[GNC] Migrating and updating version 2 to 4

[Roger Oliver]

Thanks, very helpful. Roger

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021, 11:38 AM Alan A Holmes <gnucash at alanaholmes.me.uk>
wrote:

> Roger,
>
> Adrian Monteleone gave a brilliant answer to this in the past. I can't work
> out how to link to his reply so, with apologies to Adrian, his reply was as
> follows :-
>
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>         Per the FAQ in the Wiki, only upgrading from one major to the next
> major release is supported. Skipping major releases is *not* supported.
>
>         Thus for you, 2.6.21 > 3.11 > 4.2 would be okay.
>
>         However, 2.6.21 > 4.2 *might* result in issues which *may* include
> data loss or corruption. (no guarantees either way) You might get lucky,
> you
> might not. You might not, and not realize it for some time depending on the
> nature of the corruption/loss.
>
>         Properly upgrading *should* result in custom reports and other
> settings being migrated properly. There were some migration issues with the
> early 3.x series, but that was solved at some point. (not sure of the
> cutoff
> release, see release notes starting with 3.0 till about 3.3 or so if
> curious.)
>
>         Also per the FAQ and the Wiki, after opening your data file for the
> first time with each new major version, you should run Action > Check &
> Repair > Check & Repair All to make sure your book is adjusted to reflect
> any changes to how GnuCash internally records data. This also can prevent
> previous versions from reading the file after this point.
> (this will vary by book, according to what features you were using in the
> prior edition) The release notes for 3.0 and 4.0 should detail these
> changes.
>
>         Regards,
>         Adrien
>
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> The only difference is that GnuCash is now on version 4.5 rather than 4.2.
>
> As you're coming from 2.6.21 on Windows 7 you should be able to install
> 3.11
> on Windows 10, and use the data file from your Windows 7 PC.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Alan A Holmes
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user
> <gnucash-user-bounces+gnucash=alanaholmes.me.uk at gnucash.org> On Behalf Of
> Roger Oliver
> Sent: 07 April 2021 01:31
> To: Gnucash <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: [GNC] Migrating and updating version 2 to 4
>
> I'm running GnuCash 2.6.21 on a Windows 7 computer. I need to migrate the
> system to a Windows 10 computer. Just need to be sure I understand any
> complications I may encounter. Some questions.
>
> 1. Will I have any problems updating to version 4?
> 2. Reading about version 4 on the GnuCash website, I think the only thing
> we
> won't be able to migrate will be the saved customized reports and
> preferences. Is that correct?
> 3. Am I reading the manual correctly that all we need to migrate our data
> is
> to copy the current data file to the location where version 4 keeps these
> files. Is that still Documents/GunCash?
> 4. As in the past, will version 4 update the data file automatically?
>
> Probably obvious answers, just that we update once in a blue moon. Hope I
> haven't overlooked any protocols for this group.
>
> Thanks so much for the help,
> Roger
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