Can I integrate one file into another?

[Anita Graves]

Colin, I am just now realizing that the account hierarchy in each of the files I am considering to integrate are not identical, or at least not compatible, so I have to do some homework in both files to make them match by account name for the transactions, before I try this export/import trick.    Otherwise, the transactions won’t import properly.  Has anyone ever done this before?  Tried to integrate two separate files?  

Anita

> On 18 Apr 2017, at 7:05 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Provided your backup includes the data file (something like
> accounts.gnucash) then you just have to restore that if you mess up.
> Check before you start by copying the accounts file from the backup to
> a differently named file (test.gnucash or something) then use File >
> Open in GC to open that file and make sure you can read it ok. Don't
> forget to then use File > Open to re-open your original file. Once you
> have proved that you can open the file from the backup and it looks ok
> then you don't need to worry about messing up your working file.
> 
> Colin
> 
> On 18 April 2017 at 16:51, Anita Graves <anitagraves at mac.com> wrote:
>> Colin,
>> 
>> I usually always save the file before I close it, and I back up on two external hard drives, but not otherwise.  Of course, as a Mac user I have Time Machine from which I can recover the file from either external hard drive.  Is that what you had in mind?
>> 
>> Thanks so much for the advice…  Good to have everyone’s guidance on this.
>> Anita
>> 
>>> On 18 Apr 2017, at 6:47 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 18 April 2017 at 15:35, Anita Graves <anitagraves at mac.com> wrote:
>>>> John,
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you very much for your help. I am really afraid to lose the data file if I make a mistake
>>> 
>>> Backup the data files before you start then you can just restore it if
>>> you mess up. Are you not backing them up regularly anyway?
>>> 
>>> Colin
>>