[GNC] Chart of Accounts sort order in v3.2 - Help

[David T.]

Alan,

> On Sep 4, 2018, at 9:05 AM, Alan Maddocks <alan.maddocks at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> Thank you for your prompt reply to my query.  
> 
> I can add account codes and sort on them.  However, that involves a certain amount of additional work which wasn’t necessary previously.
> 
> I just don't understand why I am now (with version 3.2) unable to retain the sort order in which the Accounts were originally entered (as I could previously using version 2.6.6).

I am no expert, and I am not a developer, but if I had to guess, I would guess that the change from GTK2 to GTK3 forced this change. While the impact in this specific case may have been unintentional, the overall change was necessary to keep GnuCash in sync with the underlying GTK platform that GnuCash uses. Personally, it only took me at most an hour or two to encode my file, with perhaps about 100 accounts in it. 

> 
> Is this a bug or has the functionality been changed deliberately?  Also, is it possible to download a version of GnuCash where the accounts can be listed in the original order.
> e.g. version 2.6.6

https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/2.6.6/ <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20(stable)/2.6.6/>

I believe that there is a feature that will auto number your accounts for you; you might downgrade to 2.6.6, get the sort you want, run that feature to get your accounts numbered in your preferred order, and then upgrade. Your accounts can then be sorted by ACCTNum.

HTH,
David

> 
> Thank you for your help,
> 
> Alan.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D [mailto:sunfish62 at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: 04 September 2018 00:27
> To: Alan Maddocks <alan.maddocks at hotmail.co.uk>; Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Chart of Accounts sort order in v3.2
> 
> I'd suggest using account codes to set your account order, and then add that column to your COA and support on it.
> 
> HTH,
> David
> 
> On September 3, 2018, at 6:25 PM, Alan Maddocks <alan.maddocks at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have been using GnuCash version 2.6.6, and in the Chart of Accounts view, when clicking in the 'Account Name' column heading it was possible to choose one of three sort orders for the Accounts:
> 
> 
> 1.       Alphabetic ascending
> 
> 2.       Alphabetic descending
> 
> 3.       The order in which the Accounts were originally entered
> 
> I have always used no 3. The order in which the Accounts were originally entered
> 
> 
> I have recently purchased a new laptop and have downloaded GnuCash version 3.2.  It seems that there are now only two sort order options, Alphabetic ascending and descending.
> 
> Please would you let me know if it's possible to sort and display the Accounts in the order in which they were originally entered.  Alternatively, is it possible to download a version of GnuCash where this is possible?
> 
> I am sorry to have to contact you about this but I have searched for a solution but have not been successful,
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Alan Maddocks
> 
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