[GNC] Moving from GnuCash 4.8 to GnuCash 5.5 - any issues likely to bite me?

[Phyllis Bruce]

   Thanks David, you are always a great help.  I have created a backup
   copy of the data file and have no scheduled transactions or business
   features to worry about.  I’ll (ahem) assume the check and repair has
   run. And will proceed with my upgrade.

   However, this old brain would like to complain that running reports is
   NOT intuitive, and the manual does not have a reasonable search
   function for instructions.

   The volunteers are deserving of kudos for creating this program, I
   generally have few problems and I will continue to use it.  It is as
   close to Microsoft Money as any I have found (I amend not a business
   owner.)  And so are you user volunteers who give so much if your time
   to help other users like me.

   Po

     On May 13, 2024, at 2:56 PM, David Carlson
     <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:

   Phyllis,
   I have noticed that it is important to select the best starting point
   for your purpose.  I would also save the file before starting.
   If you start from an account rrgister and select check all, it only
   checks all the transactions in that register.  To check the entire
   file, start from the Account tree register or the General Ledger.
   Then it is sometimes easy to miss the prigress bar in the lower right
   corner of the window.  For a large file it could take several minutes,
   but if it has already run, I think it will silently fail to run a
   second time.  I don't know if there is a way to force it to try again.
   Finally, it does not check scheduled transactions or other
   non-transactional data such as business features.
   From a fellow user, I hope that helps.
   On Mon, May 13, 2024, 9:41 AM Phyllis Bruce <[1]pobruce46 at gmail.com>
   wrote:

     Just when you thought you were done with this…..
     I’m running 4.13 on a windows 10 computer.  I have a big problem
     getting any reports to run properly but today it is the check and
     repair function.  No option that I choose gives me a “working”
     indication.  I’m trying to be proactive before upgrading.  Couldn’t
     find anything in the manual.
     > On May 12, 2024, at 3:30 AM, Chris Green <[2]cl at isbd.net> wrote:
     >
     > On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 03:49:04PM -0500, Adrien Monteleone
     wrote:
     >>> On 5/11/24 3:08 PM, Chris Green wrote:
     >>> So, given that I'm going up just one major release I shouls be
     OK, but
     >>> running "Check & Repair" before doing anything else is a good
     idea.
     >
     >> Correct. The Check & Repair should run silently automatically
     upon first
     >> opening your file with 5.5, but it doesn't hurt to do it
     intentionally.
     >>
     >> The biggest change I recall between 4 & 5 is the new type-ahead
     search
     >> method for the Description field. I personally prefer the change,
     but
     >> some folks didn't like it by how they use that field and their
     unique
     >> list of existing Descriptions.
     >>
     >> There is also an issue for some, but not others with respect to
     >> registers not auto-filling memos from previous session
     transactions.
     >> (I'm one so affected) Mileage may vary on that one.
     >>
     >> As always - keep a backup.
     >>
     >> And since you are not on the last 4.x release on the old machine,
     I
     >> wouldn't go back and forth with the same file. Once you migrate,
     stick
     >> to 5.5 or drop back to 4.8 and stay there until you decide to
     finally
     >> make the upgrade should you notice any problems.
     >>
     > Thanks Adrien, that's just the sort of information/confirmation I
     > wanted. :-)
     >
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