[GNC] Change account type by editing XML?

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 It is a good idea to automatically split (in settings options) all the accounts receivable and accounts payable by customers and vendors having separate accounts for the reports usable by the owner and auditors!
 

 
 
 

 
 
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> On Apr 29, 2020 at 21:28,  <david whiting (mailto:dw at davidwhiting.me.uk)>  wrote:
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>  Hello, When I first set up my accounts (for a local club) I knew very little about accounting and misinterpreted some information I was given by an accountant and ended up creating some sub-accounts in Accounts Receivable. I now know that was not the correct thing to do, and I should have created these accounts as straight-forward asset accounts. Using gnucash I cannot change the account type for these accounts. When I use ctrl+e on these accounts I only see account type A/Receivable so I cannot change them through the GUI. I've compared the XML structure of one of these accounts with another simple asset account and they are the same except for the  <act:type>, i.e.:  <act:type>RECEIVABLE</act:type>  versus  <act:type>ASSET</act:type>  I've tried editing this (on a copy) and simply changing RECEIVABLE to ASSET seems to work when I re-open the file. Once this is done I used gnucash to move the account to the correct place in the accounts hierarchy and all seemed well. Before I do 
this to all instances in my working file are there any potential adverse consequences that doing this could cause that I am not aware of? Thanks. David -- David Whiting _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user at gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. 
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