[GNC] Creating new file and accounts

[Jamestk]

Thanks Geoff for the heads, and second your thanks to the dev team.



Geoff wrote
> James, good news - your reasoning is no longer valid.  If you check the 
> release notes for version 4.0 you will see this sensational new feature 
> was released:
> 
> "New type-ahead search added to sequential search when selecting an 
> account in the register: Instead of typing the first few characters of a 
> top level account, the separator, the first few characters of the next 
> level account and so on you may instead type a few characters of any 
> part of a full account name and the drop-list will be filtered to 
> contain only matching accounts. Once you have a small enough list you 
> can use the arrow keys to select the account that you want."
> 
> https://www.gnucash.org/news.phtml
> 
> So don't delay, upgrade today, and give your tired typing fingers a well 
> earned rest!
> 
> Regards
> 
> Geoff
> =====
> P.S.  THANK YOU to the crew that delivered this feature, it has made a 
> huge difference to data entry usability.
> 
> 
> 
> On 20/02/2021 6:32 pm, Jamestk wrote:
>> Hello good folks,
>> 
>> Having used GNC for many years the time has come to create a new data
>> file
>> along with associated accounts. Before doing so i wanted to reacquaint
>> myself with the basic principals behind GNC operation, basically because
>> i
>> would like to simplify my data entry.
>> 
>> Firstly, is it necessary to create accounts under each heading such as
>> 'expense' 'credit card', 'bank account' and so on?
>> 
>> My thoughts are yes if you intend to run balance sheet or cash flow
>> reports,
>> in my situation I export accounts individually into HTML then excel or
>> similar
>> 
>> My reasoning is to reduce the number of keystrokes or scrolling when
>> entering data, for example typing in a petrol receipt currently requires
>> expense:car:petrol to be selected in drop down, it would be far easier to
>> hit the shortcut key for petrol if petrol were a main and not sub account
>> (if that makes any sense?)
>> 
>> To summarise, my main objective using GNC is very basic double entry book
>> keeping to ensure cash ends up where it's sent and duplicate entries are
>> not
>> made, for any report I use excel.
>> 
>> Thanks for reading
>> 
>> 
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