Re: [GNC] Splitting a multi-year file
Hello, David. Thanks for the explanation. Rest of the comments are inline. To export the account tree use File->Export->Export Accounts to export the account structure into a new book file directly. It works fine with GnuCash V3.4. What version of GnuCash are you using and on what operating system? Using the export of the account Tree to CSV will also work but the direct export into a new file is simpler. Yup, thanks for confirming. I'm using v3.4 on Debian, "testing" branch. To import , open GnuCash in the new book file. File->Import->Import Transactions from CSV. Select the file you have just exported. Select the GnuCash Export Format. Make sure Multisplit is selected. If the data line comes up as pink (or other colour) this is a warning that a format doesn't match usually the data format. Set the date format to whatever is used in your locale (or whatever format has been exported) and ensure that Skip 1 leading line is selected. You will then see the data headings in the first import record have a line through them and the pink or other color shading in the data lines should clear. The column headers should correspnd with the headers in the first skipped lines. I used the "Gnucash Export format" in the "Load settings" and all lines are now white with no "stop" sign on the left side, after changing the date to match. Now I understand what was wrong in my earlier attempt. In the next window you need to map the accounts specified in the file to be imported onto the accounts in the account tree that you imported. As yet there is no matching procedure so it is laborious but only has to be done for those accounts that transactions being imported will have splits to. In your case the mapped accounts should be the same as the imported account names when you have finished. Automatching would be a great addition, surely, but at least I got through to saving the imported entries. At present the import is not working correctly when the transactions involve accounts with multiple currencies and I suspect trading accounts although I have not checked these yet. You will have to edit any transactions between accounts in different currencies. At present the import appears to create a spurious split ot splits for an unrlated amount and appears to create an additional transaction in each non-book currency. Hopefully you don't have multicurrency transactions. Hmm, I do have some old shares in investment funds and also have used multiple currencies over the years (EUR, ITL, GBP, FIM, EEK, NOK and I'm probably forgetting a couple). I used intermediate accounts to handle the money exchange then created separate income & expenses accounts for each currency as appropriate. Should I keep an eye on those? Or perhaps you are talking about something even fancier than I have in my books. As Christian recommended it is probably a good idea to create balance sheet reports however that may be of limited usefulness as the Balance sheet at a given date will not be the same in the new file unless you have copied all records up to that date and as you are splitting up into annual books that will not be the case. More useful may be Income Statements (also contains expenses)for each period from the original book. that should then agree with an Income Statement created for the same period from the new book I think I'm going to stick with the balance sheet, since I already have the closing balances even if I did not create a new file each year. The income statement for 2015, for example, is mostly zeros except for a single mistake which I just discovered (bank interests for 2015 were lumped together with 2016, oh well...) Thanks again, Andrea. ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Splitting a multi-year file
Andrea To export the account tree use File->Export->Export Accounts to export the account structure into a new book file directly. It works fine with GnuCash V3.4. What version of GnuCash are you using and on what operating system? Using the export of the account Tree to CSV will also work but the direct export into a new file is simpler. You then need to export the transactions you want to transfer to this book to a CSV file. File->Export->Export transactions to CSV. Don't select the simple layout option. Select all accounts you wish to export from and then set the date range you wish to export and create the export file. To import , open GnuCash in the new book file. File->Import->Import Transactions from CSV. Select the file you have just exported. Select the GnuCash Export Format. Make sure Multisplit is selected. If the data line comes up as pink (or other colour) this is a warning that a format doesn't match usually the data format. Set the date format to whatever is used in your locale (or whatever format has been exported) and ensure that Skip 1 leading line is selected. You will then see the data headings in the first import record have a line through them and the pink or other color shading in the data lines should clear. The column headers should correspnd with the headers in the first skipped lines. In the next window you need to map the accounts specified in the file to be imported onto the accounts in the account tree that you imported. As yet there is no matching procedure so it is laborious but only