On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 10:12:09AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, February 2, 2021 10:03 am, Chris Green wrote: > [snip] > > Yes, that works, thanks Derek. I suppose it's not too onerous as I > > only do it once a year! :-) > > This begs the question: Why are you doing this? Why not just backup the > data file, then run tools -> Close Books to zero out your income/expense > accounts, and then continue on with the same data file? Why start over > from scratch? > Because having a separate xxx.gnucash file for each year fits much better with my way of working where I have a directory for each year and keep all the documents for one year in the same place. Thus I have the general accounts, the building fund accounts, copies of GiftAid forms, invoices etc. all in one directory which is easily saved and transportable.
It also means I can use the same report format as I don't have to generate a report for each year, the report is always for 'everything in the accounts'. > GnuCash happily deals with multiple years of data; the reports happily > report for you. Only if you specify the date *every time* you generate the report, unless you copy them when you generate them. > And if you separate it that way, it makes it very hard to > go back and look at previous years' data. It seems like a lot of work, No it isn't, it's trivial. "cd ~/pcc/2019;gnucash general.gnucash" Going back to a previous year in the GUI feels more difficult to me! :-) -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.