What happens to deleted asssets info?

Jacob Church church.jacob+gnucash-user at gmail.com
Tue Oct 31 14:23:19 EST 2006


On 10/31/06, Jacob Church <church.jacob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> With you main accounts tab selected, it's in the view menu under 'Filter
> by...' In the window that pops up, uncheck the box in the 'Other' tab.
>
> On 10/31/06, JUNIPER <snijuniper at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > I take it, then, that deleting an asset would make a mess and shouldn't
> > be done.
> > I am unable to locate "hide accounts". I've combed the possibilities,
> > including all of the edit/preferences options, which seems the most
> > likely. No sign of it. Could it be that it is not in 1.8.11?
> >
> > Speaking of "preferences," I had "days to retain log files" set at 5 on
> > August 8th and subsequently changed it to zero. All of the log files
> > have apparently been retained since that date. It looks like manual
> > deletion is the only option.
> >
> > While I'm on a roll here... When I hit "reports" and move to "custom
> > reports," nothing happens. A feature added in later version?
> >
> > Very appreciatively,
> >
> > Steve J
> >
> > Derek Atkins wrote:
> >
> > > There's an option to ignore/hide accounts with zero balance..  Turn
> > > it on.
> > >
> > > -derek
> > >
> > > Quoting JUNIPER < snijuniper at comcast.net>:
> > >
> > >>    I've been using GnuCash long enough now that I've accumulated a
> > >> number of assets I've sold or accounts I've closed which are starting
> > to
> > >> clutter up the screen. If I were to, say, delete the car or CD I
> > sold,
> > >> what happens to the underlying transactions? Although I no longer
> > have
> > >> the asset, I might still want to know about the profit/loss,
> > insurance
> > >> paid, etc. I'm afraid to just delete without understanding this.
> > >>    Steve J
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