[GNC] exporting from gnucash to Excel

[Liz Dodd]

On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 07:45:20 +0300
"David T. via gnucash-user" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Indeed. 
> 
> I don't have to comply with this either, but it seems to me that
> "pressing a button" to export to Excel provides exactly the same
> automated reliability as CTRL-C/CTRL-V (two buttons, if you will)
> into Excel. The data in both cases will have the same reliability. 
> 
> ⁣David T. ​

It's come from the same purveyors as many other things which sound good
but don't work in the real world.
Data can get changed at any point, and it doesn't have to be as obvious
as a lightning bolt hitting your house. Automating the proceedings
doesn't guarantee accuracy, it hides the potentials for error.

When you write your script to do this little task, there are
opportunities to add to or subtract from the data. That's what scripts
do well ;)

Liz