gnucash 2.2.6 - problems with qif import

[Charles Day]

Which version of Quicken are you using? German?
Does "Oth S" mean asset? Or is it liability?

I can add support for this to the QIF importer.

Cheers,
Charles


On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:00 PM, and78386 at gmx.de <and78386 at gmx.de> wrote:

> Just looked in my qif file again and it's "Oth S" that makes problems when
> importing into gnucash 2.2.6!
>
> Cheers,
> Andreas
>
> 2009/4/21 Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com>
>
> Do you really mean "Oth S"? Or do you mean "Oth A"?
>> We know that "Oth A" isn't working right in 2.2.9 and it has been fixed
>> (but not released.)
>>
>> -Charles
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:32 PM, and78386 at gmx.de <and78386 at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>>> I solved my problem in 2.2.6 now.
>>>
>>> After importing the Quicken 2009 qif file the properties of one bank
>>> account was wrong, and therefore the deposit and withdrawal values were
>>> interchanged. Correcting it to "bank" and this problem was solved.
>>>
>>> Other problems in 2.2.6 with qif import:
>>>
>>> - account property "Oth S" has to be corrected manually to "Bank" in qif
>>> file before import
>>> - deletion of double bookings manually after import
>>>
>>> Now all balances are exactly the same in gnucash like they were in
>>> Quicken, so everything ok.
>>>
>>> Thanks for such a great piece of software and for the good support!!!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Andreas
>>>
>>> 2009/4/20 Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> I wonder if there is not something wrong other than the version. I think
>>>> very little changed in the QIF import after 2.2.6. Certainly nothing I can
>>>> think of that would have this kind of result.
>>>> Andreas, did you import multiple QIF files? If so, did you import them
>>>> together or separately?
>>>>
>>>> Could you pick a specific transaction that was imported into GnuCash
>>>> incorrectly, and show the actual QIF data that it came from?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Charles
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Safer than trying to continue to use the broken 2.2.6-3 package.
>>>>>
>>>>> -derek
>>>>>
>>>>> "and78386 at gmx.de" <and78386 at gmx.de> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Ok, but how safe and stable are such packages from foreign
>>>>> repositories?
>>>>> > Could they harm my system?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 2009/4/18 Cristian Marchi <cri79 at libero.it>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>> Hi Derek,
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Ubuntu 8.10 is only available with gnucash 2.2.6. How do i update
>>>>> gnucash
>>>>> >>>> to
>>>>> >>>> 2.2.9 on Ubuntu 8.10?
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> I don't use Ubuntu.
>>>>> >>> Either find a repository that has it, or build from source.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> But 2.2.6 is old and there have been many QIF fixes.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >> You can find a GnuCash 2.2.9 deb package for intrepid on
>>>>> >> http://www.getdeb.net; I tested it and on my system works well.
>>>>> >>
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>>>>>
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