[GNC] Combine user accounts

[Liz]

On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 11:04:18 -0400
nonno <rr13 at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> I initially setup Gnucash, about a year ago, with my wife having a
> set of accounts and my having a set of accounts.  For example, when I
> go into Gnucash I open the file "personal.me.gnucash".  When my wife
> goes into Gnucash she opens the file "personal.wife.gnucash". I did
> not realize at the time that we have some accounts that we need to
> share. For example, we would like to have doctor expenses as an
> account where we can both add items.  Actually, it would have been
> better if we could open the same file and have all of our accounts
> shared.  Is there any way that I can combine the files
> "personal.me.gnucash" and "personal.wife.gnucash" into one file
> perhaps called "personal.us.gnucash" so that we can share all of our
> accounts?


I wondered whether you should combine your accounts. Perhaps you need
a third set of joint accounts.

There are philosophical reasons to keep separate accounts.

Liz