[GNC] Delete All Transactions

[Michael Hendry]

PPS I’ve just used File -> Export -> Export Accounts to create an empty SCIO.gnucash file, entered a single transaction in it, and ran a report from the Trust.gnucash file which had just this new transaction reported in it, as expected.

I opened Trust.gnucash and ran the same report, and the transaction I’d just created didn’t appear. I now created a new transaction in the Trust Account, which was reported as expected, and when I went back to SCIO.gnucash and ran the report I got only the SCIO’s entry.

So, much to my surprise (and delight!), I appear to have a way forward that doesn’t involve laborious one-at-a-time transaction deletions.

Sorry for the noise,

Michael

> On 15 Jun 2025, at 10:53, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
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> PS I realise that I can use File -> Export -> Export Accounts to get all the same account names, but presumably these will have different UUIDs, which means that the reports I’ve put together over the years won’t work in the newly created accounts. Recreating the reports would be a chore, but better than deleting six years of transactions one-by-one!
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> Michael
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>> On 15 Jun 2025, at 09:43, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My Rotary Club has an associated Charitable Trust which is to be wound up on 30th June and replaced by a “SCIO” (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) on 1st July, which will reduce the personal liability of the office bearers.
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>> As far as Gnucash is concerned, the two organisations are identical.
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>> What I would like to do is to make a copy of the Trust and rename it, then delete all transactions, leaving the accounts themselves intact and allow me to use a number of Saved Reports I’ve put together over the years in the new environment.
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>> An internet search suggested using “Settings -> Transactions -> Delete All.” to achieve this, but this option is not available on my Mac running version 5.11 of GNC.
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>> Is there another way to achieve the bulk-delete?
>> 
>> Michael
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