Where to place a bank account number in the account properties?

Christian Stimming stimming@tuhh.de
Sat, 28 Dec 2002 10:56:29 +0100


On Freitag, 27. Dezember 2002 22:12, Matthew Vanecek wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 14:57, Andreas Hofstetter wrote:
> > The first thing in GnuCash is to setup the accounts:
> > In real life I have about a dozen of bank accounts and
> > therefore about a dozen bank account numbers. Where is
> > the right place in a GnuCash account to put a bank
> > account number? 
>
> When I record an account number, I usually put it in the Description
> field.  You could always use the number for a name, I suppose, but I
> prefer something more descriptive.

Since in the Register you will only see the name of the account, I would 
probably put the "account number" right in the "Account Name" field of that 
account.

Christian