On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 10:33 AM Eric via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have the following situation.
>
> User "A" was making all the entries into GnuCash, but on a certain date
> stopped using GNC.  I will call teh data file *GNC-A*.
>
> User "B" took the GnuCash data file (GNC-A) from  user "A" and using a
> different computer making some changes to the data (corrections) and
> created new reports.  That worked very well. The resulting GND data file
> I will call *GNC-B.
> *
>
>
> Unfortunately user "A" then restarted to enter transactions on the GNC-A
> data file.   I will call that file *GNC-A-plus
> *
>
> So, I have two GNC data files with different data.
>
>
> My idea is
>
>  1. to take the log files created when user "A" was entering into the
>     data file GNC-A-plus   (there are 23 .log files)
>  2. import them into the data file GNC-B
>  3. to create a GNC data file that has everything.
>
> But GnuCash will not import the GNC-A-plus log files into GNC-B
>
> Is the process that I am trying  to use logically valid? Am I making a
> mistake?  Or can the log files not be used in this way?
>
> I am using GNC v 4.8
>
> Best,
>
> Eric
>

If at all possible, it's better not to have two data files that cover the
same set of accounts... that will inevitably lead to issues.

If the corrections made by "B" are not too extensive, could they be
re-entered by "A"?

I didn't realize that log files could be "replayed"...

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