Playing around, I managed to trigger the error message. I selected an account and then clicked the edit button. I then tried to re-assign it to itself as the parent. Of course, this is impossible.
Not sure if that’s what happened in your case. And for me, I recall now naming did play a part. Because I had some accounts very similarly named and I wasn’t paying close enough attention to the tree, I was attempting to place an account under itself rather than a different account. Regards, Adrien > On Feb 27, 2018, at 1:33 PM, Les <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the reply, Adrien. > > Yes, I tried that repeatedly but kept getting the same error message. I > decided to go back to a previous GC file, opened it and my problem is now > solved. I saved that file with a new name. > > The fix was too simple although I have done this many times in the past. > > Les > On 02/27/2018 01:20 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> Did you try putting it back in it’s original place and trying again? >> >> I’ve encountered this error before, but sadly do not recall what triggered >> it or how I fixed it. I think I slightly recall it had something to do with >> similar naming, but I could be mistaken. >> >> My instinct though would be to double check the types of each account and >> make sure they are correct. There might be a check against placing non-asset >> accounts under other asset accounts for example. Perhaps the account in >> question somehow is of the wrong type. >> >> Regards, >> Adrien >> >>> On Feb 27, 2018, at 1:13 PM, Les <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I have a set my chart for accounts under Current Assets: Cash, then various >>> banks etc. Today, I decided to add a sub account to Cash: Banks. In >>> attempting to place the various banks under "Banks", one of my accounts got >>> accidentally placed under another bank and I cannot figure out how to undo >>> it. When I try to change the parent account I get a message "you must >>> choose a valid parent account". >>> >>> I can't figure out how to correct this. Probably just brain dead. I have >>> changed structures before without any problem. >>> >>> System is LInux Mint 18.2 and GC 2.6.17. >>> >>> Any help, greatly appreciated. >>> >>> >>> Les >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>> ----- >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
