Yes, or a simple keyboard macro. -----Original Message----- From: gnucash-user <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David H Sent: November 10, 2021 6:38 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Gnucash Elist <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GNC] changing accounts?
I'm putting words into David's mouth here, but I think he meant to do a search, possibly more than 1, so that all the txns you want to change end up in a separate search result tab. If you've already done a COPY (CTRL / CMD C) of the new destination account you can then just tab into each txn, CTRL-V in the correct place and hit enter - as you update each one it will disappear from the search result tab all going well. Cheers David H. On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 at 08:44, Paul Kinzelman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
