Using gnucash with multiple entities

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Alan Hughston <alan.hughston at gmail.com> writes:

> Hello
>
> I have been using quicken for many years and am in the process of
> converting to gnucash.  I use quicken for my personal finances.  I am also
> the treasurer of two clubs.  In quicken I keep three separate directories
> one for each entity.
>
> I setup three different directories for my gnucash, one for each entity.
>  However there is only one set of configuration files (.gconf .gnucash) and
> these are stored at the user level.
>
> When I open custom reports, I can see reports for all entities, but if I
> run say my personal report against a club file, the result is gibberish
> (not surprising).
>
> It seems one way around this is to create separate user accounts for each
> entity, but my preference is to have one user account with separate
> entities and preferences for each entity.
> Any feedback would be greatfully appreciated

Alas, you've encountered one of the drawbacks of the current method of
metadata storage from GnuCash.  Unfortunately there's not really a good
solution to your problem.

A workaround would be to name your reports based on your entities, and
make sure you don't run them across your entities.

-derek

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