Op zaterdag 2 mei 2020 17:58:11 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: > On 5/2/20 2:44 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > > Op zaterdag 2 mei 2020 08:23:19 CEST schreef Adrien Monteleone: > >> Indeed, I clicked Edit on an Asset account and I can only change it to: > >> > >> Bank > >> Cash > >> Asset > >> Credit Card > >> Liability > >> > >> I get the first three if there is going to be a limitation, but allowing > >> the last 2 and not allowing even another debit balanced account like > >> Expenses? > >> > >> Strange. > >> > >> I’m starting to wonder if this is a bug. If not, can someone shed light > >> on > >> the reasoning for not being able to refactor accounts except within their > >> current parent type? > > > > The idea here is that you can't put expense accounts under the an Asset > > parent account. So if you want to change an asset account to become an > > expense account, you will first have to select a parent account that is > > an expense account. That will then allow you to change the account type. > > > > I agree the UI can use some more polish to make this a better experience. > > The UI's original idea was to show the valid account types that are > > available for a given parent account. I think this would be more easily > > understood if the parent account and the accountype widgets would switch > > places. It is more intuitive if a lhs selection (for left to right > > interfaces) affect what can be selected in a rhs selector. Not the other > > way around. > > > > Playing with this a bit more I wonder if other combinations make sense or > > possibly conflict with gnucash' internal assumptions. For example, are > > there valid use cases to store an income account under an expense account > > or the other way around ? > > For a small business I was carrying Cost-of-Goods-Sold (COGS) as an > expense item. When my CPA filed the taxes, I noticed that he placed it > as a deduction to revenue. So, after a chat with the in-house > accountant, I moved COGS to be under the Income parent. > > Thankfully, the internal representation for amounts still worked > correctly and the COGS account now showed as a reduction to Income > without me having to go change the sign on each transaction. > Do you mean that when you moved the COGS account under the Income parent you also changed the account type to "Income" or did it remain an expense ?
Note by the way that I have seen it mentioned several times on the mailing lists that the Account Hierarchy view does not necessarily follow the same ordering as your balance sheet. Regards, Geert _______________________________________________ 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.
