This message from 2014 covers the same problem:
https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2014-February/052767.html
Original Message
From: Doug
Sent: Sat Jan 30 17:19:33 EST 2021
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] find and replace
Just a quick idea
Just a quick idea:
Perhaps you can do a sort on the known string of memo text. Next, as you edit &
change categories, also edit the text (perhaps add a star or something in the
middle) The search should drop that item then
You can also look in the unassigned category. As you change fields fr
Hi Gord
You could also try exporting all the transactions from GnuCash to CSV,
correcting the CSV file, and importing to a new GnuCash database.
I did a similar exercise recently to split an enterprise into two - a
38,000 line CSV file imported without any problems (once I remembered to
tick
Hi,
On Sat, January 30, 2021 2:13 pm, gnu Gord wrote:
> Is it possible to find a specific split transaction based on the memo
> field
> and assign the account to transfer for that split item?
No, there is no way to en-masse manipulate multiple transactions. The
ONLY en-masse thing you can do is
Is it possible to find a specific split transaction based on the memo field
and assign the account to transfer for that split item?
Let me explain. I'm new to GnuCash and have just imported my Quicken data
QIF file but it appears that some transactions within splits have no
transfer account assign
David,Thanks. I was able to get a readable (but quite big) text file.Glenn
On Saturday, April 14, 2018, 11:00:57 AM GMT+8, David Carlson
wrote:
Glenn,
Please address your messages to gnucash-user @gnucash.orgby using reply All.
As David T mentioned earlier the .gnucash file is compres
Glenn,
Please address your messages to gnucash-user@gnucash.org by using reply All.
As David T mentioned earlier the .gnucash file is compressed and it has to
be saved in uncompressed XML format first. To do that click on Edit >
Preferences >General and uncheck Compress File then File > Save As..
If you do decide to go down that route, it would probably be much easier to
save the file as an SQLite database (or a few other SQL options) and then
modify the data using SQL.
Note the disclaimer about making backups, being responsible for any damaga,
yada, yada.
However, if you are comfortable wi
To be more specific about item 2, Gnucash uses a random 32 character string to
store account information in transactions, rather than an account name. This,
of course, means that you can rename an account without breaking all the
transactions that have used that account previously. The downside
The simplest answer is:
1. it is incredibly easy to break the file so that GnuCash cannot read it.
2. A large part of the file is obfuscated by using tokens instead clear
text so cross references are really difficult to follow.
David C
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 12:47 PM, Glenn Bordonada via gnu
Pardon a naive question from a newbie.
I noted that I can save my .gnucash file into .xml file which I can edit with a
text editor or write text processing programs to extract the data in various
ways.
Can anybody tell me what are the pros and cons for such a change?
Regards,Glenn
On Friday
I'm still a novice at GnuCash but from previous discussions I do not
believe that there is a global find and replace utility. But two ideas
come to mind. If your file format is XML, isn't that a text file? If it
is, you could use a text editor ('vi' if you're on Linux) to do a global
search & r
I am looking for the command(s) or work-around to accomplish what I used
to use in Quicken as Find and Replace. Specifically, after downloading
multiple months of transactions from my credit union into a simple
checkbook ledger, I could use the Quicken "find" to select all
transactions with de
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