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# BC Friday Tips #38 Keep Description

[Read the post](https://thatnavguy.com/blog/2025/bc-friday-tips-38-keep-description/) · That NAV Guy (Teddy Herryanto, MVP) · 2025-07-11 · 92 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus)

> The Keep Description field in General Journals prevents the Description from being cleared when users change the Account Type, which is useful for preserving descriptions in imported or auto-generated journals.

## Key points

- By default, BC clears the Description field when Account Type is changed on a journal line
- The Keep Description field preserves the description text when switching between account types
- Particularly beneficial for journals that are imported or generated automatically
- Allows users to maintain description integrity without manual re-entry

## Quotes

- "When you change the Account Type, BC clears the Description field by default." (Explains the core problem that the Keep Description field solves)
- "The Keep Description field can be used to preserve your text when switching accounts." (Describes the key capability and its primary use case)

## Context

- Features: Keep Description field, General Journals, Account Type switching

Source: That NAV Guy, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.