[GNC] exporting from gnucash to Excel

[Thomas Forrester]

Scripts can also make redundant tasks less of a burden through hands-off
automation.  That's what scripts do well, too.  I'm seeing a few posts in
this topic verging on berating the OP for wanting to do something and
asking if there's a way.  Maybe you stop second-guessing the OP's needs and
motives.  If you have no real idea how to do something, or have nothing
constructive to add, maybe just remain silent.

On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 4:37 AM Liz Dodd <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:

> 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
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