Thanks to all for suggestions - I will do some experimenting - maybe
this can be added to feature suggestions list. I also do not see why
implemenetation is dependant on using a database underneath. The old
Quicken model seemd quite good to me.
With regard accounting rules & bulk edit/changes
On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 04:00, listsub3 wrote:
>
> Typically bulk search replace changes would be for things like
> transaction category/account, changes in names in description/notes. etc.
>
> My GC data folder is currently 46mb (I have quite a lot of histrorical
> stuff).
>
> Seems like quite a fu
I think there is also a general accounting philosophical issue (and in some
jurisdictions, potentially a legal issue) in cases like this. Changing
transactions is something that is discouraged in some accounting contexts.
When I first learned accounting in 1980 or so, I was taught never to erase
a
The best and safest one has already been mentioned.
1. Conduct a ‘Find’ as appropriate to build a working list of transactions.
2. Trudge through them one by one making the desired changes.
That sounds daunting, but it depends on the info being changed.
If you just want to change the name of an
Typically bulk search replace changes would be for things like
transaction category/account, changes in names in description/notes. etc.
My GC data folder is currently 46mb (I have quite a lot of histrorical
stuff).
Seems like quite a functional omission in GC to me - it must be quite a
comm
There are ways to accomplish what you want, but no, there is no built-in ‘Find
& Replace All’ feature.
I would ask, what are you trying to accomplish? What problem are you trying to
solve?
and
How many transactions are we talking about?
Regards,
Adrien
> On Jul 1, 2020 w27d183, at 2:57 PM, l
listsub3 writes:
> Is there any functionality to do bulk search & replace on
> transactions? My old 2002 Quicken had this feature and it was really
> useful to do bulk changes/corrections.
There is a bulk search, but the replace must be done manually from the
resulting search results window.
S
Is there any functionality to do bulk search & replace on transactions?
My old 2002 Quicken had this feature and it was really useful to do bulk
changes/corrections.
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