[GNC] New Financial Year

[Peter Williamson]

Hi Derek
Thanks very much
Peter

> On 29 March 2021 at 12:40 Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com mailto:derek at ihtfp.com > wrote:
> 
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     If you have a data file called, say Books-2020, and then you do:
>     Save
>     and then
>     Save-As
>     and name the new one Books-2021, then you'll have "archived" Books-2020
>     and GnuCash will, by default, open Books-2021 until you tell it otherwise.
> 
>     -derek
> 
>     On Sun, March 28, 2021 7:09 pm, Peter Williamson wrote:
> 
>         > > I don't need to "close books" but would like to create a new gnucash file
> >         at the beginning of a financial year and archive the previous years file.
> > 
> >     > 
>         > > Can I do this by just doing a "save as" with an appropriate file name for
> >         the new financial year?
> > 
> >     > 
>         > > Would this then leave the previous financial years records intact under
> >         the previous year's file name?
> > 
> >     > 
>         > > Regards
> > 
> >     > 
>         > > Peter
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