David, I was listening a while back when it came up previously :-)
Cheers David H. On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 at 12:16, D. <[email protected]> wrote: > Precisely. Thanks David H. > ------------------------------ > *From:* David H > *Sent:* Wed Nov 10 18:38:01 EST 2021 > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* Gnucash Elist > *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.
