[GNC] Delete acct + move txns - can't specify acct

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 6/3/2024 12:28 PM, Kalpesh Patel wrote:
> Is there any reason why not just simply rename account and then re-parent the account to where you actually want the transaction to show in the account list rather than delete the account and move the transactions during delete?

Well -- the person is having a general problem so I thought not to 
comment on that. But yes, I can't see a good reason to DELETE an 
obsolete bank account (balance now zero). I would think, if examining 
old transaction that were against this account, you'd want to be able to 
do that. Just "hide" it if you don't want it to take up visible space in 
your CoA.

HOWEVER -- what somebody just said might explain why I have never 
encountered the problem. Type "bank", type "cash", etc. LOL, being from 
the old days I wouldn't be using things like that. For example, under 
Assets I would have children "current assets", "investments", "fixed 
assets", etc. Under "current assets" I would have "cash" and all current 
"bank accounts << I'm here, savings accounts are "current assets" >>  
The point is that ALL of these accounts, placeholding parents and 
children would be of fundamental type asset.

So if THIS is what is causing the problem, subtypes offered by gnucash 
that have no meaning in old fashioned bookkeeping, I would not have 
experienced the problem.

Michael D Novack