Precisely. Thanks David H.
-------- Original Message -------- From: David H <hell...@gmail.com> Sent: Wed Nov 10 18:38:01 EST 2021 To: p...@kinzelman.com Cc: Gnucash Elist <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> 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 <p...@kinzelman.com> 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 > > 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 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 > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.