I have assigned account numbers to the commonly used accounts so I can sort by number and find the one I want quickly.
On Fri, Dec 1, 2023, 7:15 PM R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 5:08 PM Art Chimes <artsonl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have a pretty large number of accounts, and there is name > > duplication. For example, I might have a S&P 500 index fund in my > > brokerage account and another one in a traditional IRA and maybe yet > > another one in a trust account. My usual strategy is to open up the > > Accounts tab and type <500>. That brings me to the first account with > > "500" in its name. As far as I know, however, there is no magic way to > > advance to the NEXT account with "500" in its name. Is there a way to > > do that? > > > > Or are there a better ways (tips and tricks?) to quickly and > > efficiently access an account that might be at the bottom of the list? > > > > Thanks for any helpful hints, and thanks also to the geniuses who keep > > working on GnuCash! > > > > Art Chimes > > GnuCash user since ~2019 > > > > I don't know of a way to do this, but I give the accounts different names; > using your situation above, I call the brokerage account that holds S&P 500 > Index shares "BRK-S&P 500", and the IRA entry would be "IRA-S&P500". I > don't know if this helps on the account page or not. I never really use the > account page in that way. A Roth fund with S&P 500 shares would be > "Roth-S&P 500", to continue the examples. I don't know if this will help or > not, but I provide it for what it's worth. > > > _________________________________ > Richard Losey > rlo...@gmail.com > Micah 6:8 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
