Customising the accounts hierarchy when beginning

[Maf. King]

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 13:23:22 BST Stroller wrote:
> > On 18 Apr 2017, at 13:08, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
> > 
> > If you still need to add an opening balance to an account, then I suggest
> > you create a new account first, and use its opening balance transaction
> > as a template to copy into your existing accounts.
> 
> Many thanks for your reply, Maf.
> 
> I had figured out the creation, renaming and re-parenting of accounts. Sorry
> if I was unclear about that.
> 
> I just overlooked the Opening Balance tab.
> 
> Is there any chance you could expand on the part that I've quoted above?
> 
> I see that I can create a new account with a balance of £123.45 on 1/4/2017
> - what do you mean about using a template to copy into existing accounts,
> please?
> 
> Stroller.
> 

Hi Stroller, 

I mean that if you are unclear as to how an Opening Balance txn should appear, 
then use one of the Auto-created ones as a template or guide, for accounts 
that perhaps need a manual balance setting.

HTH,
Maf.