Re: Renumbering GL accounts...

The easiest way to convert to a new company, but I'm guessing that isn't 
an option.  Many years ago I was involved in converting a company on S/21 
to a new G/L structure.  It was a major project and involved 2 test 
conversions.  Changing the chart and converting all existing transactions 
is the easy part.  Finding all the hiding places that hold account codes 
and converting them, now that's a challenge.

In a nutshell yes it can be done, but will need a lot of time, effort and 
budget dollars to do it right.  I seem to recall someone else asking a 
similar question in this forum a couple of years ago.  It would be 
interesting to hear what they did and how they faired.  There are cheats 
as well such as consolidating to a reporting G/L company which has the new 
structure, but then you don't get the transactions.

Richard Caldicott
Director of Implementations
& Efficiency
Tandy Brands Accessories
817-548-0090 extn 146



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HI all,
 
Our finance department is considering renaming the majority of the GL
accounts.
 
What they desire is that all transaction plus history be 
transferred/copied
from the old account to the new account.
 
Is anyone aware of a utility that provides this functionality or has 
anyone
undertaken this task in the past?
 
Regards, 
 
Robert A. Rogerson
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Kohl & Frisch Ltd
Ext. 652
905-660-7622
rrogerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.kohlandfrisch.com <http://www.kohlandfrisch.com/> 
 
 
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