Transferring data between two Gnucash files

[Jesse C]

okay, so what's the easiest way to programatically enter transactions?  I
would assume I can write something in scheme to do that or am I going to be
forced into 'C' land?

Merging the books is not an option for a couple of reasons.
  Gnucash does not support multiple-users working on the same file
simultaneously.
  We both have different preferences for account layouts
  We are often in different places for work, but need to have local access
to a gnucash file.


On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 6:56 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> As I understand it, there is no facility to do what you want.
>
> You already seem to have the mechanics of coordinating the two sets of
> books; I think that's the prescribed method.
>
> Have you considered merging your books? It would reduce the overhead...
>
> David
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Jesse C <crimson.corelio at gmail.com>
> *To:* gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 8, 2012 1:18 PM
> *Subject:* Transferring data between two Gnucash files
>
> My wife and I both use Gnucash to keep track of our finances, in separate
> Gnucash files.  There are some expenses that one of us incurs which are
> shared expenses, that the other person is liable for a portion of (usually
> half).  Currently all transfer of these expenses is done manually, by
> exporting a report that contains the expenses, which the other person then
> has to enter by hand.  That's a lot of work and it sucks.  So I'm looking
> for a better way to accomplish this.
>
> It is easy to export the list of transactions to be transferred as a html
> file and it is simple to parse the html and obtain a programmatic
> representation of the data (my languages of choice are Java and Scala, but
> python, php, lua, etc. are also options, though I don't have any scheme
> experience).  But once I have that programmatic representation of the data,
> I don't know what to do with it.  What sort of file can I write that will
> allow me to import transactions, complete with account information, into
> gnucash/  I've never used the QIF or OFX functionality in Gnucash, so I'm
> not sure if one of those would be answer.
>
> part of me wants to just switch to the SQL backend and stuff the data in
> there, but from reading on the wiki this sounds like a terrible idea.
>
> To present a quick example:
>
> I have a Rent transaction, for a month where I paid the entire amount.
>
> (Asset Account) Wife A/L:Shared Expenses:Owed To Me:Housing:Rent  +50
> (Asset Account) Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account  -100
> (Expense Account) Expenses:Rent  +50
>
> I then export the entire Wife A/L:Shared Expenses account to a report
> file.  I'd then like to write some new file that she can import which will
> contain the following transaction
>
> (Liability Account) Husband A/L:Shared Expenses:Owed to Him:Merged  +50
> (Expense Account) Expenses:Housing:Rent  +50
>
> I'm not opposed to doing some development work to solve this problem, but
> some direction would be great.  Thanks for any help.
>
> cheers,
>
> jesse
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