David Carlson
Cc: Gyle McCollam , gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.
Actually there's a preference setting so that I need type only a few
characters of the account name, ignoring higher levels.
I believe it's associated with Register
Actually there's a preference setting so that I need type only a few
characters of the account name, ignoring higher levels.
I believe it's associated with Register Defaults » Only display leaf
account names.
Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com
On 2022-08-09 15:48, David Carlson
Version 2.6.19 only works the old way where you need to type a few
characters of each level starting at the top. You need at least 3.x to get
the better autofill in the account field.
On Tue, Aug 9, 2022, 5:36 PM Stan Brown wrote:
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> On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 11:31 AM UTC -800, Stan Brown
On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 11:31 AM UTC -800, Stan Brown wrote:> This
may be different in more recent versions, but I've found that
> the drop-down accounts list when I'm entering a transaction is still
> alphabetical and does not follow [i.e. not in the order of] account
> codes. However, whe
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Subject: Re: [GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.
On 2022-08-09 00:55, John C Simpson via gnucash-user wrote:
> How do I set up my accounts in a
As Michael noted, Transaction order is up to you.
They appear as you enter them.
You can 'sort' by various means, see View > Sort.
I abuse the NUM field to enter a 'time stamp' to intentionally order my
transactions so I don't have to worry about the entry order.
There is no auto-numbering f
On 2022-08-09 00:55, John C Simpson via gnucash-user wrote:
> How do I set up my accounts in an order that I prefer rather than
> alphabetical?
Use the Account Codes. All reports (at least all the ones I use) will
be sorted by Account Code.
A recommendation I adopted from this list was to use
First two questions below.
How do I set up my accounts in an order that I prefer rather than alphabetical?
You have received one answer for this (using account numbers). Account
numbering is rather common in accounting, but can involve significant
work when/if major changes to the CoA happen.
To use a different sort order, assign account codes to your accounts, add the
Account Codes column to the Chart of Accounts screen, and click that column
header to sort on it.
For further references, each of these is covered in various places in the
documentation and the lists.
On Aug 9, 2022,
I have just started trying to set up my new GnuCash accts file.
I have been using MYOB for 20+ years so I will need help occasionally when I
can’t find an answer in the manual.
First two questions below.
How do I set up my accounts in an order that I prefer rather than alphabetical?
How do I t
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