David, This is my thoughts also, using the basic 'checking account' selection during account wizard creation keeps the parent accounts so no problem.
Thanks both for super swift replies. *"Now that I think about it, you probably need to keep the top level accounts as they determine the attributes that child accounts use to maintain adherence to the accounting rules." * David Carlson-4 wrote > I cannot say for certain as I am still using release 3.8, but I believe > that release 4.4 has had a major improvement to the account selector in > that it no longer requires strict entry of parent accounts in order to > select child accounts. Thus, if your primary concern is the number of > keystrokes for entry, there would be little or no advantage to dropping > parent accounts from your tree. You might save a little ink if you did > print something out. > > Which brings up the second major improvement, the reports are most of the > way through a major overhaul, so you might find that you can stop using > external spreadsheets for some or all of your reports. > > Now that I think about it, you probably need to keep the top level > accounts > as they determine the attributes that child accounts use to maintain > adherence to the accounting rules. > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 1:33 AM Jamestk < > davidjamestk@.co > > wrote: > >> Hello good folks, >> >> Having used GNC for many years the time has come to create a new data >> file >> along with associated accounts. Before doing so i wanted to reacquaint >> myself with the basic principals behind GNC operation, basically because >> i >> would like to simplify my data entry. >> >> Firstly, is it necessary to create accounts under each heading such as >> 'expense' 'credit card', 'bank account' and so on? >> >> My thoughts are yes if you intend to run balance sheet or cash flow >> reports, >> in my situation I export accounts individually into HTML then excel or >> similar >> >> My reasoning is to reduce the number of keystrokes or scrolling when >> entering data, for example typing in a petrol receipt currently requires >> expense:car:petrol to be selected in drop down, it would be far easier to >> hit the shortcut key for petrol if petrol were a main and not sub account >> (if that makes any sense?) >> >> To summarise, my main objective using GNC is very basic double entry book >> keeping to ensure cash ends up where it's sent and duplicate entries are >> not >> made, for any report I use excel. >> >> Thanks for reading >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: >> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> > gnucash-user@ >> 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. >> > > > -- > David Carlson > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@ > 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. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ 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.
