Re: [GNC] Sorting accounts

2019-03-29 Thread D via gnucash-user
You can add the account number field to the Chart of Accounts display*, and then sort by that the same way. That's how I have it. David * - click the triangle at the right of the COA window to see the many different field you could display. On March 29, 2019, at 10:39 PM, Matthew Andrews

Re: [GNC] Sorting accounts

2019-03-29 Thread Colin Law
Make the account code visible by clicking in the little down arrow at the right hand end of the headings in the accounts tab, and select that field. Then you can sort on it. On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 at 17:10, Matthew Andrews wrote: > > Clicking on the column header worked to put them in alphabetical

Re: [GNC] Sorting accounts

2019-03-29 Thread Matthew Andrews
Clicking on the column header worked to put them in alphabetical order!  That's a big improvement! Thank you! I was thinking there would be a way to do it with the account code.  When I right click on an account, and select "edit account" there's a field called "Account code."  That's where

Re: [GNC] Sorting accounts

2019-03-29 Thread Colin Law
Click on the the Account Name column heading in the Accounts tab and they will be sorted alphabetically (within the tree structure). Colin On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 at 14:42, Matthew Andrews wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > GnuCash has been working well for me, but it's beginning to get > cumbersome to

Re: [GNC] Sorting accounts

2019-03-29 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 3/29/2019 10:39 AM, Matthew Andrews wrote: Hello everyone, GnuCash has been working well for me, but it's beginning to get cumbersome to look at. My accounts seem to just appear in the order I created them, which was just as they were needed. It would be a lot easier to read, for

Re: [GNC] Sorting accounts

2019-03-29 Thread D via gnucash-user
Or, you could use the account numbering field... I was under the impression that you could click on the account name heading in the Chart of Accounts, and it would sort by that column. Not being at my machine right now, I can't confirm that, though. David On March 29, 2019, at 9:01 PM,

Re: [GNC] Sorting accounts

2019-03-29 Thread Gregory Forster
Hi Matthew, I created my account first  numerically: 1 - Assets, 2 - Liabilities, 3 - Equity, 4 - Income, 5 - Expense. 10100 - Current Assets; 10110 - Checking Account, 10120 - Savings Account, 10130 - Money Market, 10140 - Investments (10141 - IRAs, 10142 - Mutual

[GNC] Sorting accounts

2019-03-29 Thread Matthew Andrews
Hello everyone, GnuCash has been working well for me, but it's beginning to get cumbersome to look at.  My accounts seem to just appear in the order I created them, which was just as they were needed.  It would be a lot easier to read, for example, if I could put all my expenses in