How to import two Gnucash files from two computers to one computer

[Nelson Handcock]

But confused - are you trying to keep separate GN files or merge them into
a single combined GN file?

If you want to merge the accounts and transactions from one GN file into
another one, you'd first have to structure the chart of accounts so that
"her" accounts will sit alongside "his" accounts. You can import and export
the chart of accounts from one GN file to another quite easily, but I image
they'd have to be named in such a way to ensure they did not over-write
each other.

And then wouldn't it be a case of exporting all the transactions to a flat
file and then importing them into the combined GN file?

It would be a good idea to set up a set of test GN files with some simple
"sandpit" accounts to test and refine to process to follow first, before
trying to do it on your main GN files.

Hope this helps....!



On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:

> On Sunday, 4 December 2016 18:26:46 GMT Claire Light wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > My husband and I switched from Quicken to Gnucash about 6 months ago and
> we
> > love it.
> > We each had our own computers from which to work on our separate personal
> > accounts, nothing complicated.
> >
> > We now have only one computer to work from a dual boot Windows 7 and
> Linux
> > mint 18...and are cutting the cord from Windows.  I have exported my
> > Gnucash file successfully to Gnucash on the Linux partition, and his onto
> > the Windows 7 partition, only because I have not figured out how to
> import
> > his file into the same Gnucash program as mine on the Linux partition and
> > be able to easily switch between the two.
> >
> > I have read on many occasions that we can have multiple accounts,
> personal
> > or business on the same Gnucash program...please excuse my lack of proper
> > wording and newbiness in expressing myself.  I have seen on a post how to
> > open a new file,  how to merge two files but have not found anywhere how
> to
> > import a second separate Gnucash  file/account, so that we can both work
> > from the Linux partition, at separate times, on our separate accounts.  I
> > hope my question is clear.
> >
> > Would someone be so kind as to direct me on how to do this ?
> > Thank you in advance,
> > Claire
>
> Hi Claire,
>
> I assume that you are going to have independent logins on the linux box.
>
> Copy your account file to something like
>  /home/claire/accounts/mine.gnucash
>
> and copy his to
> /home/[hisname]/accounts/his.gnucash
>
> this is mostly outlined in the FAQ about moving GC data from one system to
> another, with the slight extension to 2 users.
>
> If you are only going to have 1 login which you share, (which I wouldn't
> recommend) then /home/[ourloginname]/heraccounts/mine.gnucash and /home/
> [ourloginname]/hisaccounts/ his.gnucash would work too, you'll just need to
> File->open within GC if you want to load "the other file"
>
> HTH,
> Maf.
>
>
>
>
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