Wow, that is a lot of personal data, mine goes back to 2001 and is only 2MB. Is that the default file type (XML) and have you specified Compress files in Preferences > General?
In my opinion it is best to keep all the data in one file, then you have immediate access to all the history. So far for me the PC power has kept pace with the file size so I have not noticed much difference over the years. On Ubuntu mine takes 7 seconds to load the program and another 13 to load the user data. That is fetching the data over my local network from a Pi file server so would likely be much quicker if the file was on the PC. I am using 2.6.19 What operating system are you using and what do you mean by 'noticeably slow'? Colin On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 at 09:39, Eric Jensen <eric...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have been using gnucash to track my personal finances since 2011. I have > just > continued using the same file over the years. At this point it is over 45MB > and > it is noticeably slow when opening it. I realize now that I should probably > use > a new file for each year. Is there any way for me to break up my current file > into yearly chunks? I tried exporting all transactions for a year in CSV > format > and then importing them into a new file that I had created exporting the > accounts, but that seemed to have a lot of errors. Does anyone have a simple > way > to accomplish this? > ---- > Thanks, > Eric > _______________________________________________ > 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.