Account type is a number, not a string. You can see what number goes with what type at https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/65eae554bec2d360600c7ff62ac72d92665c1f59/libgnucash/engine/Account.h#L105.
That shouldn't have anything to do with anything if you assign codes to accounts, display the account code column in the Accounts tab, and click on its header to sort by it. You can easily tell which column is used for sorting and in which direction by the arrow icon that appears on the right of the column's header. Regards, John Ralls > On Jun 13, 2022, at 12:09 PM, Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: > > Alan, > I noticed that the accounts under assets are not sorted in alpha order when I > assign account codes to the major cats, namely the Assets (1), Liabilities > (2), Equity (3), Income (4), and Expense (5). I have determined this is due > to the Asset account type being broken down into Assets, Bank, and Cash. For > some reason Cash comes before Asset, which comes before Bank. I was thinking > it was sorting on Type even though I didn't have "Type" displayed, but having > Cash before Asset types negates that reasoning. > > Also, wanted to let you know that sorting this way also put the Imbalance and > Orphaned account as the first 2 entries. I have my accounts filtered by > View/Filter By.../Other and I removed all the check marks. The accounts only > display when they have a balance, which since they are at the top of the list > really makes them stand out. > > > Thank You, > Gyle McCollam > > Gyle McCollam > > 609.680.2326 Mobile > > gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email > > ________________________________ > From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org> on > behalf of Alan A Holmes <gnuc...@alanaholmes.me.uk> > Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2022 3:12 AM > To: ja...@comcast.net <ja...@comcast.net>; gnucash-user@gnucash.org > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] How to reorganize the account tree > > As Adrien said in his reply if you sort on the Account Name column it should > be okay. > > Personally, I sort on the Hidden column which I have displayed, mainly > because it puts the Imbalance and Orphan accounts together at the bottom of > the list and enables me to find errors in transactions quickly. > What I do notice sorting this way is that within the top level accounts > (Assets, Expenses, Income, etc.) that the 2nd and subsequent level Accounts > under Assets AREN'T sorted alphabetically, while those under Expenses and > Income ARE. I have insufficient sub-accounts under Equity and Liabilities to > be able to say. > > > Alan A Holmes > > -----Original Message----- > From: gnucash-user > <gnucash-user-bounces+gnucash=alanaholmes.me...@gnucash.org> On Behalf Of > ja...@comcast.net > Sent: 11 June 2022 12:29 > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: [GNC] How to reorganize the account tree > > I have been using gnucash for nearly 20 years. My account lists were a mess > until this spring when somehow I spent a day or two reorganizing everything > into a new and very well organized account tree. For the life of me, I > don't remember how I was able to do that without losing the 20 years of data > stored in my accounts. I would like to reorganize the order in which my > bank accounts are listed to make them in alphabetical order but I cannot > find a way to move the accounts in the account tree. I can go to the parent > account but that does not give me control to move the accounts around. > > Can someone tell me how to move accounts around in the > account list. Thank you. 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