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

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On Sat, Sep 5, 2020, 07:44 David Cousens <davidcousens at bigpond.com> wrote:

> You can aslo use the Actions->New Account Heirarchy and  deselect any
> account
> structures you do not want to add and then select the specific account
> structures you want to add, in your case select the Investment Accounts
> option.
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Thanks to all for the replies!


Here is the answer:

Using the New Account Hierarchy assistant DOES allow pre-defined accounts
to be added to an existing file, without losing the existing accounts and
data.

And, of course, back up your existing file beforehand, just in case.