If the number of transactions involved is small enough to consider fixing one at time, one could set up the proper tree, perhaps append _bad to the incorrect account name, then, from a transfer account change transaction s one at a time.
On Wed, Apr 29, 2020, 7:56 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Already reported earlier today, that doesn’t work. > > I suggested it earlier, and then tested it on my own book. Indeed, once > there are transactions in the errant account, it cannot be changed. This > must be something specific to type A/R and/or A/P accounts. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Apr 29, 2020 w18d120, at 5:16 PM, Dean Gibson < > gnucash.st...@mailpen.com> wrote: > > > > Create a new account in the desired location, & then delete the old > account. When you attempt to delete it, there will be a prompt asking what > to do with the transactions. Select "Move to new account" (or similar > verbiage), & then delete the account. > > > > On 2020-04-29 15:03, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > >> On 4/29/20 1:37 PM, david whiting wrote: > >>> On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 21:31, Stephen M. Butler <kg...@arrl.net> > wrote: > >>>> On 4/29/20 1:14 PM, david whiting wrote: > >>>>> On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 20:29, Maf. King <m...@chilwell.net> wrote: > >>>>>> Just a thought - if you change the account parent away from A/R can > you then > >>>>>> change the type? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> HTH, > >>>>>> Maf. > >>>>>> > >>>>> No, unfortunately moving the parent account doesn't allow me to > change it. > >>>>> > >>>>> David > >>>> I think you misunderstood, or I'm not understanding what you did. It > >>>> sounds like you attempted to edit the parent account and change it's > >>>> type. What we are suggesting is that you edit the leaf account and > >>>> change who it's parent is so that it shows up underneath a different > >>>> (non-A/R) account. > >>>> > >>> Yes, I misunderstood, however, I just tried that and still can't > >>> change the type. See attached image showing that the account is now in > >>> Assets:Members but other types are still not available. > >>> > >>> David > >> That seems like a bug to me. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
