new account tree

[Derek Atkins]

Kevin HaleBoyes <khaleboyes at chartwelltechnology.com> writes:

> I have an "Accounts" account tree established.
> I'd like to start a new account tree so I went to the File
> menu and selected the "new account tree" item.
>
> All this did though was add another tab under the existing
> "Accounts" tab labeled the same.  When I looked closer it
> wasn't a new tree since adding transactions to one tree
> added them to the other tree.
>
> This surprised me.  Is it supposed to work like that?

Yes.

> Here is what I'm actually trying to do.  Perhaps others have
> a better way to achive my goals (I'm pretty new to gnucash and
> electronic bookkeeping in general).
>
> I lived in Trinidad (TT) between 2000 and 2003.  When I moved there,
>>From Canada, I transfered (with an FX) money to a TT bank account from
> my normal CAD chequing account.  I had normal monthly expenses
> (groceries, gas, etc) while there.  When I moved back to Canada, I
> transfered (again with an FX) my TTD money into my CAD chequing
> account.
>
> I'd like to track all that activity using gnucash but I don't want
> my expenses incurred in T'dad to go into my Expenses subaccounts
> that track my CAD transactions.  I know gnucash can handle it by
> doing FX transfers but I want to keep them separate.  That is why
> I wanted to setup a new account tree (called 'TT Accounts').
>
> I could then simply do a transfer from my CAD account (in 'Accounts'
> tree) to the TTD chequing account (in the 'TT Accounts' tree) to get
> things started.  Log my expenses/income in the 'TT Accounts' tree and
> then finally, do a transfer from the TTD chequing account back to my
> CAD account.
>
> Does that make sense?  Can I transfer from an account in one tree
> to an account in another tree?  Is there a better way?  I considered
> started a new file but would rather have it in a single file if I
> can.

Unfortunately there is no way to re-run the Hierarchy Druid once
you've got a file going.  The only option you have is to build the new
expense hierarchy by hand.

> Thanks,
> Kevin.

-derek

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