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On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:11:21 +0100 Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is it possible to merge accounts on gnuchash - ie can I have one > machine with the main gnucash accounts and then another with a > similar setup so I can enter a lot of receipts on that one and then > export them and import them into the main one? No. I wrote the book_merge code that would support precisely this operation but it isn't enabled because ..., well just because. (the full gory details have been covered elsewhere). I started the cashutil project to cover this gap in functionality but it is currently mired in problems. Help would be appreciated. http://cashutil.sourceforge.net/ cashutil is a CLI that can understand GnuCash data files, it supports a shell mode and merge functions as well as SQL-based queries to select and export data for conversion into other formats and merge back into GnuCash files. The problems (http://cashutil.sourceforge.net/problems.php) are complex and although some files will load, other files will not. I think those problems are usually down to Scheduled Transactions but it could be an issue buried deep in the larger gnucash data files. Apart from load issues, the single biggest problem is that GnuCash hides a LOT of the financial logic within the Gtk code which makes it hard to re-implement. This means that cashutil can make changes to GnuCash data files that are not financially consistent so BE CAREFUL!! Only use the (unreleased) cashutil program on BACKUP gnucash files. The UI in cashutil also needs improvement - it's not exactly intuitive right now but it does try to be helpful. Check out the SVN and see what you think. The details of why and how cashutil could be used for what you want are probably best discussed off-list - it has to do with how GnuCash deals with data integrity. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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