change starting balance

Josh Sled jsled at asynchronous.org
Thu Apr 3 21:31:37 EDT 2008


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Callum E Murdoch <cem22b at gmail.com> writes:
> I am a complete newbie with gnu (i'm a quicken user hoping to change) do
> you mean enter in a ledger if I do that it asks to create a new account
> called Equity? is that right?

That implies that you don't have an Equity account, which implies you didn't
use the predefined "Common Account" hierarchy, which suggests that you didn't
go through the New File druid, which most users go through (which is why I
assumed it exists. :)


Yes, you may need to create (both) an Opening Balances account inside an
Equity account.  Make sure both are of account-type Equity.  But you may find
it easier to – while on the Accounts tab – use the menu item {File > New... >
New Account Hierarchy} to create all of the "Common Accounts".  That will
create both accounts.

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