[Hudlug] a problem with gnucash

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Tim Schofield wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hudlug-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > [mailto:hudlug-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Anne Wilson
> > Sent: 14 March 2007 12:16
> > To: HudLUG - Huddersfield Linux User Group
> > Subject: Re: [Hudlug] a problem with gnucash
> >
> > On Wednesday 14 March 2007, MICHAEL WEAVER wrote:
> > > I think it says something about needing to create a parent
> >
> > account or
> >
> > > something like that. It just won't let me add more than one account.
> > > I think that might be the bug I was told about on the
> >
> > Ubuntu Users list.
> >
> > Michael, I may not be understanding you properly, but here
> > are my thoughts.
> >
> > I used Gnucash for a good while, but it's a couple of years
> > ago, and I can't
> > remember details.  However, the basic idea is that the
> > overall account
> > represents your personal wealth (or otherwise :-) ).  Your
> > bank accounts,
> > expense accounts, cash in your pocket, credit card bills
> > etc., are all
> > sub-accounts of the master account.  It's into these that you
> > enter the
> > details.
> >
> > Does that help?
> >
> > Anne
>
> I agree that this is probably the best method of working with Gnucash, and
> would by the sound of it suit what Michael is trying to achieve.
>
> However it is still possible to have multiple top level accounts (on v
> 2.0.4 on my gentoo machine anyway), which is what Michael was trying to
> achieve.
>
My method came from my background in business accounts.  To me, having two 
top-level accounts would be the same as Michael having one for his own 
accounts and one for his mother's. :-)  They are two entirely separate, 
unrelated sets of accounts.

Anne
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