symlink account?

[Derek Atkins]

Andrew Gelvin Burley Grimes <aggrimes at ncsu.edu> writes:

> Is there a way to create a Gnucash expense account that actually acts
> like something of a symbolic link in Unix?  Here's what I mean --

No.

>
> I have a placeholder expense account, "Insurance," containing
> subaccounts "Auto" & "Homeowners"
>
> I also have a placeholder expense account "Taxes," containing
> subaccount "Property Tax" (among others)
>
> I would like to create an expense account "Escrow," with subaccounts
> "Homeowners Insurance" and "Property tax," so I can keep track of what
> I have paid into escrow on my mortgage.  However, these accounts
> already exist under their other respective parent accounts.  Is there
> a way to set up an account such that it looks over into another
> account to get its balance?  Or, is it possible for an account to have
> two separate parent accounts?

No.

> Am I conceptualizing this whole thing incorrectly?

Maybe.  :)

-derek

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