On 08/13/2018 10:28 PM, patrushkha via gnucash-user wrote: > Thanks for responding. I am clear that I want to have all the entities > separate- I thought I had set them up that way, but cannot discern how to > access them individually, and that's why I think I might have missed > something in the initial set up and that they are combined.
You will need to have three separate file names. Could be in the same folder but I put mine in different folders. You may need to dump the transactions as a csv file and use a spreadsheet to break them into three different csv files to import to the new files. Others on here may have other shortcuts to break this apart. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com> > To: gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Sent: Mon, Aug 13, 2018 6:54 am > Subject: Re: [GNC] keeping entities separate > > On 8/13/2018 8:52 AM, patrushkha via gnucash-user wrote: >> I just started using Gnucash and thought I'd gotten through the learning >> curve; I have 2 small businesses and entered both of them as well as my >> personal data, but discovered they are all mixed together. At least I think >> so, I'm not versed enough to understand how I got there or how to untangle >> entities. >> Can anyone suggest a process to separate them OR do I have to start all over? >> >> I'm also willing to hire someone to get me on track- Los Angeles area. >> >> Thank you so much, >> Pat > Oh dear. You are describing THREE entities here so ideally you should > want to have three sets of books If you are showing somebody the set of > books for one of the businesses (say you are selling it) no reason for > this prospective buyer to see anything about the other business or your > personal finances. > > I can't tell you whether better literally to start over or to > disentangle (temporarily having FOUR sets of books). There are other > questions you need to answer. For example, do these businesses have > their own bank accounts? Or are you perforce going to remain somewhat > entangled. > > Michael D Novack > > PS: If one or both of these "businesses" are small/minor it WOULD be > possible to carry them within your main personal books. And still be > able to see/report on each separately. BUT be advised that the chances > of error would be very high because neither gnucash nor any other > bookkeeping system would prevent you from entering a transaction in the > wrong place. > > > -- Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com kg...@arrl.net 253-350-0166 ------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
