Along your line of thinking, it is also recommended that you try major changes with a disposable copy of your data file, keeping a backup if you don't like the results. Sometimes that may mean running two copies in parallel for a period of time. Good luck!
On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 9:27 PM Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 4, 2020, 22:03 David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Funny you should ask. Chapter 9 of the user guide was written just for > you > > https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-guide/invest_accounts1.html > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 8:37 PM Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi! > >> > >> I am using gnucash 3.10, up to date. > >> > >> I have a file with existing accounts in it, but no investment accounts. > >> > >> Is there a simple way to add investment accounts without starting a new > >> file, or overwriting the existing one, and thus losing my existing > >> accounts > >> (and their data)? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > -- > > David Carlson > > > > > > Hi, David. > > Thanks for the reply. > > I have of course read about using the New Account Heirarchy Setup to add > the investment accounts. > > But I thought it would be a great idea to ask first if my existing data > would be lost. > > As any carpenter will tell you - "Measure twice, cut once!" > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.