[GNC] How to merge one category ( in gnucash called account) via command line or graphical approach.

[Shashi Gupta]

Thanks for your explanation.

On Thu, 10 Apr, 2025, 21:55 sunfish62 at yahoo.com, <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> I don't understand what you are describing. In what mode are you creating
> transactions? And where are these menus to which you refer?
>
> What is the "Asset & Income" group, and where is it located? For example,
> my Chart of Accounts has top level accounts for Assets, Equity, Expenses,
> Income, and Liabilities (standard accounting,  BTW). I don't have an Assets
> & Income. Where do you see this?
>
> What are the exact full name of the problem accounts? For example, I have
> my checking account as Assets:Checking. What are yours? Is it possible that
> you're actually trying to use the same account from different spots in the
> app?
>
> I believe GnuCash uses a hidden code to identify an account, so in theory
> one should be able to repeat an account name, but I could be wrong about
> the data entry limitations there.
>
> David T.
> On Apr 10, 2025, at 11:07 AM, Shashi Gupta <mfskanpur at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> O.S. Ubuntu 20.04.6 (64) gnucash version 5.10
>> During creating transactions the same category (account) is created in
>> different menus. For example one account belonging to an income group is
>> wrongly opened in the Asset & Income group. When I try to edit the same in
>> the desired group it shows this name already exists. And I have to edit
>> each transaction one by one; which takes a long time and is  a
>> cumbersome process. *Is there any option to merge such accounts to any one
>> of them either via command line or via graphical menu.*
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