[GNC] Can I set different accounting periods

[Adrien Monteleone]

Logging out-in between two OS users can be a pain for a separate set of 
books for a different entity. Although not terribly simple, an 
alternative is to run another OS instance in a virtual machine. (could 
be any OS like Linux if you are worried about licensing)

If you have enough resources on your machine, you can run the VM in the 
background and depending on your VM software, you can even set up a 
separate GnuCash app launcher in your Host OS that simply launches 
GnuCash inside the VM itself so that the entire process to open that 
other set of books is one-click seamless. Though that might be overkill 
for your needs. Guest VMs don't necessarily need lots of resources 
either, and with Linux you can find a really 'light' distro just to run 
GnuCash. (XP is also really light by comparison these days, but GnuCash 
isn't officially supported on it any longer)

Regards,
Adrien

On 9/19/25 12:28 PM, Mark Itzcovitz wrote:
> I see that, by design, Preferences are set for a user, not a set of books.
> My problem is that I run two sets of books with different accounting
> periods.  Is there any way I can set different accounting periods but still
> use the same user?