[Kmymoney] multiple categories distribution on internal transfers

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

on Saturday 04 February 2012 hugo borrell wrote:



>  Hello,
> 
> I'm a newbie on KMM, and I'm wondering how to categorise internal transfers
> 
> : up to now, I've been selecting the source or destination of money, which
> 
> is fine, but I would like to make internal transfers accept a "double
> distribution" : one category would be for the selected account, and one
> more general that would be called "internal transfer" and would refer to
> any internal transfer, whatever the source or destination account is. Both
> categories should accept full amount of transfer, since they do not
> contradict each other.

That would somehow violate one of the double entry accounting principles "The 
sum of all splits in a transaction is zero". That is, if you take 10 X out of 
one account you need 10 X in sum to drop in one or more other accounts. 
Categories are just accounts in this context.


> Is that possible ?

I guess not. What are you trying to achieve?

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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