Problem With Current Assets

[Adrien Monteleone]

Playing around, I managed to trigger the error message.

I selected an account and then clicked the edit button. I then tried to re-assign it to itself as the parent. Of course, this is impossible.

Not sure if that’s what happened in your case. And for me, I recall now naming did play a part. Because I had some accounts very similarly named and I wasn’t paying close enough attention to the tree, I was attempting to place an account under itself rather than a different account.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Feb 27, 2018, at 1:33 PM, Les <lelliott5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the reply, Adrien.
> 
> Yes, I tried that repeatedly but kept getting the same error message.  I decided to go back to a previous GC file, opened it and my problem is now solved.  I saved that file with a new name.
> 
> The fix was too simple although I have done this many times in the past.
> 
> Les
> On 02/27/2018 01:20 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>> Did you try putting it back in it’s original place and trying again?
>> 
>> I’ve encountered this error before, but sadly do not recall what triggered it or how I fixed it. I think I slightly recall it had something to do with similar naming, but I could be mistaken.
>> 
>> My instinct though would be to double check the types of each account and make sure they are correct. There might be a check against placing non-asset accounts under other asset accounts for example. Perhaps the account in question somehow is of the wrong type.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>> 
>>> On Feb 27, 2018, at 1:13 PM, Les <lelliott5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have a set my chart for accounts under Current Assets: Cash, then various banks etc.  Today, I decided to add a sub account to Cash: Banks.  In attempting to place the various banks under "Banks", one of my accounts got accidentally placed under another bank and I cannot figure out how to undo it.  When I try to change the parent account I get a message "you must choose a valid parent account".
>>> 
>>> I can't figure out how to correct this.  Probably just brain dead. I have changed structures before without any problem.
>>> 
>>> System is LInux Mint 18.2 and GC 2.6.17.
>>> 
>>> Any help, greatly appreciated.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Les
>>> 
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