[GNC] Help breaking up a file

[Colin Law]

Wow, that is a lot of personal data, mine goes back to 2001 and is
only 2MB.  Is that the default file type (XML) and have you specified
Compress files in Preferences > General?

In my opinion it is best to keep all the data in one file, then you
have immediate access to all the history.  So far for me the PC power
has kept pace with the file size so I have not noticed much difference
over the years.  On Ubuntu mine takes 7 seconds to load the program
and another 13 to load the user data.  That is fetching the data over
my local network from a Pi file server so would likely be much quicker
if the file was on the PC.  I am using 2.6.19

What operating system are you using and what do you mean by 'noticeably slow'?

Colin
On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 at 09:39, Eric Jensen <ericj79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have been using gnucash to track my personal finances since 2011. I have just
> continued using the same file over the years. At this point it is over 45MB and
> it is noticeably slow when opening it. I realize now that I should probably use
> a new file for each year. Is there any way for me to break up my current file
> into yearly chunks? I tried exporting all transactions for a year in CSV format
> and then importing them into a new file that I had created exporting the
> accounts, but that seemed to have a lot of errors. Does anyone have a simple way
> to accomplish this?
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> Thanks,
> Eric
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