Deleting old set of books

[Geert Janssens]

On Wednesday 29 May 2013 08:57:38 David Both wrote:
> I have two old sets of books that I have used for testing certain entries
> for my business books. I also have two sets of real books, one for my
> business and one for my personal finances.
> 
> I have finished with one of the sets of test books and would like to delete
> that set of books. I can find no way to do that.
> 
> Question 1: Can anyone tell me how to delete a set of books?
> 
Hi David,

A set of books is just a file on your computer. So you delete it just like you delete any other 
file: use your file manager to locate the book on your PC and then delete it/move it to your 
trash.

> Also, having used GnuCash for over 13 years, I have many old transactions
> hanging around.
> 
> Question 2: Is there any way to prevent display of transactions that are
> more than, say, 2 years old, or some other arbitrary age, while still
> maintaining the integrity of the books? This would also require some way to
> access older transactions if required for some reason.
> 
Yes there is but with some limitations.

You can do this as follows:
- open a register for the account you want to view a limited set of transactions.
- Go to View->Filter By...
- Specify the date range you like

There are two limitations:
1. you will have to do this per account. There is no global option.
2. The filter will be reset when you close the register. So you have to do it each time you open 
the register.

The second limitation will be fixed in GnuCash 2.6 in the relatively near future. The first one 
is still there.

Geert