Question: How to move transactions between files.

Colin Law clanlaw at gmail.com
Thu Oct 20 05:35:33 EDT 2016


On 19 October 2016 at 22:56, kmh727 at ameritech.net <kmh727 at ameritech.net>
wrote:

> I also have data that goes back even further than 1996.
>
> And I have looked without success for some way to do an end of year process
> that could dump off most of the data.
>
> By cumbersome, I would include the fact it takes between 4 and 7 minutes
> to start up each time.
>

How big is the accounts file?
Are you using the default file type or or one of the sql options?
Is the accounts file/db on the same PC as you are running GC?
Is it a reasonably up to date PC?

Colin



>
> Just my 2 cents,
> Ken
>
>
>
> On 10/19/2016 1:12 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>
>> Please remember to reply to the list not just to sender of the previous
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>> See below for comments.
>>
>> On 19 October 2016 at 18:53, carlo <carlopel at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> I have transactions going back to 2012, and just make searches, reports,
>>> etc. too cumbersome. Do you not have any archive abilities for old
>>> transactions?
>>>
>>> Mine go back to 1996. In what way is it cumbersome?
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Sent from Steve's cell phone.
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
>>> Date: 10/18/16 5:28 AM (GMT-08:00)
>>> To: Steve Pelandini <CarloPel at sbcglobal.net>
>>> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>> Subject: Re: Question: How to move transactions between files.
>>>
>>> On 18 Oct 2016 11:32 a.m., "Steve Pelandini" <CarloPel at sbcglobal.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would like to move (not copy) specific transactions from from one
>>>>
>>> account file to another; (i.e. all 2014 or older transactions to a backup
>>> file.   I do not see any export options for transactions, or methods to
>>> move transactions between account files.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>>> I have version 2.4.10.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any info....
>>>>
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