> On April 6, 2021 4:56:31 PM Philip Kenrick via gnucash-user > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> Is there, or can anyone tell me of a way to copy scheduled transactions >> lists from one file to another? >> >> Re-typing an entire list when starting a new file for a new year is a >> real pain! >> >> Philip K
On 2021-04-06 15:04, Derek Atkins wrote: > Perhaps you shouldn't start a new file then? > -derek Derek wasn't being flippant. To expand a little bit on his thought -- New GnuCash users often seem to be under the impression that they need to segregate each year's transactions in a separate file. However, you can "close the books" at the end of the year, and then the income and expense accounts will start over at 0 for the new year's transactions.(There's a menu item, or you can do it manually.) But you still have the ability to run reports on the old year, simply by setting report options to the desired dates. And not creating a new empty file every year means you keep the scheduled transactions (as Derek implies), and you don't have to clone your chart of accounts and enter opening balances for the Assets, Liabilities, and Equity accounts. Also, you keep auto-fill based on past transactions, which can be a big time-saver. It does make sense to me to have a file for archival purposes where nothing dated earlier than Jan. 1 of this year gets changed. That's easily done: with GnuCash _not_ running, simply copy your main data file, give the copy a name like "2020_freeze.gnucash", and set the copy to read only however your operating system does that. -- Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com https://OakRoadSystems.com _______________________________________________ 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.
