For good control I use general journals for transactions which are not simple cash in/cash out. And I clone the previous one to be sure the correct accounts are used.
Now, all my journals where there is a Control Account with Special Accounts have the account name replaced by DNU. This goes back multiple years. The words Special Account are shown but not the particular Control account.
Is this a bug?
Sorry - here is a screen shot
please post a full resolution screen capture. If you try and read the above nothing is readable.
@Tsesebe for the DNU situation I will list as a bug, even though not reported by others.
However, I am unsure why you haven’t set up the FIIG broker account - Bonds as a bank account then you wouldn’t have to do Journals for transactions which are essentially money transactions. These can still be shown separately on the Balance Sheet.
First, go to Setting > Control Accounts and under Bank Accounts create Broker Account.
Second, go to Bank Account tab and create new Bank Account allocated to Broker Account.
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Then on the Balance Sheet you have: 
The Bank tab Broker Acct is just a substituted for your current FIIG Broker Acct but removes the need for Journals when there is actually a movement of money via an agent (Broker).
Thanks Brucanna. I understand where you are coming from but nearly every transaction involves a breakdown into types of income/capital/profit or loss etc. So one needs to use cloning for the bulk of the transactions which can’t be done if it is a “bank” account. Then there is netting off of multiple transactions by the broker etc. Good control accounts (eg Broker account) which are actually clearing accounts is a good way to go.
@Tsesebe I’m not sure where DNU is coming from. When you go to Control Accounts screen, what is the account really named then?
Hi Lubos
Hope this helps – great programme!
Control Account:
On the Control Account screen there are 4 Black names such as Listed Securities, Bonds Direct – AUD, etc
Each of these link to a “Group” that is on the dchart of accounts.
There is also an old name “DNU” that is greyed out. If I try and edit that it shows the Name as “DNU” and the Group – “Intangibles”.
The Chart of Accounts has “Intangibles” as a “Group” but not as “Account”.
I cannot delete that unused Control Account.
Special account:
If I check the Special Account screen:
The Control Account tab only lists the 4 Black names – correct.
Journal Entry:
If I open Journal Entries – Edit a journal – it shows DNU as per previous screen shot
If I edit the DNU to the correct account name and Update
It is then correct if I try and edit it again.
For one of the problem Journal Entries.
The View Screen has it correct.
It is only the Edit screen that has the DNU.
If I View one of the problem Journals and the press Clone the account name reverts to DNU.
I also notice that in the field to the right of the Account name there is a new grey box containing words “Special Account”.
I see. So DNU is what you renamed the built-in control account for special accounts into as not to be used. Anyway, this will be fixed but it is just visual artifact. The amount is still posted to correct special account and thus to the correct custom control account.
I would find your explanations much clearer if you illustrated this with screen images rather than written descriptions of what is on the screen. By the time I have read two lines, I have lost the thread, sorry.
Thanks Lubos
A visual artifact is a good description.
If will make cloning easier when it is fixed.
Thank you.
