[GNC] Asking for pointers to help resources

[Stephen Riles Them]

I suggest you follow the tutorial in the Concepts Guide available at 
*https://gnucash.org/docs.phtml. It is worth reading through 
particularly Chapter 2, studying the examples and actually setting up 
the sample files (gcashdata_xxx) to get a really good hands-on feel for 
the structure and mechanics. Once you do that it could make it easier to 
pose specific questions. These same "lessons" are available through the 
tutorial and concepts in the Help while running Gnucash but viewing and 
navigation was easier by downloading the PDF available in the link 
provided.*

*Regards*

On 5/3/2026 9:32 PM, Clint Chaplin wrote:
> I'm fairly new to double-entry bookkeeping, but I think I understand the
> general principle, but when it comes to setting up a chart of accounts, it
> feels like there are so many ways to set up the tree structure, starting
> with what is at the higher levels vs. lower levels, and most trees are
> workable.  I realize this email list is about GnuChash, which will be used
> to instantiate whatever chart I develop, and so is not the correct place to
> be asking my questions.
>
> Does anybody have a pointer to a place where I can ask questions about
> account charts and structures, and get some real world perspectives on what
> worked and what didn't?  And what may be GAAP and what isn't?
>