Re: [GNC] Import Map Editor - accidentally deleted account

Hi David, Thanks, that's of course how I tried to delete an individual token - by highlighting the item and yet it would delete the entire account. That bug happened on several accounts but I can't reproduce it on some other accounts where I could delete tokens just fine. So I guess this is someth

Re: [GNC] Import Map Editor - accidentally deleted account

Bogdan, I have no problem deleting individual match strings in the import map editor in GC4.10 on Linux mint 20.3. I used to do it occasionally in several of the 3.x versons as well but I have never deleted all the strings for a given account. It may be that action which is causing the problem

Re: [GNC] Selling & Buying Mutual Funds

The error wasn't apparent which prompted my question. I did notice one thing odd. In the parent account where the cash from the sale is deposited the Transfer field was pointing to something other than the mutual fund account that sold shares. I have no idea what I did wrong. On 5/20/22 1:30 A

Re: [GNC] How to convert between currency and assets and record change of value

If you're doing this regularly, this sounds like a retail operation. Purchase: Dr. Assets::Inventory Cr. Assets::Checking Sale: Dr. Assets::Undeposited Funds (for amount of sale) Cr. Income::Sales (for amount of sale) Dr. Expenses::Cost of Goods Sold (for value of inventory) Cr. Inventory (for

[GNC] Deleting an account

I had a Parent Account: Bank Name, with Subaccounts Bank Name:Checking, and Bank Name:Special Checking. I wanted to eliminate the subaccounts and end up with only the Parent account. 1. I changed the Parent account Bank Name from a placeholder account to a regular account. 2. I delet

Re: [GNC] Deleting an account

On 5/20/2022 4:07 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote: I had a Parent Account: Bank Name, with Subaccounts Bank Name:Checking, and Bank Name:Special Checking. I wanted to eliminate the subaccounts and end up with only the Parent account. 1. I changed the Parent account Bank Name from a placeholde

Re: [GNC] Deleting an account

I think the OP did, very clearly, describe in words what they wanted. To whit, to combine the transactions held in the two children accounts into the parent account and remove those two sub-accounts. They achieved this, and noticed that there could be some improvement to the workflow, in parti

Re: [GNC] Deleting an account

Victor was correct, that is exactly what I was trying to do. Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam 609.680.2326 Mobile gmccol...@live.com email From: gnucash-user on behalf of Gyle McCollam Sen

Re: [GNC] Deleting an account

Actually, I should have said that is exactly what I DID. I was trying to point out that the handling of the ST could be handled a little different, hopefully, better. Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam 609.680.2326 Mobile gmccol...@live.com

Re: [GNC] Deleting an account

I now realize that I could have changed the level of Bank Name:Checking, which is the account all the Scheduled Transaction referred to, moved all the transactions from Bank Name:Special Checking to Bank Name:Checking when I deleted that account, and then deleted the no longer needed Parent. Fi

Re: [GNC] Deleting an account

Gyle, File it as an RFE (Request for Enhancement) on Bugzilla. (see the Gnucash wiki for more info) That way, the suggestion is documented and progress can be tracked when/if it is taken up. Regards, Adrien On 5/20/22 8:09 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote: The change I suggested still is a better