[GNC] Migration

Thu Aug 1 14:12:45 EDT 2019

Thanks!

MYM, unfortunately, does not rigidly enforce the double entry aspects of
financial recording.  As a for instance, 401(k) contributions from my
paycheck would not automatically transfer to the account; I've had to
manually adjust the cash balance of the investment to record the
contribution.

On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 1:20 AM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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