[GNC] Expense accounts in bills

david whiting dw at davidwhiting.me.uk
Fri Mar 15 15:03:07 EDT 2019


Thanks. Unfortunately I can't move transactions to an account that is
of a different type. If I create a new account with type Asset, it
doesn't show up in the list of accounts that I can move the
transactions to. If I change the type AR, it appears, but then once I
have moved the transactions, I can't change it back to type Asset. So
I think I'm stuck.

David

On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 at 09:54, Adrien Monteleone
<adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>
> Probably because they contain transactions. You should be able to re-assign the type to any that are empty.
>
> Note, you shouldn’t need to manually migrate the transactions, as you delete the errant accounts, GnuCash should prompt on where to move the transactions. Simply select the proper account(s) in that dialog.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> > On Mar 15, 2019, at 2:47 AM, david whiting <dw at davidwhiting.me.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Ah, yes, you are correct. The accounts I can see are assets and the
> > other are A/R. The problem I now have is that I don't seem to be able
> > to change the account type from A/R to asset now that they have been
> > created as A/R. Looks I might have to create new accounts and migrate
> > each transaction across, which is going to take some time.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > David
> >
> > On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 at 22:04, Adrien Monteleone
> > <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> When I’ve had issues in the past with accounts not showing up in the Business Features like this, it was due to their type not being correct.
> >>
> >> They should all be of type Asset, *not* type Accounts Receivable. (but you can certainly make them children of A/R or better yet, create an ‘Other A/R’ account and make them children of that. The main A/R account is special)
> >>
> >> Check the type on the ones that are showing up and a few that aren’t. This is likely the issue.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Adrien
> >>
> >>> On Mar 14, 2019, at 4:11 PM, david whiting <dw at davidwhiting.me.uk> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Gnucash Version: 3.3
> >>> Build ID: 3.3+ (2018-09-29)
> >>> Ubuntu 18.10
> >>>
> >>> I'm using gnucash for a community club where we have members who I
> >>> represent in gnucash as Assets:Accounts Receivable:Members:Firstname
> >>> Lastname
> >>>
> >>> I need to create bills for members and wish to select the relevent
> >>> account receivable in the Expense portion of the bill, i.e. it is an
> >>> expense for the member and not for the club. However, very few of the
> >>> accounts receivable show up in the selection box. I have got around
> >>> this by creating a spreadsheet that I then import to create the bills,
> >>> but it means that I need to do extra work to keep that spreadsheet up
> >>> to date when new members join.
> >>>
> >>> Is there a limit on the number of accounts that can appear in the
> >>> selection box? Is there any other reason why only a handful of the
> >>> 300+ members show up?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> David
> >>> --
> >>> David Whiting
> >>
> >>
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