On 5/2/20 9:29 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > > 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 ? > I changed it to be an Expense type. > > > > 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 > -- Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com kg...@arrl.net 253-350-0166 ------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8
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