using account setup in a new empty file

[tereque]

hi everybody,

thanks for the feedback


>>> Use File - Export Accounts to create a new file with the existing
>>> account structure but without data.

Indeed File > Export that does the trick. To have a functionality that 
keeps all Customers/suppliers in the newly created file would be nice 
though. Maybe that will come sometime in the future.




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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:28:31 +0800
> From: tereque <tereque at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: using account setup in a new empty file
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> hi,
>
> I want to use a structure of accounts in a new file which should be empty.
> how can I do that?
>
> many thanks
> bela
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:37:04 +0100
> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>
> To: tereque <tereque at gmail.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: using account setup in a new empty file
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> On 10 July 2012 10:28, tereque <tereque at gmail.com> wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> I want to use a structure of accounts in a new file which should be empty.
>> how can I do that?
>
> File > New File should do what you want.  Then Cancel the setup wizard
> if you want to start with nothing.
>
> Colin
>
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> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:57:52 +0800
> From: tereque <tereque at gmail.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: using account setup in a new empty file
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> hi Colin
>
>   > File > New File should do what you want.  Then Cancel the setup wizard
>   > if you want to start with nothing.
>
> I do not want to start with nothing. I have spent some time to build a
> structure of accounts. I want to use this structure (this accounts, it's
> specific currencies, all suppliers and customers, etc.) in a new file
> which has no entries (no actual payments).
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:31:40 +1000
> From: Liz <edodd at billiau.net>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: using account setup in a new empty file
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> On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:57:52 +0800
> tereque <tereque at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hi Colin
>>
>>   > File > New File should do what you want.  Then Cancel the setup
>>   > wizard if you want to start with nothing.
>>
>> I do not want to start with nothing. I have spent some time to build
>> a structure of accounts. I want to use this structure (this accounts,
>> it's specific currencies, all suppliers and customers, etc.) in a new
>> file which has no entries (no actual payments).
>
> Tereque, I realise that you aren't an English speaker, but we didn't
> understand what you meant the first time.
> There is a way to use an existing set of accounts in a new file. I have
> never used it, but suspect that it is linked to the close books at end
> of year system.
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:32:45 +0100
> From: "Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Cc: tereque <tereque at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: using account setup in a new empty file
> Message-ID: <1584418.Lma2ncVpua at calufrax.nottingham.standby.co.uk>
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> On Tue 10 July 12 17:57:52 tereque wrote:
>> hi Colin
>>
>>   > File > New File should do what you want.  Then Cancel the setup wizard
>>   > if you want to start with nothing.
>>
>> I do not want to start with nothing. I have spent some time to build a
>> structure of accounts. I want to use this structure (this accounts, it's
>> specific currencies, all suppliers and customers, etc.) in a new file
>> which has no entries (no actual payments).
>
> File -> Export -> Export Accounts will be a starting point.  I'm fairly sure
> that it will create you a new file, containing only the Chart of Accounts,
> with no transactions.
>
> I'm also fairly sure that the customers and vendor data, along with scheduled
> transactions and budgets won't be in the new file.  :-(
>
> HTH,
> Maf.
>
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:23:08 +0100
> From: James Kerr <jim at jkerr82508.free-online.co.uk>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: using account setup in a new empty file
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> On 10/07/2012 10:57, tereque wrote:
>> hi Colin
>>
>>   > File > New File should do what you want.  Then Cancel the setup wizard
>>   > if you want to start with nothing.
>>
>> I do not want to start with nothing. I have spent some time to build a
>> structure of accounts. I want to use this structure (this accounts, it's
>> specific currencies, all suppliers and customers, etc.) in a new file
>> which has no entries (no actual payments).
>
> Use File - Export Accounts to create a new file with the existing
> account structure but without data. I don't use the business functions,
> and so I don't know how much, if any, of the vendor/customer information
> is exported.
>
> I think that you will have to enter all the opening balances manually.
>
> Jim
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:11:48 -0400
> From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
> To: James Kerr <jim at jkerr82508.free-online.co.uk>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: using account setup in a new empty file
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> James Kerr <jim at jkerr82508.free-online.co.uk> writes:
>
>> On 10/07/2012 10:57, tereque wrote:
>>> hi Colin
>>>
>>>   > File > New File should do what you want.  Then Cancel the setup wizard
>>>   > if you want to start with nothing.
>>>
>>> I do not want to start with nothing. I have spent some time to build a
>>> structure of accounts. I want to use this structure (this accounts, it's
>>> specific currencies, all suppliers and customers, etc.) in a new file
>>> which has no entries (no actual payments).
>>
>> Use File - Export Accounts to create a new file with the existing
>> account structure but without data. I don't use the business
>> functions, and so I don't know how much, if any, of the
>> vendor/customer information is exported.
>
> Unfortunately, none.  There is no way to create a new file that has all
> your accounts and business customer/vendor information but no invoices
> or transactions.
>
>> I think that you will have to enter all the opening balances manually.
>
> Indeed, you will have to that.
>
>> Jim
>
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> -derek
>