[GNC] accounts list

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

What happens if you run Actions -> New Account Hierarchy ??

Although this begs the question:  why can't you File -> Export -> Export
Accounts and re-use your existing Account Hierarchy?  Why rebuild it from
scratch?

Which begs the next question:  Why restart at all?  GnuCash has no
requirement for you to restart the data file, and will happily keep going.
 You can archive each year to refer back (or for posterity).  But I'm
curious why you go through the tremendous effort to restart every year?

-derek

On Mon, December 12, 2022 3:10 pm, David Carlson wrote:
> Orinth,
>
> I am assuming that you are using a computer that has a Windows 10 or 11
> operating system.  GnuCash works somewhat like Word or LibreOffice.  You
> create one data file. You need to save it with a unique name in a
> subfolder
> under your user data folder.  It will have all the accounts that the
> GnuCash setup assistant provides when you select the best account tree for
> your use.  Then you may add some accounts and/or rename some.  Save it
> again.  Now you can quit GnuCash and the next time you start GnuCash it
> will open that same data file.
>
> In Linux it works in a similar way,   but on a Mac it is a little
> different,  but someone else can describe the difference.
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 10:09 AM Orith <orithc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have to enter and create each file on its on.  there is no tree.
>> OrithC
>>
>> On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 at 17:56, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
>>
>> > On Monday, 12 December 2022 15:42:40 GMT Orith wrote:
>> > > It seems I missed explaining myself. It is not the data files that I
>> > > am looking for. It's a new year and I can start from scratch to fill
>> the
>> > > files.  When I downloaded GnuCash from the beginning it did not give
>> me
>> > the
>> > > opportunity to build a new accounting files tree. It always did
>> before.
>> > > This time I have to do it one by one on my own.
>> > > Is that the new format of GnuCash 4.12?
>> > > OrithC
>> >
>> > What happens if you choose File -> New File ?
>> >
>> > Maf.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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