[moneydance] Find Transaction vs Increase/Decrease

[Ken Ganshirt]

David, you should probably read Edward's message a little more closely.
His first paragraph describes behaviour that is quite backwards, not the
correct behaviour you declare it to be. Then in your detailed explanation
later, you describe the correct behaviour perfectly, which is the reverse
of what he said he is seeing.

     ...ken...

--- Fuzzy Fox <fox at foxtaur.com> wrote:

> Edward Reid <edward at paleo.org> wrote:
> >
> > I paid a bill from my checking account.  When I do a Find Transaction,
> > and enter criteria which result in finding only this transaction, the
> > results show the transaction in my checking account and in the expense
> > account.  So far so good.  But the results show it as an Increase in
> > my checking account and a Decrease in the expense account.
> > 
> > Looks like a bug to me.  Am I missing anything?
> 
> That is correct behavior.
> 
> > I also see the check number with brackets around it in the checking
> > account and not in the expense account.  This is backwards, right?  It
> > looks to me as though the account names are what's reversed.
> 
> The function of the checking register is to track what's happening in
> your checking account.  You paid by check, and that check had a
> partciular check number associated with it.  As a result, your checking
> account has less money, so it is a decrease.
> 
> The function of the expense register is to track how much you've spent
> on that particular category.  You paid some money in that direction, so
> it shows up as an Increase.  You have now spent more money on that
> particular expense.  The fact that you paid by check is not important,
> although Moneydance still puts the check number from the "other side" in
> brackets, but I am not sure why.
> 
> -- 
>  Fuzzy Fox <fox at foxtaur.com>
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