Pete, Anything with a date in the name like 20221229212946 indicates to me you are opening a gnucash automatic backup file and not your actual gnucash data file? Check the folder you save your gnucash data file in and sort the files in descending date and time order and see if you can see the "Kath&PeteAccoounts.gnucash" which would have been your actual gnucash file and see when it was last modified. If you did intentionally open a backup file and wanted to keep it as your data file, it is probably good practice to rename it to remove the extra date from the name by saving it with the new name. You should probably also double check that you haven't lost any txns by going back to a backup file at various times.
Cheers David H. On Sun, 4 Jun 2023 at 06:09, p.f.cuthb...@btinternet.com p.f.cuthbert--- via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > Hi Everybody > > > Many thanks for the clear instructions for consolidating accounts. That > worked a treat. > > When coming to do a backup I encountered something of a surprise (see > attached screen shot). The Accounts were previoulsy known as > "Kath&PeteAccoounts.gnucash.20221229212946.gnucash" but from 5/5/23 the > name has been changed to "01Jan2023 QIF > Imports.gnucash.20230506111943.gnucash". I have no recollection of > making such a change, not to mention wondering what ever happened to > entries for January, February, March, and April although the actual > transactions entered in those months are in the current file. I am also > intrigued as to why the file name type has changed to QIF imports. > > I do find that GNU Cash is full of little surprises. > > Best wishes > > Pete > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Murugan Muruganandam" <m.muruganan...@hotmail.com> > To: "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>; > "p.f.cuthb...@btinternet.com p.f.cuthb...@btinternet.com" > <p.f.cuthb...@btinternet.com> > Sent: Friday, 2 Jun, 2023 At 22:20 > Subject: Re: [GNC] Tidying up an Old Set of Accounts > > back up your file before you do the following > > > > > > 1. make sure interest earned account is not a place holder (edit > account will give you the details) > 2. Delete the sub account, the pop-up will ask to which account you > want to transfer. > 3. Choose Interest Earned as your receipient account. > 4. On accepting, the transactions will move to your Interest Earned > account. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Saludos Cordiales > > Murugan > > > > > > > From: gnucash-user > <gnucash-user-bounces+m.muruganandam=hotmail....@gnucash.org> on behalf > of p.f.cuthb...@btinternet.com p.f.cuthbert--- via gnucash-user > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Sent: Friday, June 2, 2023 5:08 PM > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: [GNC] Tidying up an Old Set of Accounts > > > > > Hi Folks > > I have moved to GNU Cash from Quicken (about 1987 version plus > Milenium > option) so have a rather 'messy' set of accounts that reflect my > differeing needs over the years. > > I now wish to do some sonsolidation. For example I am in the silly > poition of having three acounts for interest earned - Interest Earned, > Interest Gross, Interest Net. > > In this case I would like to simply merge the two sub-accounts into > the > Interest Earned account. Having tried working through the Help > section > I cannot seem to find a suitable tool. > > Your advice would be appreciated. > > Regards > > Pete > > Dr Peter Cuthbert > Creuddyn > Coedlan Y Plas > > Llangawsai > Aberystwyth > Ceredigion > SY23 1HJ > 01970 623 447 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > Dr Peter Cuthbert > Creuddyn > Coedlan Y Plas > > Llangawsai > Aberystwyth > Ceredigion > SY23 1HJ > 01970 623 447 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
