GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 168215
Lack of autosave feature is a problem for this business user
Last modified: 2018-06-29 20:50:20 UTC
Version details: 1.8.9 Debian Package Distribution/Version: Debian Sarge I use Gnucash for business accounting. To reproduce:- Do business essentials - Post bills, add vendors etc Remove power Try to restore from log All new vendors, posted bills etc have disappeared although transactions all appear OK. Difficult choice required whether to disentangle the transactions or start from last genuine save. I've come to the conclusion that the quickest option is to start from last genuine save. This problem for business users issue is warned about in the help file. I assume from this the technicalities of adding the business actions to the log file are considerable. So Instead:- I would really appreciate a timed autosave option in Gnucash user config. Perhaps off by default. I would turn it on immediately! I managed to book a clear day to catch up on paperwork. Now I need to book another day :-( I know one should save repeatedly, but its easy to be distracted from the mundane stuff when you are struggling with hundreds of poorly printed VAT invoices. Please can we get the computers onboard for this mundane repeated task they will LOVE doing for us!
Just for the record: bug#107365 and bug#107370 are asking for almost the same thing.
"save early, save often" Adding business logic to the logfile would be... challenging. On a serious note, I want to see the logfile go away. Once we get the SQLite backend integrated then you'll not need to worry about autosave, gnucash will commit every operation to the database.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 107365 ***
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