Removal of unnecessary listed Account names

[Derek Atkins]

David,

David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> writes:

> Where are you seeing the multiple account names?  If you actually changed
> the names in your chart of accounts, there should not be accounts with the
> old names.  Similarly, in the OFX, QIF and CSV imports, you should not see
> the old account names when matching transactions to existing.  You will
> need to re-train the bayesian matching.

That's not completely true.  The QIF importer stores raw account names,
so if you rename your accounts the old import-map will be "wrong".

> David C

-derek

> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Cliff Williams <clifton26w at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Gents
>>
>> After a couple of weeks using GnuCash I made a mistake and renamed some
>> of my accounts. In fact in most cases just changed the name from
>> low-case to upper-case so that I could easily identify the headings.
>> What's happened now is that when I import new data and begin to match
>> the incoming sub accounts with mine in GnuCash I now have two sets of
>> headings to sort through, one in upper-case the other in lower.  The
>> issue also appears when manually inputting or changing a transaction; In
>> my case the dropdown list in account shows, one name in upper-case the
>> other in lower.
>>
>> Is there a way of deleting all the lower case account headings to make
>> the importing of data easier.  I do recognise that this is a short term
>> issue as over time the accounts will automatically match the headings
>> correctly but it is a bit of a pain at the moment.
>>
>> I've not been able to find any related information in your support
>> documentation.
>>
>> Any assistance would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Cliff Williams
>>
>>
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