I've never numbered my accounts. This seems like a useful workaround for me. I'll try it. Thanks!
On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 8:58 PM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have assigned account numbers to the commonly used accounts so I can sort > by number and find the one I want quickly. > > On Fri, Dec 1, 2023, 7:15 PM R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 5:08 PM Art Chimes <artsonl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I have a pretty large number of accounts, and there is name >> > duplication. For example, I might have a S&P 500 index fund in my >> > brokerage account and another one in a traditional IRA and maybe yet >> > another one in a trust account. My usual strategy is to open up the >> > Accounts tab and type <500>. That brings me to the first account with >> > "500" in its name. As far as I know, however, there is no magic way to >> > advance to the NEXT account with "500" in its name. Is there a way to >> > do that? >> > >> > Or are there a better ways (tips and tricks?) to quickly and >> > efficiently access an account that might be at the bottom of the list? >> > >> > Thanks for any helpful hints, and thanks also to the geniuses who keep >> > working on GnuCash! >> > >> > Art Chimes >> > GnuCash user since ~2019 >> > >> >> I don't know of a way to do this, but I give the accounts different names; >> using your situation above, I call the brokerage account that holds S&P 500 >> Index shares "BRK-S&P 500", and the IRA entry would be "IRA-S&P500". I >> don't know if this helps on the account page or not. I never really use the >> account page in that way. A Roth fund with S&P 500 shares would be >> "Roth-S&P 500", to continue the examples. I don't know if this will help or >> not, but I provide it for what it's worth. >> >> >> _________________________________ >> 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
