I think I get what your saying and at this point (a) I have no clue how to manage/edit/adjust what I have to that type of structure nor (b) do I know enough yet to feel confident in making any changes! LOL..
I'm reconciling my November statement as we "speak" and had to add a few account transfer entries - that in Quicken would credit 1 account and automatically debit the transfer account. I have non idea how/if I can do that in GC!? Any pointers/help is gladly and thankfully accepted! On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Fross, Michael <mich...@fross.org> wrote: > Hi Jack, > > I'm also a convert about a year ago to GNUCash. They are *all* real > accounts. But if you are like me, your institutional accounts are not > really in expenses where most of the category accounts lie. I have my > traditional bank accounts in Assets (as well as brokerage accounts, home > equity, etc) Credit cards are in Liabilities. The expenses and income > accounts are mostly the old categories from Quicken. For me, the only > account in Equity is the "Opening Balance" account. > > Hope that makes sense. > > Michael > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Jack Slater <theillini...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks for the feedback! >> >> I'll get to that and read thru. Then if I am a typical Quicken fool I'll >> be >> back for more direction! >> >> I'm wondering then if there is a way to designate the "real" accounts in >> the massive Account Listing so i can see/sort or make those stand out from >> the "non-real" accounts. >> >> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:03 PM, D <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> > Jack, >> > >> > Welcome to Gnucash, and welcome to this list. >> > >> > Before you tinker with the account structure in Gnucash, I strongly >> > recommend that you read the Basics section in the Tutorial & Concepts >> Guide >> > (available on the Gnucash website). The 4 chapters there will give you a >> > better understanding of some of the fundamental ways that Gnucash >> differs >> > from Quicken. >> > >> > >> > Specifically, you will want to look at how Gnucash's double entry >> aspects >> > affect file structure. Gnucash doesn't have categories; rather, it uses >> > accounts for this purpose. Many refugees from Quicken find this a >> difficult >> > adjustment to make. >> > >> > After you have read these chapters, you will understand that you >> probably >> > will want to keep all those accounts--after all, you had the categories >> for >> > a reason! You'll also understand how Gnucash reflects a more formal >> > accounting system than Quicken. >> > >> > A quick way to determine whether to keep all those accounts: open each >> of >> > them up, and if there are transactions listed in the register, then you >> > won't want to delete that account. >> > >> > Rest assured, however, that if you did try to delete one of these >> > accounts, Gnucash would prompt you to designate where these transactions >> > should be moved. >> > >> > Hope this helps, >> > David >> > >> > >> > On December 14, 2017, at 10:07 PM, Jack Slater <theillini...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > I dropped Quicken finally and have been trying GC for a few days. So >> far it >> > seems like a great replacement but I'm a total noob. >> > >> > My first question: >> > I did an import from Quicken and I guess I misunderstood the terminology >> > differences. When I look at the GC Accounts window - it is a complete >> > listing of both (what were names in Quicken) Accounts and Categories, >> now >> > just all listed as Accounts. >> > >> > I'd like to get rid of the Categories listings yet retain the "true" >> > Accounts but want to make sure that if I just delete them, I'm not >> harming >> > data "under the hood" so to speak. >> > >> > I hope I'm approaching the mailing list help process correctly and also >> > hope to get good enough that I could eventually help others. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > Jack in Illinois >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnucash-user mailing list >> > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> > ----- >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
