Newbie: Data import question

[Phil Longstaff]

What I've seen before for this kind of data input is a generalized csv importer.  I know there is some sort of csv import in gnucash, but don't know much about it.

What I've seen (FinancialEdge by BlackBaud Software) allows you to:
1) specify how csv columns map to internal data items (this can be saved and reused)
2) specify a csv file to import

The import takes place, 1 record per line according to the mapping specified in step #1.  The system could import anything.

Once we have more items GObject-ified with properties, we could do this really easily by mapping property name to csv column.

Phil



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From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
To: David Goodenough <david.goodenough at linkchoose.co.uk>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Sent: Monday, June 8, 2009 11:41:02 AM
Subject: Re: Newbie: Data import question

David Goodenough <david.goodenough at linkchoose.co.uk> writes:

>> Now, you COULD work on fixing the QSF importer before it gets ripped out
>> for lack of love.....
>
> That is something I could look at.  Where do I start looking for it (in the 
> 2.3.1 source) and how do I enable it?

The code is in src/libqof/backend/file
As for enabling it.... I think it just needs to get loaded, but I'm not
100% sure.

> My C is a bit rusty (I am normally a Java coder), but I am happy to give it
> a go.  What kind of love does it require?  Are there known bugs, or are the
> problems more basic than that?

The problems are more basic -- it's extremely fragile, memory leaks,
memory corruption... It just doesn't work.  It needs a lot of love.
It was completely unstable and could crash a lot, too.

There are probably a bunch of QSF bugs in bugzilla..

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