Minimizing Unused Accounts

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Thu Jun 11 13:30:36 EDT 2009


There is no way to hide the securities from the security editor.
Honestly, I don't even think doing so would be a good idea at all.
As for the Grand Total line....  Personally I never use that dropdown.

-derek

Quoting "Mike C." <subscribe307 at verizon.net>:

> It is also still available in the Tools>Security Editor, all the 
> income accounts, and the asset list when you click the Grand Total at 
> the bottom of the Chart of Accounts.  It is probably a lot to ask to 
> hide all these lists so a Closed Account account for assets and 
> income plus adding a new account type called Closed Account at least 
> separates these from the active accounts.
> Mike
>
> Phil Longstaff wrote:
>> The problem is that marking an account as hidden doesn't hide it 
>> completely.  It is still available to reports, for example (there is 
>> a bug in bugzilla about that, and I plan to fix it soon because it 
>> bothers me.).
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
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>> From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
>> To: Nick Hasser <nick.hasser at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "gnucash-user at gnucash.org >> GnuCash User Mailing List" 
>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:53:31 AM
>> Subject: Re: Minimizing Unused Accounts
>>
>> Nick Hasser <nick.hasser at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>> I have created a "Closed Accounts" asset. When I close an account, I
>>> edit it's properties and set the parent account to Closed Accounts. This
>>> keeps it out of view (I have Closed Accounts minimized in the account
>>> view), but still keeps all the history and reconciliation information
>>> accurate.
>>>
>>
>> Another option is to just mark the Account as Hidden.
>>
>>
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>>
>> -derek
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