outstanding accounts receivables?

[Cam Ellison]

On 11-08-17 06:46 PM, Shane Litherland wrote:
>> I think it's impossible to delete invoices in GnuCash.
>>
>> Someone please correct me if I'm wrong because I have about 20 bogus
>> invoices I'd LOVE to get ride of ;-)

> Hi folks, belatedly again - I recall when I started with Gnucash, having
> some 'learner' invoices in the system that I didn't want. **If I recall
> correctly**, I went into the xml file (after saving it un-compressed)
> and manually deleted the entries that related to such invoices. I think
> I'd read around on the web and got some tips to that effect. I probably
> also had to delete the postings to/from A/R etc (either in the .xml or
> maybe just from running gnucash after deleting the invoice - can't
> recall for sure). Of course, playing with the file could muck things up,
> which for me as a beginner meant having some backups and if things
> didn't work I wasn't losing years of info anyway. But something musta
> worked for me, because i'm still using gnucash :-)
> I think, at that time, I also had to tweak 'counters' for bills or
> invoices, but in gnucash 6.4.x, I see there is a GUI to tweak some of
> these values from 'preferences' or the like, rather than having to delve
> into the .xml file.
>
> Take my words with *caution* if you are going to mess with your .xml
> file!!
> Especially as the more recent version/s of gnucash seem to rely more on
> the guid's to interconnect stuff... deleting only half of your problem
> invoice might end up doubling your headaches!
>
> If simply hiding or making the invoices inactive gets them out of your
> hair enough, then that could be the safer way to go...
>
You really have to pay attention to the GUIDs, and it is a very 
cumbersome and time-consuming process.  Been there, done that when I 
moved 300+ invoices up one subaccount and screwed up the whole A/R 
system.  Unless having them in place causes a greater mess, make them 
inactive.

HTH

Cam