I frequently overload top level accounts with the same name. The only requirement is that the accounts are of different type. It allows for account selection from the ledger in fewer keystrokes. For example, entering both assets and interest income from the same bank statement.
Mike On Mar 14, 2015 5:45 AM, "John Ralls" <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > On Mar 14, 2015, at 7:24 PM, Sébastien de Menten <sdemen...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > There is no constraint in gnucash to avoid creating two top-level > accounts > > with the same name while there is such a constraint for two sub-accounts. > > Should the first be allowed ? Is there some reason to allow this ? > > I'd say that's an oversight. Having two accounts with the same path name > will lead only to confusion. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
