[GNC] Having trouble trying to use Gnucash instead of Aplos

[Daniel Wieberdink]

Thanks Derek. Very helpful.

On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 12:23 PM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Use File - > Export Accounts.
> It will create a new data file with just your account tree without any
> transactions.
> Then File - > Open the new file.
>
> The issue you are seeing is that when you delete the Imbalance account it
> is trying to reassign all your transactions.... To Imbalance. So it
> recreates the account.
>
> -derek
> Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
> On September 15, 2019 8:17:14 AM Daniel Wieberdink <danw8804 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I was hoping to transition to Gnucash to track finances for the small
> > church we belong to. I started by optimistically trying to import about 3
> > years worth of transactions from Aplos into GC via a CSV file. That
> didn't
> > go as smoothly as I hoped. Most of the transactions ended up in the
> > "Imbalance-USD" account/category. It seems I have to go thru and
> > manually fix each transaction. I'm reluctant because I'm not even sure
> I'm
> > doing it correctly. So I would like to start over, except I have all the
> > accounts set up correctly (I think) so I would like to save those.
> >
> > I expected I would be able to hold down the shift key, scroll down the
> > transaction list to select a big chunk to delete and then hit the delete
> > key. But this doesn't work. And I couldn't find any other way to delete
> the
> > mess I made without deleting them all one at a time.
> >
> > So then I noticed an account called "Imbalance-USD" so I thought "I will
> > try just deleting that." But even that didn't work. I selected the
> account,
> > pressed the delete key, responded to a couple warning windows by pressing
> > the delete button in the messages. The screen flashed a little like it
> was
> > doing it, but it's still there. I tried multiple times with the same
> result.
> >
> > I'm very close to giving up on this. I'm can't see spending much more
> time
> > on it if it doesn't work any better than this. Is there something
> > fundamental I'm doing wrong? The program looks so promising but I just
> > can't get anything to work the way I expect.
> >
> > I would be grateful for any help you can give. Thanks.
> >
> > Dan W.
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