On Mon, 24 Dec 2018 at 05:03, Jennym <55.jennifer.mas...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... > So what I'd like to do: Retain all of 2018 accounts (having them to hand > for easy access), but have them zeroed for 2019.
I don't do this, for me there is no point. It is possible to view or report on only transactions within a date range if one wants so I don't see the advantage of closing the books. If you do then you loose easy access to the history, so for example when the dishwasher fails and you think when and where did I buy that then you cannot immediately find out. I now have 18 years of personal accounts history immediately accessible. > My worry is that if I do anything wrong, there's no historical 'undo' button > to backtrack. If you do decide to do it then as others have pointed out, if you mess things up then you can always go back to your previous backup. If you don't take regular backups then start doing so immediately. Your disk drive or PC may go up in smoke, literally or metaphorically, at any time and the accounts file may be irretrievably lost. Colin _______________________________________________ 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.
