associating transactions from 2 imported accounts

[Brendan Simon]

Thanks Derek, I will try that next time.

Besides Quicken, my bank (ANZ in Australia) also supports the following 
account download formats:
     Microsoft Money
     MYOB [1]
     CVS text file
     Agrimaster
     Phoenix Gateway [2]

     [1] MYOB versions must be at least: Accounting 12.0, Accounting 
Plus 12.0 or Premier 6.0

     [2] AG data Australia software versions must be Phoenix Gateway or 
later:

Are any of those better than Quicken for importing into GnuCash?

Does anyone know if ANZ or other Australian Banks support automatic 
download into GnuCash?

Thanks,
Brendan.


Derek Atkins wrote:
> Import both qif files at once.  If there is enough information in the
> QIF File (note that there may NOT be) then it will determine that they
> are the same transaction.
> 
> Also, during the QIF import you should specify the actual account.
> Don't leave it as "Unspecified".  Click on that and choose the
> real account -- and then the duplicate matcher might actually find
> the other transaction..
> 
> In the end, QIF just doesn't really have enough information to do it
> all the time.  Sometimes you may need to hand-massage the QIF before
> you import it.  For example, from my NetBank accounts I need to
> hand-massage the QIF in order to get transfers between my Checking
> and Money Market to work properly.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> -derek
> 
> Quoting Brendan Simon <Brendan at BrendanSimon.com>:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have downloaded to qif files from my bank and imported them into
>> gnucash 1.8.10.  Some transactions are between the two accounts (eg.
>> transfer $100 from savings account to cheque account).  Obviously
>> gnucash does not associate them because it does not have enough
>> knowledge during the import, so one account has a transfer to the
>> "unspecified" account, and the other account has transfer from
>> "unspecified" account.
>>
>> If I enter Split Mode and edit the Unspecified account in one entry to
>> cheque and the associated entry to saving, then I end up with duplicate
>> transactions in each account.  How can I associate two seemingly
>> independent transactions to one transaction to/from the appropriate
>> accounts?
>>
>> The other related thing is that I want the description in the savings
>> account to say:
>>    "transfer to cheque account"
>> and the description in the cheque account to say:
>>    "transfer from savings account"
>>
>> Is that possible??
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brendan.
>>
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