You need not depend on comparing the account balances by eye. Export both reports in HTML, which is a text format (as opposed to binary), and then use a diff utility or comparison program.
In Windows, I have been using the free CSDIFF for many years. The company that provided it doesn't seem to be in business any more, and while there are many download locations on the Web I'm always a bit leery because you never know if one has had malware detected. I'd be happy to send my saved copy of the ZIP archive on request. If you want it, please contact me directly since I assume we don't want a 1.3 MB file added to the mailing list's archives. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com On 2024-01-19 09:23, Simon Roberts wrote: > Well, that's one possibility I suppose. > > Is this not a feature that would find fairly widespread use? Indeed, is it > not a feature that might facilitate easier use of the software and > encourage wider adoption? > > I'm still holding out hope that it might exist already :) > > Thanks for the suggestion Gyle > > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 9:41 AM Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: > >> The quick and dirty solution is to save a copy of what you send to the >> accounts, under a different name (say: B4A) and when you get back the file >> from the accountants review the accounts tab of the B4A with the returned >> file. That will tell you which accounts have a change in value. You can >> then open those accounts and see what changes/corrections they made. ou >> can then make those same changes in your current file. Just make sure that >> after you save a copy (B4A) that you aren't using that file going forward >> as GC usually opens the last saved file. >> >> Thank You, >> >> *Gyle McCollam* >> >> Gyle McCollam >> >> gmccol...@live.com <gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org> >> on behalf of Simon Roberts <si...@dancingcloudservices.com> >> *Sent:* Friday, January 19, 2024 8:50 AM >> *To:* Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >> *Subject:* [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts? >> >> Hi all, >> >> Does GNC provide any mechanism for comparing two versions of the same set >> of accounts? >> >> I'll be sending my books to my accountant soon, and I imagine they will >> have some corrections/adjustments. I'll be giving them a laptop with GNC >> installed, so they can most easily browse, and it occurs to me that they >> could also make their changes in place. But, unless they write down >> separately every entry they create or change, I would need to somehow >> re-integrate their work with my "master" file. Either that, or I'd have to >> freeze my bookkeeping while they're working on things, and that's likely to >> take too long to be acceptable. >> >> With the hostage-taker's rent-ware that I used to use, there was a specific >> mechanism for an "accountant's copy" and a means to merge the changes back >> automatically. But I've failed to find this in the docs for GNC (quite >> possibly as a result of poor / uninspired searching!) >> >> Is this supported directly? Is this something folks have found an approach >> for? I suppose, as a not quite worst case, I could simply diff the XML file >> itself, but that's going to produce results that will be somewhat messy, at >> best. But at least I'd know something about what changed. >> >> What ideas can you offer (or manual pages, if I've failed that >> embarrassingly!) >> >> TIA, >> Simon >> >> >> -- >> Simon Roberts >> 303 249 3613 >> https://www.youtube.com/@DancingCloudServices >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonhgroberts/ >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
