There is also a menu item in GnuCash under Transaction that allows one to cut and paste it; I've used that to move transactions to the proper account.
On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 3:33 PM Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net> wrote: > Since there are more than two ways suggested, I was highlighting the > pitfall > -- if delete route was used instead of simply changing its parent -- that > it > does not delete all transactions that are present in the latter account > before > reassigning the transactions from the former account to latter one. > Re-parenting is the preferred method. > > I would say that you might be able to tell if the account was empty or not > afterwards is to retain the GNC log file that gets created that would > capture > that event or you put some sort of marker in the account that it was empty > would be two ways I think it can be accomplished if it was necessary. But > that > is not a strait forward built-in functionality that I believe you are > referring to. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:50:48 -0500 > From: Michael or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@comcast.net> > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] How to move a transaction with splits from one > top-level account to another - take 2 > Message-ID: <d1f006aa-1d10-c433-328d-1b5e9e9f9...@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 1/19/2023 12:44 PM, Kalpesh Patel wrote: > > Just to add a bit of clarification to this, if you do decide to go with > the > > delete route, transactions that are in the former account are merged into > > latter one. > > > Uh .... if your intent is to MOVE an account to a? different place in > the CoA, simply change its parent. Same if you want a different name for > the account, just rename it. In either of those situations, you are not > intending to alter any transactions, so why touch them. > > Yes, delete will work IF the destination account is empty. But moving by > delete is a MERGE operation (merge the transactions in the account being > deleted with the transactions already in the destination account. > However, how would you demonstrate afterword's that it had been empty? > > Michael D Novack > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
