What happens to deleted asssets info?

Jacob Church church.jacob+gnucash-user at gmail.com
Tue Oct 31 15:46:34 EST 2006


Just a thought, but have you tried opening a new accounts page from the file
menu? I've noticed that this seems to bring the page back to its default
settings (with the zero accounts showing,) but maybe this will bring back
the filter option on the view menu.

On 10/31/06, JUNIPER <snijuniper at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> With the main accounts on the screen (assets, liabilities, income,
> expenses, equity). the clicking on "view" gives me "preferences" (which
> is faint), plus the three tool bars to check - no "filter  by" option.
>
> Steve
>
> Jacob Church 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
> > <mailto: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
> >     <mailto: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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