[GNC] Create New Gnucash File From Old One

[Geert Janssens]

Hi Joe,

In order to help you, can you describe exactly what you have tried and what went wrong ?

Regards,

Geert

Op dinsdag 8 november 2022 13:35:55 CET schreef Joseph Hesse:
> On 11/7/22 15:59, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Mon, November 7, 2022 1:49 pm, Joseph Hesse wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> Here is what I want to accomplish.
> >> 
> >> 1. Create a new gnucash file with the same accounts as an old one but no
> >> transactions from the old one.
> >> 2. Copy the transactions from a single account from the old gnu cash
> >> file to the new one.
> >> 
> >> I can accomplish 1. by exporting the account tree from the old one to a
> >> csv file and then importing the csv file to the new one.
> > 
> > There is an even easier way:  File -> Export -> Export Accounts
> > This will create a new data file with just the account tree, so all you
> > need to do is File -> Open the "exported" file.
> > 
> >> I tried to accomplish 2. by exporting the transactions from the desired
> >> account on the old file to a csv file and then import the csv to the the
> >> new file.  I can export the transactions but no amount of fiddling or
> >> trying options allows me to successfully import the csv file.
> > 
> > What version of GnuCash?  I *THOUGHT* that we fixed the issue where
> > exported data could not be imported.
> > 
> >> Any help you can give me would be appreciated.
> >> 
> >> Thank you,
> >> Joe Hesse
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> > 
> > -derek
> 
> Derek,
> 
> Thank you for your reply.
> 
> I had no problem creating a new gnucash file with the same accounts as
> the old one but  with no transactions.
> 
> My problem is when I "File->Export Transactions to CSV" and choose a
> single account to export, I can not successfully import this account.  I
> am using gnucash 4.12 on Fedora 36 linux.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
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