I would develop a plan that would probably include some limited steps of improvement with backups between steps. Now that there is a way to export and import transactions via CSV between files if there is enough commonality to make it worthwhile for a few dozen transactions or so, at least, that might fit in your plan.
I would not ignore accounts, especially asset and liability accounts, but try to redefine the income and expense accounts to make more sense. On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 3:28 PM Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have my original Gnucase file which has been continually used (for about > 15 years) mainly as a simple check book app to replace Quicken. I am > motivated now to (1) improve the account structure and (2) start moving > toward a properly used double-entry system so I can use the full power of > Gnucash. > > Is there any way to ignore accounts while incrementally working on tidying > up my mess? Or should I just give up and start afresh (ugh)? > > Thanks. > > Cheers! > > -Tom > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.
