[GNC] How to reorganize the account tree

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There's even a function somewhere in the menus to assign codes automatically. Can't recall where it is, or how well it works. ISTR it behaved rather well. 

On Jun 13, 2022, 10:52, at 10:52, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>On 2022-06-13 07:31, Gyle McCollam wrote:
>> As someone suggested, you could assign account codes and sort on
>them.  I would use at least a four digit number, so you have room to
>add accounts in between in the future.  I would suggest 1000s for
>assets, 2000s for liabilities, 3000s for income, and 4000s for expense.
>
>
>My old accounting system had three-digit account codes, which I used
>when I created my GnuCash chart of accounts. As time went by and I had
>to add more accounts, I ended up using decimals. They sot as I
>expected,
>but it's ugly that most accounts have NNN codes yet some have NNN.N
>codes.
>
>Gyle's suggestion of four-digit codes makes sense to me, in hindsight.
>I
>almost wrote "if I had it to do over again, I'd use four-digit account
>codes." But of course it's possible to change an account code at any
>time, so I think I'm off to renumber my accounts now. :-)
>
>-- 
>Stan Brown
>Tehachapi, CA, USA
>https://BrownMath.com
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