Hi David, Excellent. Thanks a lot for the info! Very helpful.
--Daniel Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 06:47:41 -0500 (CDT) > From: David Cousens <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GNC] What does this mean? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 06:53:48 -0500 (CDT) > From: David Cousens <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GNC] What does this mean? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Daniel > > A second point. Even if you do activate the feature you don't necessarily > have to use it. The business features also use this field for recording > information for invoices, bills and their associated payments. One possible > concern is interference with those functions if you do use it. > > David > > > > ----- > 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.
