[GNC] Migration

[David Carlson]

Hi,

Welcome to GnuCash!

I found the user group called "MYM users" on Facebook and the forum on
https://www.starkeysoftware.com/MYM/.  I recall that MYM was very nice when
I used it, and I think it was rather rigidly double-entry, so it should
import into GnuCash rather easily if it can make good QIF exports.  Since
it basically is limited to one or two years' data in a data file, you would
probably want to convert one file at a time and keep them separate rather
than concatenating them into a "huge" single data file.  While GnuCash
doesn't have the DOS limits, from personal experience I can tell you that
it still gets slow with a decade long data file.

I have some old MYM data files on some old hard drive if I ever have time
to fire it up, or really old floppies but I can't find them right now.

GnuCash is rigidly double-entry but it can keep basic investment records as
well as checkbook records.  It is limited as a budgeting tool, tho.

It does have a bit of a learning curve, but I like it better than the
others that I have tried.

David Carlson

On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 12:21 AM Dennis Powless <dpowless517 at pobox.com>
wrote:

> I can say the migration process wasn't easy, but wasn't too hard.  I was
> able to do it and got it up and running with all my old quicken data.  I
> can't remember the number of years of quicken data, maybe 5-10 years or
> more.  I've probably been with gnucash for about 10 years maybe.
>
> After all is said and done, I'd NEVER go back to quicken.  Gnucash has done
> everything I need (I don't have complicated stocks or investments).  I only
> use it for my personal finances, not a business, so can't comment on that.
>
>
> I'm not familiar with MYM12, so don't know about that migration.
>
> Gnucash is a great program and open source, the devs work very hard on
> keeping it up to date and are making improvements all the time.
>
> d
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 11:04 PM David T. via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> > I won't comment on whether the migration process has become simpler over
> > the years, as I haven't done it in about as long.
> >
> > There has been a huge amount of discussion over the years on the question
> > of migration from Quicken (usually tied either to the beginning of a new
> > calendar year, or the imposition of a new fee structure by Intuit).
> >
> > A search of the mailing list archives will turn these up.
> >
> > Additionally, the wiki includes a summary of many of the points that have
> > been raised on the topic.
> > wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Importing.2FExporting_Data
> >
> > I can't comment on the ease of migration from the other application, but
> I
> > can say that the strict enforcement of double entry accounting in gnucash
> > causes most Quicken refugees some discomfort. People with complicated
> stock
> > holdings also encounter special challenges typically.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >   On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 6:54, Jean-David Beyer via gnucash-user<
> > gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:   On 7/31/19 5:01 PM, Clint Chaplin
> > wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am looking for, well, some assurance here.
> > >
> > > How many of you migrated to GnuCash from another financial product?  If
> > you
> > > did, what did you migrate from?  How much data did you have to migrate?
> > > And would you do it again knowing what you know now?
> > >
> >
> > I ran Quicken for a few years, but I could not stand Windows 95 (current
> > at the time), so I switched to Red Hat Linux 5 in about mid 1998. A
> > little later, I started using GnuCash. It could presumably convert from
> > Quicken, but it made such a mess of mine that I just dropped all the old
> > data and started afresh.
> >
> > I suppose in the decade or more since than, Gnucash has improved the
> > behavior of the conversions.
> >
> >
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David Carlson