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Linas Vepstas December 2001 Linas Vepstas December 2001
A top, unimplemented request for gnucash is the ability to 'close A top, unimplemented request for GnuCash is the ability to 'close
the books', that is, to add support for 'accounting periods'. the books', that is, to add support for 'accounting periods'.
Support for books has been added to the gnucash engine; however, Support for books has been added to the GnuCash engine; however,
it has not yet been exposed to the user via the GUI. This file it has not yet been exposed to the user via the GUI. This file
reviews the implementation design choices and the current design reviews the implementation design choices and the current design
status. status.
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Plan A: Plan A:
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The kvp markup of plan C coupled to the multi-file solution of plan F. The kvp markup of plan C coupled to the multi-file solution of plan F.
In initial startup of gnucash, only the 'current' book is loaded. In initial startup of GnuCash, only the 'current' book is loaded.
If user asks for a report that requires data from old books, then If user asks for a report that requires data from old books, then
we have to pause to load one or more of the older books. we have to pause to load one or more of the older books.
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Implementation Notes: Implementation Notes:
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Plan A has been implemented in the engine. Plan A has been implemented in the engine.
-- The postgres backend has been modified to support multiple books. -- The Postgres backend has been modified to support multiple books.
All books are stored in the same database; there is no performance All books are stored in the same database; there is no performance
penalty for storing all books together in the same SQL dataase, penalty for storing all books together in the same SQL database,
because they can be easily picked apart by an appropirate SQL query. because they can be easily picked apart by an appropriate SQL query.
-- The xml-file backend can store multiple books, but there is currently -- The xml-file backend can store multiple books, but there is currently
no support for spreading things out across multiple files (for no support for spreading things out across multiple files (for
faster load, by not loading old books). The XML format faster load, by not loading old books). The XML format