Re: [GNC] Editing, moving customer lists, possible child lists

Thanks Maf, I didn't make it clear that I was referring to the XML backend and that database backends would require different strategies. David T's point is also taken and noted. Most of Johnathon's questions dealt with some issues which were out of the scope of GnuCash's capabilities and were mo

Re: [GNC] Editing, moving customer lists, possible child lists

Indeed. Having just worked through the wiki FAQ language on backups, I would prefer that list advice point to the relevant wiki pages whenever possible, in this case https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup . I recommend this approach because such issues in Gnu

Re: [GNC] Editing, moving customer lists, possible child lists

On Sunday, 21 October 2018 23:47:33 BST David Cousens wrote: > > GnuCash automatically produces backupsin the directory in which you store > the books, i.e. on the computer you have GnuCash running on. If that > computer fails, you have a serious problem. In addition you would want to > backup to

Re: [GNC] Editing, moving customer lists, possible child lists

Thanks, David. Appreciate your contextual placement of Gnucash in the database/SQL environment. Helps focus my thoughts, notions, etc. On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 11:07 PM David Cousens wrote: > Johnathon, > > It is possible to host the data files but not the application on a cloud > data storage. I

Re: [GNC] Editing, moving customer lists, possible child lists

Johnathon, It is possible to host the data files but not the application on a cloud data storage. I use a dropbox so I can edit my files either at home, on my laptop when I am mobile or away etc. I have also used Google Drive for the same purpose In that case it is synchronised from the local mac

Re: [GNC] Editing, moving customer lists, possible child lists

David, Thanks for your informative overview. It raises the question of whether Gnucash can be cloud and/or server-hosted, w/o adding glitch potential. Also, whether a Gnucash client/customer file can be nested within a database (e.g., Filemaker or Access-originated) perhaps as a table, which can c

Re: [GNC] Editing, moving customer lists, possible child lists

Jonathon, The customer information is separate from any account information. It is not generally necessary to have an account for each customer that you have as the customer information can be linked to a specific transaction to an account. An account in Gnucash is a register which records the mo