Importing non-QIF files

[Derek Atkins]

I would write a PERL script to convert your data to QIF and then use
the QIF importer.  There is no CSV or TAB-format importer at the
moment (although you are welcome to write one if you wish -- but the
hard part is the UI to map "columns" to data items).

-derek

Henri P Gavin <hpgavin at duke.edu> writes:

> Dear GnuCash users:
> 
> My bank provides on-line statements in a plain-text format. QIF format
> statements are not available from this institution. The checking
> account statement looks like:
> 
> 01/24/2003 Withdrawal MORTGAGE (EQTY ENHNC) -$148.16 $8,888.08
> 01/24/2003 Deposit EMPLOYER (MONTHLY ) $1,988.27 $9,336.24
> 01/24/2003 A-XYZ U [P]...Amt: 3988.27 EMPLOYER (MONTHLY )
> 01/25/2003 Withdrawal @ BOOKSHOP Trace #4714 -$7.12 $2,537.60
> 01/31/2003 Withdrawal (Item #2698) -$156.00 $7,869.53
> 
> Right now I am cutting-and-pasting into Gnucash.  What is the best
> automatic way to import this kind of plain-text accout statment?  I
> could write a converter to a GnuCash compatible format, if I could see
> what the format standard looks like.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Henri Gavin
> 
> 
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