• Accounts
  • Account Numbers
  • Creating a Prime Posting Account
  • Creating a Control Account
  • Creating a Statement of Cash Flow Account
  • Linking accounts to the Statement of Cash Flow
  • New Account and Account Properties Dialog
  • Account/Line Properties Dialog - Report Tab
  • Renumbering Multiple Accounts
  • Renumber Accounts Dialog
  • Split-up Accounts
  • Creating Split-Ups for Accounts
  • Completing account properties using autofill
  • Entering balances
  • Entering balances in a yearly client file
  • Split-up Accounts dialog

Renumbering Multiple Accounts

Procedures

1. On the Account tab, in the Renumber group, click Renumber.

   

2. In Method, select a type of method. Click the methods below to obtain more information:

Renumber using Find/Replace

3. In Find What, type the item to be replaced.
4. In Replace With, type the item you want to use as a replacement.

   Note: To replace the Find What item with a blank, simply leave the Replace With field empty. For example, to find "Acc100" and "Acc200" and replace them with "100" and "200", type "Acc" in the Find What field and keep the Replace With field empty.

   Tip: You can also renumber accounts by replacing the period in the account number with a space.

5. In Data Range, select the range of accounts or a particular entity to which you want to apply the renumbering. To include all accounts and entities in the data range, leave the fields blank. To include all associated split-up accounts, select the Include splitups option.
6. In Results, compare the old account numbers to the new account numbers to verify that the accounts are being renumbered as you intended.
7. Click Renumber.

Renumber using Insert Prefix

3. In Prefix, type the prefix to use.
4. In Data Range, select the range of accounts or a particular entity to which you want to apply the renumbering. To include all accounts and entities in the data range, leave the fields blank. To include all associated split-up accounts, select the Include splitups option.
5. In Results, compare the old account numbers to the new account numbers to verify that the accounts are being renumbered as you intended.
6. Click Renumber.

Renumber using Insert Suffix

3. In Suffix, type the suffix to use.
4. In Data Range, select the range of accounts or a particular entity to which you want to apply the renumbering. To include all accounts and entities in the data range, leave the fields blank. To include all associated split-up accounts, select the Include splitups option.
5. In Results, compare the old account numbers to the new account numbers to verify that the accounts are being renumbered as you intended.
6. Click Renumber.

Renumber using Constant Shift

3. In Amount, type the value by which to increase or decrease the account numbers. To decrease the account numbers, type a minus sign in front of the value.
4. In Data Range, select the range of accounts or a particular entity to which you want to apply the renumbering. To include all accounts and entities in the data range, leave the fields blank. To include all associated split-up accounts, select the Include splitups option.
5. In Results, compare the old account numbers to the new account numbers to verify that the accounts are being renumbered as you intended.
6. Click Renumber.

Renumber using Regular Expression

3. In Search Expression, type the expression to find an item you want to replace.
4. In Replace Expression, type the expression to replace the item.
5. In Data Range, select the range of accounts or a particular entity to which you want to apply the renumbering. To include all accounts and entities in the data range, leave the fields blank. To include all associated split-up accounts, select the Include splitups option.
6. In Results, compare the old account numbers to the new account numbers to verify that the accounts are being renumbered as you intended.
7. Click Renumber.

Result

The new account number automatically updates any journal entries and working paper documents.

Related Topics

• Renumber Accounts dialog