Assuming that the info sent to the accountants ended at 12/31/2023, Simon could export all 2024 transactions in CSV format as you suggested. He could then import into the returned files from the accountants and he wouldn't have to track any changes he made.
The log files are another option, but it would depend on how long they were saved and how long the accountants took. Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email ________________________________ From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org> on behalf of Patrick James <patrickjame...@comcast.net> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2024 12:24 PM To: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts? One option might be to use the data log files, information in 2.5.2 here: https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html I have not played around with those much, but I suspect you could backup your master set of books (3-2-1 backup strategy might be used here), and then make a copy of your master set to test the replay of the data log files (.log), as described in the link above. Another, separate, option might be for you to keep track of the changes you made, and then export the changes in CSV formation, then import them to the file that's returned from your accountant. Check out the CSV import/export information here: Export: https://gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/trans-export.html Import: https://gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/trans-import.html > On 01/19/2024 5:50 AM PST Simon Roberts <si...@dancingcloudservices.com> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Does GNC provide any mechanism for comparing two versions of the same set > of accounts? > > I'll be sending my books to my accountant soon, and I imagine they will > have some corrections/adjustments. I'll be giving them a laptop with GNC > installed, so they can most easily browse, and it occurs to me that they > could also make their changes in place. But, unless they write down > separately every entry they create or change, I would need to somehow > re-integrate their work with my "master" file. Either that, or I'd have to > freeze my bookkeeping while they're working on things, and that's likely to > take too long to be acceptable. > > With the hostage-taker's rent-ware that I used to use, there was a specific > mechanism for an "accountant's copy" and a means to merge the changes back > automatically. But I've failed to find this in the docs for GNC (quite > possibly as a result of poor / uninspired searching!) > > Is this supported directly? Is this something folks have found an approach > for? I suppose, as a not quite worst case, I could simply diff the XML file > itself, but that's going to produce results that will be somewhat messy, at > best. But at least I'd know something about what changed. > > What ideas can you offer (or manual pages, if I've failed that > embarrassingly!) _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
