[GNC] Opening export of Gnucash Android into Gnucash Windows is empty

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

Under the circumstances, I still suggest that you speak with the developer of GnuCash Pocket, since that's where your data was created. 

Additionally, I still suggest that if your goal is to migrate your data into GnuCash itself, you experiment with smaller data sets to find what can work for you. The GnuCash wiki (wiki.gnucash.org) includes a page on importing that may prove instructive. 

Aside: xac was the original file extension for GnuCash from before my time with GnuCash (I started using GnuCash in 2005). You might want to determine what format your pocket developer is using for this export, because if their formatting is based on specifications from that time period, then Stan's advice to start with older versions might actually apply. Alternatively, use a generic csv import and work out the issues there (which may be many).

⁣David T. ​

On May 25, 2025, 11:13 AM, at 11:13 AM, Dragos Puri <dragospuri at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>I should have said that I used previous versions of the Android app,
>that's
>why I have 10 years worth of data, and just yesterday I updated to the
>latest version.
>I would regularly make backups of the books, but now, after the Android
>update, I noticed that the xml export file extension changed to .xac
>and
>when I open it with the Windows application, it appears empty.
>
>I have attached the xml, if anyone cares to take a look.
>
>Best Regards,
>Dragos
>
>On Sun, 25 May 2025 at 09:13, sunfish62 at yahoo.com <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>> GnuCash Pocket is not affiliated in any way with the desktop app, so
>your
>> first stop should be the app's developer. That person should be able
>to
>> guide you.
>>
>> Regarding Stan's question about versions, the app, being completely
>> separate from this project, has a separate numbering. Your problem
>likely
>> doesn't arise from mismatched versions, but rather mismatched data.
>>
>> I'm perhaps dense, but can you explain how you have just installed
>GnuCash
>> Pocket but somehow have ten years' data in it?
>>
>> Second, waiting until you have ten years of data before checking to
>see if
>> you are able to import is not an advised practice. Since you're in
>the
>> situation, it might be good to try getting a very small set of data
>to
>> import, so that you can begin to figure out where the hiccups are
>> happening. Perhaps you could export to a more generic format (csv,
>e.g.)
>> and test with that.
>>
>> David T.
>> On May 25, 2025, at 1:25 AM, Dragos Puri <dragospuri at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm having an issue and I hope you can help me.
>>> I just installed Gnucash Pocket version 2.5.8 and exported a .xac
>file.
>>> This contains data from the last 10 years.
>>> I want to open this with Gnucash on Windows version 5.11 and what I
>get is
>>> nothing.
>>> There is no error message, just an empty screen. Even if I try to
>create a
>>> new account it doesn't show up.
>>> The trace file is also empty.
>>>
>>> What can I do to try to debug this?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you very much,
>>> Dragos Puri
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>-- 
>Dragos Puri