Create sub-account to existing account with entries

[David Carlson]

On 1/10/2012 11:33 AM, Fred Bone wrote:
> On 10 January 2012 at 11:47, carpetnailz at researchintegration.org said:
> 
>> I need to add a sub account to an existing checking account, to keep
>> track of a certain category of $$ flows. 
>>
>> I notice in the Help documents that it says that the super-accounts
>> don't have entries. So what happens to the existing entries in that
>> checking account when I create the sub account?
> 
> Nothing in particular. You appear to have misunderstood something. It's 
> perfectly acceptable to have entries in both parent and child accounts.
> 
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If you look carefully in the edit account screen for any account, on the
left just above the account type is a check-box to select a property
called Placeholder.  When this is selected, the account cannot have any
transactions, only sub-accounts.  When not checked, transactions are
permitted.
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