[GNC] Moving from Sage Accounting and would like to keep sub-account totals viewable
Bruce Irving
eaglebruce2003 at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 17 08:46:35 EST 2019
David:
>I thought there used to be a lot more information than that. I know that
you can use account codes in the account fields when editing transactions
instead of the tedious full tree account names. Unfortunately, you cannot
make the account drop-down-list show the account code numbers, you have to
'just know' them. I didn't find a reference to that.<
Having learned accounting "BC" (Before Computer), I needed to keep account numbers. My solution in GC is to prefix the Acct Name with the number as well as in the Code field, ie: 101 Cash on hand. This way, I only have to type 101 to select that account (or 610.1 to select fuel).
If you want subtotals, in reports at least, make them sub-accounts of a placeholder:610. Auto Expense 610.1 fuel 610.2 lube 610.3 repairsNote that I put a '.' after 610 to remind myself it is a place holderOn reports this will look like
Expenses610. Auto Expense (optional) 1168 610.1 fuel 123 610.2 lube 45 610.3 repairs 1000 (optional) Auto Expense 1168
The options are in Edit/Report Options/Display
Bruce
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