[GNC] How to add investment accounts to existing gnucash file

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On Fri, Sep 4, 2020, 22:03 David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Funny you should ask.  Chapter 9 of the user guide was written just for you
> https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-guide/invest_accounts1.html
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 8:37 PM Default User <hunguponcontent at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I am using gnucash 3.10, up to date.
>>
>> I have a file with existing accounts in it, but no investment accounts.
>>
>> Is there a simple way to add investment accounts without starting a new
>> file, or overwriting the existing one, and thus losing my existing
>> accounts
>> (and their data)?
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> David Carlson
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Hi, David.

Thanks for the reply.

I have of course read about using the New Account Heirarchy Setup to add
the investment accounts.

But I thought it would be a great idea to ask first if my existing data
would be lost.

As any carpenter will tell you - "Measure twice, cut once!"