New Entities

[Adrien Monteleone]

I’m well aware of that method. It just doesn’t produce that result for me on a Mac. I still only get one file open at a time. I had to resort to cli to force it. Note, this is just for Gnucash. Other apps let me open more than one file with the double click method. (and for the record, I use all three OSes throughout my day)

I never experienced it on Linux because when I was running Gnucash on Linux I only had one file to manage.

I also don’t generally double click my Gnucash file to open it for two reasons:

1 - both files I manage are buried in their own file tree deep enough to be a pain to navigate to for the purpose. (great system for filing, not so great for frequently used files)
2 - I also happen to keep Gnucash open 24/7 and only close it when testing something or updating. If I need to switch files, I just use the quick list at the bottom of the File menu. This is probably also a consequence of my heavy use of permanent workspaces for certain apps. I don’t know if Windows ever got around to implementing that idea (I don’t see it in Win7) but I use it extensively on Linux as well.

I mentioned this workflow previously because of how convenient it is. But if it also results in auto-closing one book first so I never encounter this issue - all the better.


> On Feb 6, 2018, at 7:56 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It is OS specific.  You Apple users don't know that ,Windoze and Linux and certain other OSes allow the user to open a data file with it's preferred program simply by double clicking the data file icon.
> 
> Makes it easy to get the right one when there are lots of files with similar names. :-)
> 
> David C
> 
> On Feb 6, 2018 7:45 PM, "Adrien Monteleone" <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com> wrote:
> The only way I’ve found to do this is from the command line. While certainly possible, the normal methods, including the File > Open method I described in this thread should not allow opening two files at once. I can’t seem to get it to do so otherwise. I don’t suspect a new user will be launching via cli. Or maybe this is OS specific?
> 
> But the caution is noted. Thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
> > On Feb 6, 2018, at 6:21 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Actually, more than one file can be opened simultaneously, but certain settings that apply to the program environment on the computer can be lost if they are changed while editing one file then it is not the last file closed.
> >
> > It is better not to open more than one file at a time.
> >
> > David C
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Roger,
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > Just start a new GnuCash book file for the new entity. Create its account structure as you wish. Save the file. (probably using the name of each entity helps)
> >
> > Only one file at a time is allowed to be open. (the same holds for Quickbooks incidentally)
> >
> > Open the file corresponding to the entity you want to work on, do your work, save, then open a different book and so on.
> >
> > I have one book to manage my personal finances, and another to manage a club I belong to. Switching is as easy as File > Open. I have auto-save turned on, and I leave GnuCash open 24/7, so generally I don’t even have to save my work first unless it’s a real quick switch.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > > On Feb 6, 2018, at 3:57 PM, Roger Hatton <roghat3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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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