Daniel, I'm not sure what the other uses of the "Num" field are but the one I came across was to change the order of display of transactions within the register. The default order is from memory based on a date time stamp which is under some circumstances (e.g. import from CSV where there is no time allocated to a transaction) allocated a nominal time of entry for the transaction. This can result in transactions being displayed in an order that doesn't make any logical sense i.e. . One use was to allocate the num field values and sort transactions on that basis within the account display to override the datetime stamp order. The allocation of a separate number for each split allowed the ordering to be specified separately in the different account registers which were affected by the splits of a transaction. You may find other uses by searching the forum archives. I looked at using it but gave up as the manual allocation of numbers required an effort I wasn't prepared to involve myself in.
Other people may have devised other circumstances when it can be used to advantage. David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ 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.
