problem changing parent of stock account **CORRECTED**

[Jay Ridgley]

On 02/18/2017 07:56 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Did you add the new account(s) to the balance sheet report?
>  Alternately, close and reopen your balance sheet (rerun from the
> Reports menu).
>
> -derek
>
> Sent from my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
Derek,

I evidently did not have something right. When I closed the report and 
ran it again all is well.

Thanks,
Jay
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Jay Ridgley" <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com>
> To: "gnucash-user" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: problem changing parent of stock account
> Date: Sat, Feb 18, 2017 8:32 PM
>
> Good evening,
>
> I have a situation tht is being dictated by my stock brokerage.
>
> I need to change the parent of a stock I own to a new account. This is
> what I have done:
>
> --existing set up--
> old parent
> 	stock	3400 shares
>
> new parent
> 	
>
> --new set up --
> old parent
>
> new parent
> 	stock	3400 shares
>
> If i change the parent using edit account stock from old parent to new
> parent, the accounts reflect the change. However the the stock no longer
> appears on the balance sheet.
>
> WHY???
>
> There are no financial transactions involved, simply a change to where
> the stock appears in my accounts.
>
> What have I done wrong/failed to do here???
>
> I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and GnuCash 2.6.12
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