Year end options

[Derek Atkins]

Alain,

Please re-read what I wrote below.  The answer is there.

-derek

On Fri, April 7, 2017 9:37 am, Alain Dormoy wrote:
> Derek.
>
> I have marked a number of accounts as "hidden". Each time I hid the main
> account, trusting that its sub-account would get hidden in the process .
> The
> accounts and sub-accounts are indeed hidden from the CoA but still show in
> the pop up menu (teh one that opens in the "Transfer" column when you
> click
> in it).
>
> Is there anything I missed somewhere in my preferences?
>
> TIA
> Alain
>
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> De : "Derek Atkins" <warlord at MIT.EDU>
> Date : jeudi 16 mars 2017 17:41
> À : "Alain Dormoy" <cageda at bbox.fr>
> Cc : "David" <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>; "John Ralls" <jralls at ceridwen.us>;
> <stepbystepfarm at dialup4less.com>; "Gnucash" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Objet : Re: Re : Year end options
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> "Alain Dormoy" <cageda at bbox.fr> writes:
>>
>>>  Thanks a lot to the three of you. I didn't know it was possible to
>>> hide accounts. Sounds great.
>>
>> Yes, there are two flags:
>>
>> * Hidden -- this will hide the account from the Chart of Accounts.  But
>>  you will still be able to put transactions to it, and it will still
>>  show up in the drop-down list in the register.  I don't recall if this
>>  also hides the account from reports; it might.
>>
>> * Placeholder -- this will make the account read-only so you wont be
>>  able to add any transactions into it.  It will also remove the account
>>  from the drop-down list in the register.  However the account will
>>  still show up in the Chart of Accounts and you will still be able to
>>  choose it in reports.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>> Alain
>>
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>>
>> -derek
>>
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