From using other A/R software, the only purpose I can see to separate customer accounts is for informational purposes. Since GnuCash was setup to provide this information via reports using a consolidated A/R, the purpose is served just as well and there are less accounts to deal with. You don’t need to hide or otherwise archive old customer accounts when no longer needed. If you want an at-a-glance per customer, you can just leave a Receivable Aging report tab open. I have to deal with an outside A/R package for a client and their separate account structure is much more maintenance and messy compared to GnuCash’s approach. (might also be an issue with the quality of the code between the two packages, admittedly)
Regards, Adrien > On Apr 4, 2019, at 8:56 PM, David Cousens <davidcous...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Christian, > > It is clearly a design choice. I had wanted to setup separate A/R accounts > for customers but Derek advised me that this was not the way the business > features in GnuCash worked. Derek opted for a single A/R account and the > ability to filter to provide specific customer information. I didn't > particularly find that a problem when I was using Gnucash for a business > though. > > David > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
