On 9/15/2019 9:15 AM, Daniel Wieberdink wrote:
I was hoping to transition to Gnucash to track finances for the small
church we belong to. I started by optimistically trying to import about 3
years worth of transactions from Aplos into GC via a CSV file. That didn't
go as smoothly as I hoped.
Let me start by asking an important question. This "Aplos" application
where you have the last three years data.Is something wrong with it? You
will no longer have it available? << to view, to produce reports from,
the existing data >>
Because if THAT is the case, why are you trying to migrate this data to
your new gnucash books?
In the old days, pen and ink on paper in bound volumes, they used to go
to "new" books all the time. Close the old books and open new books in
fresh volumes on a regular basis << what else to do as physical books
became full >>
You can do the same sort of thing migrating to gnucash. You use your old
application to produce a Balance Sheet as of the date of migration and
use this to establish the opening balance of each of the "standing
accounts". Then when and if you need to refer to old data (stuff before
this date) you use the old application. In my experience, such need to
reference the old data is rare.
That's what I have done every time I migrated an organization to
gnucash. I never tried migrating the old data. Perhaps if I had had to
deal with some fixed assets, I might have handled those differently <<
not just the balance remaining as of of the date of starting the gnucash
books but the basis and depreciation history --- if you have to deal
with those I will show you >>
Michael D Novack
PS: I do not ever use "opening balance" instead entering explicit
opening the books transactions, one for debits and one for credits.
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