Payee for split small annoyance

[Jack]

On 2025.12.22 17:49, lp.allard.1--- via KMyMoney wrote:
> Hello maillist,
> 
> I just restarted using KMM for good after a few months and noticed a  
> small issues (?) with payees in split transactions.
> 
> It is now possible to enter different payees for the split  
> transactions. However, since most of my transactions are done at a  
> single payee, I usually (out of habit with the older KMM versions)  
> enter the payee in the “main” transaction, and then populte my splits.
> 
> I noticed if I leave the payee fields empty on the splits, in the  
> reports these splits will be reported with NO payee. IMO if the payee  
> field is left empty KMM should automatically use the parent  
> transction's payee. If KMM cant do this, what's the point of entering  
> a payee in the main transaction if its necessary to enter one for  
> each splits?
> 
> Maybe I am not getting the intention behind this behavior?

This has indeed been mentioned on the lists, discuss, and bugs, but I'm  
not sure there is a clear solution of how KMM should behave here.  I  
see three open bugs which might be used, although two refer  
specifically to split scheduled transactions.

I'd like to see a bit more discussion here before any specific solution  
is proposed, although I think the main reuqest is that if a Payee is  
entered when a schedule is created (regular or scheduled transaction)  
and that transaction is then split, the Payee be applied to any new  
splits created.  One option might also be to only apply it to the first  
split, as there is a use case that one reason for creating the splits  
is specifically to allow different Payees.  Clearing a Payee is not  
hard, but perhaps there could be a button to apply the transaction  
Payee to the current split.

Other ideas?

Jack