Dunno what you're seeing but your previous msg including the > signs came thru as expected...
GnuCash uses a full chart of accounts rather than Quicken's method of using categories in place of Inc & Exp accounts, but in GnuCash language you could achieve the equivalent result by doing a multi-select in the old counter-account (i.e., old category) and then a group move into the new counter-account (new category). Thus one could go into Expenses>Software>Videos, select all the Netflix lines, and move the group to Expenses>Software>Video Streaming. Any chance of a multi-select / group move in GnuCash? On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 at 09:29, <[email protected]> wrote: > Apparently the mailing list doesn't gracefully handle greater than signs, > as > what I sent came back quite mangled in the posting confirmation message. I > know I wrote it correctly because the same message is in my Sent Items and > in my Inbox, but they aren't the same. > > Here is the entire final paragraph as written, but with greater than signs > replaced with colons: > > GnuCash uses a full chart of accounts rather than Quicken's method of using > categories in place of Inc & Exp accounts, but in GnuCash language you > could > achieve the equivalent result by doing a multi-select in the old > counter-account (i.e., old category) and then a group move into the new > counter-account (new category). Thus one could go into > Expenses:Software:Videos, select all the Netflix lines, and move the group > to Expenses:Software:Video Streaming. > > Mark me in the YES camp for switching to something (anything!) better than > this mailing list mechanism! > > Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gnucash-user <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: November 10, 2021 6:20 PM > To: [email protected]; 'Gnucash Elist' <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GNC] changing accounts? > > If I understand correctly, you are asking for an analogue to Quicken's > "Recategorize" feature. It's simpler that the more generalized Find and > Replace. > > For those who don't know it, Recategorize shows you all the entries booked > to one selected category. You mark all the transactions you want to be in > some other category, select the new category you want, and presto, it's all > moved. > > For example, one might have a year of credit card lines for NetFlix, Video > Rentals, and DVD purchases all booked to Software>Videos. Recategorize > would, in three quick passes, let you split them to Software>Video > Streaming, Software>Video Rentals, and Software>DVDs. > > GnuCash uses a full chart of accounts rather than Quicken's method of using > categories in place of Inc & Exp accounts, but in GnuCash language you > could > achieve the equivalent result by doing a multi-select in the old > counter-account (i.e., old category) and then a group move into the new > counter-account (new category). Thus one could go into > Expenses>Software>Videos, select all the Netflix lines, and move the > Expenses>Software>group > to Expenses>Software>Video Streaming. > > Any chance of a multi-select / group move in GnuCash? > > P > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gnucash-user <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Paul Kinzelman > Sent: November 10, 2021 5:44 PM > To: Gnucash Elist <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GNC] changing accounts? > > You're a little bit fast for me on that one. :-) > > I did it by hand for what I needed right now, but I was asking for next > time. > > In the 3rd paragraph, by "separate register" do you mean create a temp > account, and by "putting them in a separate register" do you mean cut/paste > each transaction? > Then delete the temp and move the transactions to the new account? > > The replace is one of the features I really miss from Quicken. > > On 11/10/2021 3:37 PM, D. wrote: > > If you're changing every ABC to DEF, you can delete ABC and tell > > gnucash to move the transactions into DEF. That's documented in the wiki. > > > > If you're only deleting a bunch (but not all) there isn't one find and > > replace command. When push comes to shove, though, even fixing 100 > > transactions will only take a few minutes' time. > > > > If it were me in this second scenario (and it has been, believe me!), > > I'd search for the offending transactions, putting them all in a > > separate register, copy the new account designation, and paste it into > > each transaction at the appropriate point before pressing enter to > > commit them away. > > > > David > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > *From:* Paul Kinzelman > > *Sent:* Wed Nov 10 17:25:51 EST 2021 > > *To:* Gnucash Elist > > *Subject:* [GNC] changing accounts? > > > > Is there some way to change all the entries for a set of items in an > > account to be charged to one account to charge them all to another > > account? > > > > For instance, if I have a monthly charge from XYZ that I charge to > > account ABC, and I have a bunch of them in my Checking account, is > > there a way to change all of them to DEF without going in and poking > > each one? And that's where a simple account name change ABC->DEF won't > > work because there's other stuff in there. > > > > In other words, like a global replace? > > > > TIA! > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please > seehttps://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. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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. 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