Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account

2019-12-24 Thread Alan A Holmes
. Alan A Holmes From: Tommy Trussell [mailto:tommy.truss...@gmail.com] Sent: 23 December 2019 20:02 To: David Carlson Cc: Alan A Holmes; GNU Cash User Subject: Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account Over the years I have "hidden" closed bank accounts, which h

Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account

2019-12-23 Thread Tommy Trussell
Over the years I have "hidden" closed bank accounts, which has several advantages (it doesn't clutter the account tree and there's no way to accidentally choose them). If I recall correctly, search results continue to show transactions in "hidden" accounts as long as the other search criteria fit;

Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account

2019-12-22 Thread Alan A Holmes
Thanks. Alan A Holmes -Original Message- From: D [mailto:sunfis...@yahoo.com] Sent: 20 December 2019 16:37 To: David Carlson; Alan A Holmes Cc: Gnucash Users Subject: Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account Set the account as Hidden and Placeholder. On December 20

Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account

2019-12-22 Thread Alan A Holmes
Thanks Adrien. Alan A Holmes -Original Message- From: gnucash-user [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+gnucash=alanaholmes.me...@gnucash.org] On Behalf Of Adrien Monteleone Sent: 20 December 2019 18:03 To: Gnucash Users Subject: Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account

Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account

2019-12-22 Thread Alan A Holmes
Thanks David. Alan A Holmes From: David Carlson [mailto:david.carlson@gmail.com] Sent: 20 December 2019 16:30 To: Alan A Holmes Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account Alan, A very simple method that I use is to

Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account

2019-12-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
You can also mark the account as hidden if you don’t need to see it hanging around any longer. There is also a description field when you edit an account that can be rather long. You can describe the closing of the account and transfer of funds there for posterity. Regards, Adrien > On Dec 20

Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account

2019-12-20 Thread D via gnucash-user
Set the account as Hidden and Placeholder. On December 20, 2019, at 10:01 PM, David Carlson wrote: Alan, A very simple method that I use is to append the word - Closed to the account name. If you want, you could also change the account to read only. David Carlson On Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 10:17

Re: [GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account

2019-12-20 Thread David Carlson
Alan, A very simple method that I use is to append the word - Closed to the account name. If you want, you could also change the account to read only. David Carlson On Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 10:17 AM Alan A Holmes wrote: > I'm currently closing a couple of Savings accounts and moving them to othe

[GNC] Recommendation on how to close a GnuCash Account

2019-12-20 Thread Alan A Holmes
I'm currently closing a couple of Savings accounts and moving them to other banks to get a better rate on interest. In GnuCash I've created new accounts in Assets and transferred things across from the old accounts to the new accounts. That's no problem. I'd now like to "mark" the GnuCash"