"no data" Problem with income and expsnse charts

[Chris Burroughs]

Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Quoting Chris Burroughs <chris.burroughs at gmail.com>:
> 
>> GnuCash 2.0.2 on Ubuntu 7.04. Using an account originally created on
>> the MS Windows port.
>>
>> I am unable to make any "income &expense" reports.  I instead receive
>> a message about their being "no data" and "The selected accounts
>> contain no data/transactions (or only zeroes) for the selected time
>> period".  I tried changing various chart options to no avail.
>> Specifically I confirmed that the time period, currency, and accounts
>> were correct.
> 
> I bet you have a visible, top-level Root account, right?  Expand that
> account
> in the tree and then for each subaccount, "edit" that account and reparent
> it to the top-level.  Then remove the "root" account once it's empty.
> Then try re-running the report.

I can confirm that this fixed the problem.  Thank you.

Chris