QIF import wizard doesn't show memo's

[David Stibbe]

Hi,

Thanks for the info.

The payee is a number, because I converted my bank account's csv export to
a qif. Therefore I assigned the account number as the payee. Perhaps you
have a better idea?

Kind regards,
David
 Op 9 aug. 2012 17:19 schreef "Derek Atkins" <warlord at mit.edu> het volgende:

> Hi,
>
> David Stibbe <dstibbe at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to export a QIF file into Gnucash.
> > The QIF file consists of transactions and are recognised as such.
> However,
> > when I come to the screen where I have to match the Payee's to the
> gnucash
> > accounts, the column 'Payee/memo' only shows the payee and not the memo.
> >
> > An example from my QIF:
> > !Type:Bank
> > D20110630
> > T-154,76
> > P1234568
> > M Some other comment about the transaction
> > C
> > ^
> > D20101129
> > T-1,85
> > P1234567
> > MSome comment about the transaction
> > C
> > ^
> >
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
> Nothing.  The Payee always takes precedence over the Memo.  If a Payee
> exists QIF will always prefer it (and only display it).  The Memo only
> gets shown if there is no Payee.  This is by design.
>
> Why do you have Payees of numbers?  The Payee should be the actual, um,
> Payee.  Who did you pay with these transactions?
>
> > Kind regards,
> > David
>
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> -derek
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