Rearranging the hierarchy

[Derek Atkins]

Um, this works for me just fine.  I've got:

A
  B
  C

and I create "D" so that I have:
A
  B
  C
D

When I Edit A I can expand the tree and then click on D and it'll put
A under D.   Works just fine for me!

-derek

Quoting Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com>:

> Let's say that I set the books up with a certain hierarchy of accounts.
>
> I later decide that some accounts I had as top level accounts should be
> grouped. In other words, let's say that I had a bunch of asset accounts
> at the top level:
> savings account
> checking account
>
> I want instead:
> current assets
>     savings account
>     checking account
>
> I can see how to do this (via editing accounts) if this were not at the
> top level. In other words, If I had:
> A
>    B
>    C
> and I wanted instead
> A
>    D
>         B
>         C
> because I could create new account D with A as its parent and then edit
> both B and C to have D as their parent (at least I think it would work,
> at least the choice D appears in the menu of choices for parent). But
> that isn't the menu situation when it's the top level situation about
> which I am asking (in other words, no choice for a different parent when
> editing an account that was created as top level)
>
> Not possible? (awkward if unable to later correct a failure to group)
> If possible, how?
>
> Michael
>
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