On 5/2/20 2:44 AM, Geert Janssens wrote: > Op zaterdag 2 mei 2020 08:23:19 CEST schreef Adrien Monteleone: >> Indeed, I clicked Edit on an Asset account and I can only change it to: >> >> Bank >> Cash >> Asset >> Credit Card >> Liability >> >> I get the first three if there is going to be a limitation, but allowing the >> last 2 and not allowing even another debit balanced account like Expenses? >> >> Strange. >> >> I’m starting to wonder if this is a bug. If not, can someone shed light on >> the reasoning for not being able to refactor accounts except within their >> current parent type? > The idea here is that you can't put expense accounts under the an Asset > parent account. So if > you want to change an asset account to become an expense account, you will > first have to > select a parent account that is an expense account. That will then allow you > to change the > account type. > > I agree the UI can use some more polish to make this a better experience. The > UI's original idea > was to show the valid account types that are available for a given parent > account. I think this > would be more easily understood if the parent account and the accountype > widgets would > switch places. It is more intuitive if a lhs selection (for left to right > interfaces) affect what can be > selected in a rhs selector. Not the other way around. > > Playing with this a bit more I wonder if other combinations make sense or > possibly conflict with > gnucash' internal assumptions. For example, are there valid use cases to > store an income > account under an expense account or the other way around ?
For a small business I was carrying Cost-of-Goods-Sold (COGS) as an expense item. When my CPA filed the taxes, I noticed that he placed it as a deduction to revenue. So, after a chat with the in-house accountant, I moved COGS to be under the Income parent. Thankfully, the internal representation for amounts still worked correctly and the COGS account now showed as a reduction to Income without me having to go change the sign on each transaction. > > > And another minor glitch: when you start from for example an Asset account, > then change the > parent to a liability account and back to an asset account without closing > the window in > between, the asset account now suddenly has become a Liability account. > > Regards, > > Geert > _______________________________________________ > 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. -- Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com kg...@arrl.net 253-350-0166 ------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 _______________________________________________ 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.