New Entities

[David Carlson]

Matt,

You bring up a good point.  I have seen a suggestion somewhere to use
virtual machines to sandbox GnuCash files and keep them isolated from each
other.

I think that is Overkill but it works.

I occasionally open two files simultaneously if I want to copy a
transaction from one file to another.

David C


On Feb 6, 2018 7:56 PM, "Matt Graham" <matt_graham2001 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> The only other thing to add - this all presumes that you need separation.
> Probably do for your businesses (tax and legal reasons - I have no idea),
> but don't forget that GNUCash reports are very flexible - you choose the
> accounts you want included.
>
> I don't use the business features though - I'm not sure whether they would
> be as flexible.
>
> You could have two different root accounts for each business (each with
> their own assets, expenses, liabilities, and income sub accounts) and go
> from there.
>
> I'm sure I just gave a few accountants on this list a heart attack...
>
> Ultimately, as others have said, opening different files for each business
> is probably a better way to go.
>
> David/Adrian/John - is opening multiple windows a feature we should be
> putting into bugzilla for eventual incorporation? I'm getting the
> impression that V3.0 onwards will be much easier to fix up stuff like this.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Matt
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Roger Hatton <roghat3 at gmail.com>
> Date: 7/2/18 08:58 (GMT+10:00)
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: New Entities
>
> Does GNU Cash support more than one entity?
> In other words separate ledgers for separate business names?
> Using the one single downloaded GNU Cash system?
> Process advice appreciated.
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