"Stephen M. Butler" <kg...@arrl.net> writes: > On 4/29/20 11:25 AM, david whiting wrote: >> Hello, >> >> When I first set up my accounts (for a local club) I knew very little >> about accounting and misinterpreted some information I was given by an >> accountant and ended up creating some sub-accounts in Accounts Receivable. >> I now know that was not the correct thing to do, and I should have created >> these accounts as straight-forward asset accounts. >> >> Using gnucash I cannot change the account type for these accounts. When I >> use ctrl+e on these accounts I only see account type A/Receivable so I >> cannot change them through the GUI. > > When I've had problems changing the account type on an account, I found > that changing the parent first opens up the additional account types to > be used. > > Don't know if that will work for A/R (as I don't utilize them).
Indeed, I was going to suggest that you re-parent to make it a top-level account, then you can change the type, and then you can re-parent it wherever you want in the hierarchy. -derek -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.