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

[David Carlson]

Daniel,

I simply Googled Aplos.  There was one that started at 20 dollars a month,
but it probably doesn't have the same features.

I think other GnuCash users often resort to spreadsheets or other software
when the GnuCash reports don't meet their needs.

David Carlson

On Sun, Sep 15, 2019, 5:25 PM Daniel Wieberdink <danw8804 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks David. Can I ask which alternative church-centric accounting
> packages you found? I might be OK with different features if it saved us a
> significant amount of money. Thanks again.
>
> 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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