Account Codes

[Maf. King]

On Fri 13 April 12 06:49:36 Shokster wrote:
> Maf. King:
> >Assets:Investments:1_3_20
> >Assets:Investments:3_1_15
> 
> In combination with 'notes fields', it could work! Thanks for the idea!

> 
> A few notes though:
> When a fund investment is redeemed, the account is closed and at the end of
> the financial year the papers are archived into a garage storage for 10
> years (statutory period as regards tax reporting). This creates an empty
> slot in the office filing cabinet which can then be used for a new
> investment file (in the same physical address as the last one). eg. say
> [cabinet1_drawer1_position5]. I'm hoping that this will not cause too much
> complication on the software end. Any comments?
> 

You can re-parent and re-name accounts at will, so if you have an 
Assets:Investments:Archive account, you could re-parent the closed x_y_z 
account under the archive, re-name it (if you wanted, I think that it would be 
optional) and then start a new investment account x_y_z

Maf.