KMyMoney 4.6.6 - unable to delete or edit a transaction.

[Eric Watson]

Hi Timothy,

The bank statement for A1 shows it as a transfer A1 to B1 not a withdrawal.

The bank statement B1 shows it as a receipt by transfer.

Eric

On 04/06/18 18:28, timothy wrote:
> Are you sure that it was an actual transfer not just a withdrawal?
>
> Timothy
>
>
> On Mon, 2018-06-04 at 18:16 +0100, Eric Watson wrote:
>> Hi Jack,
>>
>> The actual pysical bank shows the transfer occurred correctly. It is the
>> entries in KMM which are incorrect. Account A1 is less £500 but account
>> B1 never received the transaction. Therefore the total Assets are £500
>> less than they should be in KMM. (Not in the actual bank!). £500 has
>> gone missing in KMM!
>>
>> If I delete the transaction in A1 I can then re-make it and hopefully,
>> this time it will show as a deposit by transfer in B1, making the Assets
>> total correct.
>>
>> Well, for some reason the money left one account but did not appear in
>> the other in KMM.
>>
>> As  said in my post, yes I get a pop-up 'Transactions options' list when
>> hovering over the entry but the only entries in the list which are not
>> grayed out (unusable), are new, move or mark. Both delete and edit are
>> grayed out.
>>
>> On the same day, at the same time I made an identical £500 transfer from
>> A1 to C1 and the 'Transaction options' list is correct, all entries are
>> available, none grayed out and the transaction took place correctly.
>>
>> The error therefore is; why are some entries grayed out? Also, why did
>> the transfer not appear in the other account?
>>
>> I have saved the file but don't know what you mean by, "consistency
>> check". It opens ok again without any change.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> On 04/06/18 17:29, Jack wrote:
>>> On 2018.06.04 11:40, Eric Watson wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> In my Ledger I have and entry which was made as a payment transfer of
>>>> funds to a savings account in the Ledger.
>>>>
>>>> The funds were never actually transferred but are recorded in the
>>>> originating account as transferred.
>>>>
>>>> eg. A1 account transfers £500 to B1 account. A1 account total is
>>>> correct but B1 account is £500 short.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to delete the entry in A1 account and remake it so the
>>>> transfer amount appears in the B1 account.
>>>>
>>>> When I right click on the bad entry I get the Transfer options menu.
>>>> On this menu both edit and delete are grayed out leaving the only
>>>> options, new, move or mark.
>>>>
>>>> Advice would be appreciated please.
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>> Just to be sure I understand, you created a transaction which
>>> transferred £500 from account A1 to account B1, and the bank does show
>>> the money has left A1, but it has not yet arrived in B1. However, I am
>>> not sure what you are trying to do.  If you delete the transaction
>>> from A1, then will it not have £500 extra?  Also, since KMM follows
>>> the principles of double entry bookkeeping, any money leaving one
>>> account has to be added to some other account.
>>>
>>> However, if the program will not let you edit the transaction, we have
>>> to figure out why.  If it will let you move or mark it, then it really
>>> should let you edit or delete.  If you just hover the mouse over the
>>> transaction, is there any popup indicating any sort of error
>>> condition?  If you save the file, does the consistency check show any
>>> error about that transaction?
>>>
>>> Jack
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