Import Chart of Accounts?

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Don Quixote de la Mancha <quixote at dulcineatech.com> writes:

> I am working on a new GnuCash file for my sole proprietorship.  I
> figured it would work well to start by using the same chart of
> accounts as I previously set up for my corporation, and then to fix up
> the differences.
>
> I am able to export the chart of accounts from my corporation's
> GnuCash file, but I can't then import them into my sole
> proprietorship's file.
>
> I can open the exported chart of accounts, but then the sole
> proprietorship's file is closed.
>
> What I really want to do is to merge the two charts of accounts.
> Wherever the two files have an account of the same name, I'd like
> there to be just one in the merged file.

Sorry, there is no easy way to merge two account files together.

The HARD way:  You could create an XEA file and then go through the
hierarchy druid to import the new XEA file into your current data file.
Details are left as an exercise for the reader.

> Thanks,
>
> Don Quixote

-derek
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