has to be done for those accounts that transactions being imported will have splits to. In your case the mapped accounts should be the same as the imported account names when you have finished. In the next window (matcher) hopefully all the transactions to be imported will turn up with a green background. Correct any that don't have accounts correctly assigned and assigned and then import the transactions. At present the import is not working correctly when the transactions involve accounts with multiple currencies and I suspect trading accounts although I have not checked these yet. You will have to edit any transactions between accounts in different currencies. At present the import appears to create a spurious split ot splits for an unrlated amount and appears to create an additional transaction in each non-book currency. Hopefully you don't have multicurrency transactions. As Christian recommended it is probably a good idea to create balance sheet reports however that may be of limited usefulness as the Balance sheet at a given date will not be the same in the new file unless you have copied all records up to that date and as you are splitting up into annual books that will not be the case. More useful may be Income Statements (also contains expenses)for each period from the original book. that should then agree with an Income Statement created for the same period from the new book The other point is as you do this you will also have to carry forward closing balances from the new book from the previous year you imported into the new book for the year you are currently importing as Opening Balances in that new book David Cousens - David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Splitting a multi-year file
Il 03/03/19 20:29, Christian Kluge ha scritto: I’d suggest making balance sheets for each year to exported. Afterwards I would use File\Export\Transactions to CSV. There I would select the appropriate time range. I also would export the account structure to CSV. In the one-year-only file I would import the account structure and make entries for the opening balances. Lastly I would import the transactions from the CSV files. Christian, thanks for the detailed explanation. So far, these are the problems I had: 1) the account selection is a bit of a chore. I have a chart of accounts which is fairly extensive for a private person (111 accounts) and I cannot select the top-level accounts and have all subaccounts included, apparently: when I do that, the top-level accounts are selected plus the second level accounts of the last top level I clicked. If I start manually exploding all parts of the account tree and then hitting ctrl-a, then I get an increasing number of selected accounts, meaning that "select subaccounts" does not work on currently selected accounts, just on the last one. Is that to be expected? 2) importing the CSV for the accounts shows an empty preview and I cannot move past this screen. If I check the file, it looks like a regular CSV to me and I haven't changed the export defaults. Also, I have tried adjusting the number of header lines but no luck. Maybe I have to use "export accounts" instead of "export account tree to csv"? 3) during import, I need to select "gnucash export settings" first, then I have to match each account from the CSV to the corresponding account in the tree. There is no default mapping, which is weird considering the accounts obviously have the same names since they come from the same source. Is that normal? Thanks, Andrea. ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Splitting a multi-year file
Hi Andrea, Am 03.03.2019 um 19:19 schrieb Andrea Borgia: > Hi. > > For the past decade, I've had only a few gnucash files, not one per year: > basically, I'd create a new one when the file would be large enough at the > end of the year to notice that startup time. > > If I wanted to retroactively split them by single year as I started doing > now, how could I do that? Is there a smarter way to do it other than > treating it as just another XML file and editing it manually? > > Of course, I am aware that I would have to create a few transactions for > end of year closing and new year opening. > > Regards, > Andrea. I’d suggest making balance sheets for each year to exported. Afterwards I would use File\Export\Transactions to CSV. There I would select the appropriate time range. I also would export the account structure to CSV. In the one-year-only file I would import the account structure and make entries for the opening balances. Lastly I would import the transactions from the CSV files. Kind regards Christian Kluge ___ 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.
[GNC] Splitting a multi-year file
Hi. For the past decade, I've had only a few gnucash files, not one per year: basically, I'd create a new one when the file would be large enough at the end of the year to notice that startup time. If I wanted to retroactively split them by single year as I started doing now, how could I do that? Is there a smarter way to do it other than treating it as just another XML file and editing it manually? Of course, I am aware that I would have to create a few transactions for end of year closing and new year opening. Regards, Andrea. ___ 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.
