7 digit G/L account codes?

Just type them in. See what happens.

Any advice? Pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

Why are you wasting our time with a question you can resolve on your own in

and why are you wasting our time answering with a nasty response? PUTZ! I thought that flaming went out with teen age chat rooms. Not what I'd expect on a bookkeeping usenet. Your email address should read

I read the documentation and looked at the preference screen - no instruction on seven digit codes. Anyone out there with a civil, helpful response? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the response. I'll open one of the demo companies and give it a try.

No instructions? I'll give you one. Use the finger you stick up your ass to key in seven digits in the field for account numbers. If the program allows you to do so then seven digits are allowed. But I guess your finger was stuck so you had to post here.

It that two posts we agree on?!

Is it beginning to get cold in a warm place?

Good boy, Bad-boy-Allan - You included, in your rude, crude, and mean-spirited response, a real constructive suggestion! How did you let that slip through? Having a bad day? Every newsgroup has its troll - how did I find you so quickly? Only took one post. killfiled so I don't have to read any more of your garbage.

I already had the same suggestion in a much more civil form from the Golden California Girls and tried it in one of the practice companies that comes with QBP. Now I know. Too bad this feature is so poorly documented that I committed the capital sin of asking on the newsgroup. Golden Girls - thanks for a a straightforward and informative answer.

Miracles do happen. One thing though, the OP appears to be found of you. Personally I believe myself to be much more likable. Must have been something I said.

Nah, he just didn't catch on that I was insulting him too.

I went back and re-read your initial response to my question - If you regard that as an insult, so be it. It just appeared to be a "flip" way of giving me the answer I needed. Thanks anyway, and if you took pleasure in providing an answer with no extra charge for an insult, I still appreciate it.

So you keep the answer to yourself and not share it with the rest of us.

Heybub - all you have to do is look back through the thread for the original question. I snipped a very long thread to just thank GCGirls. For your information, the question was how to use seven digit G/L codes in QBP 2006. What was confusing was that the examples in Intuit's documentation only used four digit code examples. The answer was simply to type as many digits as you wished to use up to seven digits in the entry box provided. Simple answer, complicated by an obnoxious response from what I gather is your resident foul-mouthed troll. Sorry - I have this naive assumption that these newsgroups serve to permit those who have more knowledge give assistance to someone with a legitimate question. Unfortunately, they also allow misanthropes to hide behind the veil of the internet's anonymity and put people down.

I've received help many times and have also received less than flattering comments from others. Keep in mind that newsgroups are merely a reflection of the people you meet in your daily life. The guy who tried to run you off the road this morning isn't going to turn into Mother Theresa simply because he stumbled into a newsgroup. This is why a killfile exists. Use it wisely.

Bob

True, I didn't put the "Hey knuckle head," in front of it. Next time I'll try and remember that not everyone is smart enough to know when they are being disrespected. :)

You are full of beans. You wanted to know if you could have an account number that was seven digits long and were to lazy to test it out yourself. You are also a dirty mouth.

Sad that you take pleasure in disrespecting others who ask what you regard as a dumb question. Yes, I am smart enough to sense disrespect, subtle or otherwise, but in the context of an internet newsgroup I have learned to disregard insults if I get the answer to my question. Again - thanks for the answer - however it was delivered.

????? the fact is that I've used QBP for several years without the need for G/L numbers. Recently I was asked to assist a non-profit in my area to set up their chart of accounts. They had been using a much more complex bookkeeping system that required nine digit G/L numbers and they were hoping to have at least six and possible seven digit numbers to set up their chart of accounts in QBP. I was hardly lazy. I checked the support info on the Intuit website and read the documentation carefully. Although it said that seven digits were possible, the only examples were with four digits.

What is a newsgroup for? Is it to ask a question and hope that someone with more experience will provide the answer? OR is it a forum for one to ask a question and then expect an obnoxious reply? Your calling me a dirty mouth is the most comical thing you have writting, so far, in this thread!

I did.

I saw the suggestion. I saw that you tried the suggestion.

"... tried it in one of the practice companies that comes with QBP. Now I know. "

I did not see, nor did you report, whether your attempt was successful.

Well, you could test your hypothesis... Please, this time, report back the results of your experiment.

OK then I'll give you some real advice because you brought up a subject that actually deserves response (from the likes of me). Most organizations that require a nine digit account number have reporting needs that are beyond QuickBooks. Usually the nine digits are broken down into segments. Various segments can and usually do represent different reporting units. Software higher up in the food chain can recognize and report on each segment and combinations of segments. QuickBooks only recognizes 1 segment be it 4 or 7 digits long. True classes can be used but if the job previously needed a nine digit account number then classes will probably fall short of the task at hand.