[GNC] GNU Cash End of Year Closing of Accounts

[Liz]

On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:54:34 -0500
Stephen Brandt <moneyworkn at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am looking for a way to archive out all transactions for the Year
> ending XXXX.  I would like to remove all transactions from all
> accounts and start the new year with the ending balance from the
> previous year. To view prior years I'd like to be able to select the
> archive file for the appropriate year.
> 
> This would free up lots of memory and make it less cumbersome to find
> the beginning of the current year and not have to scroll down through
> prior years data to find the beginning of the current year.
> 
> I hope this makes sense to you. If I understood the programming
> language, I'd do it myself and submit the update to the appropriate
> location so everyone could take advantage of the update.
> 
> Thank you for your understanding of the problem.
> 
> 
> Stephen Brandt
> 
> A frustrated user of GNU Cash.  I love the program, with the above
> exception.

have you considered the "close books" feature?
http://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?doc=help
Section 8.9

Liz