Vanishing transactions and log file

[Derek Atkins]

Ross Boylan <RossBoylan at stanfordalumni.org> writes:

>> Yeah...  A/R (and A/P) are NOT for human consumption.  They were
>> designed specifically for the business features.  I was going to
>> originally make the A/R and A/P registers read-only to make this more
>> clear but unfornately I couldn't do that in a good way.  But yeah,
>> you're not supposed to be using A/R and A/P for hand-entered
>> transactions.  Just use "Asset" and "Liability".
>
> Can I just switch the account type (that is, go to edit account and
> reclassify it) and preserve the transactions?  Or will they get lost or
> mangled?

Yes, that should just work.  Switching from A/R to Asset or from A/P to
Liability should be perfectly safe.

-derek

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