# Account

This page explains all properties of accounts in Denaro. Most of them are shown in Account Settings Dialog. This dialog also opens automatically after you create a new account.

Each account is stored in a single *.nmoney file. Files created in an older stable version of Denaro can be safely opened in a more recent stable version of the application. Although the app can run on different platforms (Windows and Linux), the *.nmoney files are 100% compatible between platforms as long as they are from the same application version (i.e. V2023.1.0).

Unstable (Beta and RC) versions of the application can contain bugs or unfinished modifications that can cause data loss. DO NOT use account files that contain real data in unstable versions of the app!

Name

  Account name is shown in the list of recent accounts and in tabs. A name doesn't have a length limit and it can contain any characters, including emojis.

Account Type

  There are 3 account types available: 🟣Checking, 🔵Savings and 🟢Business. Account type is only a useful label that is shown in the list of recent accounts and doesn't affect how the application works or what you can do with an account. Each account type has its own color, these colors can be configured in global settings.

Default Transaction Type

  When you create a new transaction its type by default will be the same as in this setting.

Transaction Reminders Threshold

  The threshold used when showing reminders about upcoming transactions.

System Currency

  Every time the application starts, it gets data about currency and numbers formatting from your system locale, and this data is used to show currency symbol (unless custom currency is used, see below) and to determine in what format the numbers will be accepted as values for transaction amounts. A few examples:

  - If your locale is English (US), currency symbol will be set to $ and 1,000.00 will be accepted as a valid number.

  - If your locale is Italian, currency symbol will be set to € and 1.000,00 will be accepted as a valid number.

  - If your locale is Russian, currency symbol will be set to ₽ and 1000,00 will be accepted as a valid number.

  On Linux, it is possible to set different locales for system language and formats. Changing these settings varies depending on the desktop environment you are using. Despite differences in the location of these settings on the desktop, changing these settings modify system environment variables, such as LANG, LC_TIME, and LC_MONETARY. Denaro will try to use amount and date formats according to these variables. If the app fails to use the expected formats, please make sure the variables are set correctly via the locale command in a terminal. If you found a bug and want to report it, please provide the output of the locale command to allow developers to reproduce your issue with the same settings.

Use Custom Currency

  If this option is enabled, Custom Currency Symbol will be used instead of currency symbol provided by your system locale.

Custom Currency Symbol

  Up to 3 characters or 1 emoji. It can't be a number.

Custom Currency Code

  Up to 3 characters or 1 emoji.

  An example to understand the difference between a symbol and a code: $ is a symbol, USD is a code.

Custom Currency Amount Style

  A choice of displaying an amount in one of the following ways:

  - $n

  - n$

  - $ n

  - n $

Custom Currency Decimal and Group Separators

  Up to 2 characters or 1 emoji.

Custom Currency Decimal Digits

  The size of decimal part of amount values. With "Unlimited" digits there will be as many numbers in decimal part as required to show the precise amount, but there will be no decimal part if the amount is an integer number.

Password

  Each account can be password-protected. Adding a password causes an account to become encrypted (making it impossible to read the data without decrypting it using the password). Be careful: if the password is lost, you won't be able to restore the data! A password can also be changed or removed using the account settings dialog of an open account. Removing a password will decrypt the account.

Sort by Id, Date or Amount

  Each account stores whether to sort transactions in the main window by their id, date or amount. Every time you change this, it will be saved to the account file and restored when you reopen the account.

Sorting Order

  Each account stores information about the order of transactions in the main window. Every time you change this, it will be saved to the account file and restored when you reopen the account.

Groups Visibility

  Each account stores information about whether the groups list in the main window is hidden or not. Every time you change groups list visibility, it's saved and then restored when you reopen the account.

Tags Visibility

  Each account stores information about whether the tags list in the main window is hidden or not. Every time you change tags list visibility, it's saved and then restored when you reopen the account.