I suggest for sole proprietors and partnerships the owner/partner equity accounts look like this:
[name] Equity (do not post to this account it is a summing account)
>> Equity ( first of the year roll up drawing and investment into this account as well as retained earnings)
>> Equity Drawing (record the value you take from the business here)
>> Equity Investment (record the value you put into the business here)
QB does not work on ledgers, it uses accounts which are sometimes called categories in QB. The work flow determines what actual ledgers are posted to behind the scenes, it will not work properly if you by pass using the work flow.