pbw.id.au <mailto:pbw at pbw.id.au>>
>     > Cc: GnuCash users group <gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>     <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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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