A quick search online yielded:https://github.com/fefe982/gnucash-XML-split I can't vouch for the reliability of the program. David
On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 2:54, Michael or Penny Novack<stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: On 3/14/2019 2:46 PM, Jonathan Heard wrote: > Good Morning, > > I have been using GnuCash for a long time and the file containing my > records goes back 10 years. > > Is there a way to snip off the first 5 years and hold in a separate > (Archive) file? This would speed up the loading of my system. > There is no way to do this retroactively. Remember, in the old pen and ink on paper in bound books days they used to start new volumes. Usually at the end of each accounting period (say once a year). You could get faster books and an archive IN THE FUTURE. Just close the books at the next end of accounting period and save that (the file). Then export the CoA, import that (empty) CoA to a new file, and open the books by entering the balances of all the standing account (asset, liability, equity). Repeat every time your file gets too big (decide right before the end of an accounting period. You can of course see the "archived" set of books by having gnucash open THAT file. Michael D Novack _______________________________________________ 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.