On 2022-08-09 00:55, John C Simpson via gnucash-user wrote: > How do I set up my accounts in an order that I prefer rather than > alphabetical?
Use the Account Codes. All reports (at least all the ones I use) will be sorted by Account Code. A recommendation I adopted from this list was to use four digit numbers. The first digit is 1/2/3/4/5 for Assets/Liabilities/Equities/Income/Expenses. The second, third, and fourth digits allow for three levels of accounts, which I think is plenty, but there's nothing stopping you from having two levels or four levels or even just one level. (Reports seem to default to showing no more than three levels, so you'd need to change that in Edit » Report Options.) This may be different in more recent versions, but I've found that the drop-down accounts list when I'm entering a transaction is still alphabetical and does not follow account codes. However, when I type the first few letters of the desired account name, GC auto-fills the full name. You can also type the Account Code and GC will convert it to account name as soon as you press Tab or Enter. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.
