[moneytalks] Beta: Bug with category summary when split transactions are showing in register
- From: "Steve Zielinski" <steveziel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:49:06 -0500
Hello Rob and all,
When you do a category summary Ctrl+g on a fully expanded register or
restricted view of a register, and have the splits off, you get correct
results. But if you show splits, make the "D" letter appear in the status
column, before doing the Ctrl+g, you're summary report is inaccurate. It
seems that more transactions then actually exist are reported and the
averages are incorrect. For this reason I've taken to making sure splits are
not showing before doing the Ctrl+g. Can this bug be fixed. Exactly what is
going on I sure don't know, but I'll bet my last stamp you do.
Here is a specific example from a restricted view of one of my accounts. In
this example, there are four transactions with a category named
Miscellaneous. Two of them have a subcategory named Post office, one of
which is a split transaction. That split one consists of a $10 cash back,
and a $0.74 purchase of stamps. The non-split post office transaction is
valued at $6.24. These two transactions are debit card actions, taking money
from the account. The third transaction is a $49.99 credit into the account,
a rebate. The fourth transaction is not reported in the summary because it
doesn't have a subcategory associated with it. However by examining the
register I know it is a $20 transaction, a debit from the account. Earlier,
I wrote about how transactions that don't have subcategories associated with
them are not shown in the category summary.
The total amount of the four transactions is indeed $86.97.
I'll follow this example with the same restriction on the category named
Miscellaneous, but have the splits on.
Here's with splits off:
Cash:Cash back
10.00 total
10.00 average
1 item
Miscellaneous:
76.97 total
19.24 average
4 items
Miscellaneous:Post office
6.98 total
3.49 average
2 items
Miscellaneous:Rebate
49.99 total
49.99 average
1 item
Here's wiht splits on:
Cash:Cash back
10.00 total
10.00 average
1 item
Miscellaneous:
77.71 total
15.54 average
5 items
Miscellaneous:Post office
7.72 total
2.57 average
3 items
Miscellaneous:Rebate
49.99 total
49.99 average
1 item
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