What purpose is served by the Account Code field?

[David Carlson]

Ken,

In my response to your earlier post I mentioned that you can enter the
account code in the account name field when entering transactions, and that
works nicely even tho there is no configuration to show the account code in
the account name field.

The account tree being fixed as the first column on the COA page is what
can interfere with sorting by account number if your tree deviates too much
from the traditional number schemes.

David C

On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 6:57 AM, Ken Heard <kenslists at teksavvy.com> wrote:

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> On 2017-02-18 19:10, David T. wrote:
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> > I don’t believe there are settings specific to your requests.
>
> I was afraid of that.
>
> > With regard to the first, however, I have heard from others that
> > you can work around this by including the account code as part of
> > the account name, e.g., “1000. Assets.” Then you can use quickfill
> > to rapidly drill down through the hierarchy.
>
> Yes that is one work-around.  Another is to reverse the roles of the
> Account Code and the Account Name; put only the code in the latter and
> only the name in the former.  The real question however is what is the
> purpose of the Account Code field if not to be an alternative way to
> select accounts in the register?
>
> Is there any developer out there who can answer that question?  I
> changed the name is this post in the hopes of attracting one.
>
> > As for the second, you might use a report to get the list formatted
> > the way you want. I don’t think the Chart of Accounts allows the
> > changes you’re describing.
>
> Since my original post I discovered that the left most column in the
> accounts window -- whatever it may be -- is always a tree.  So if for
> example the placeholder column is placed there it will be a tree, but
> the account name column will not be.
>
> Anyhow thanks for the reply; my ignorance of GnuCash is consequently
> lessened.
>
> Regards, Ken Heard
>
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