gnucash 2.2.6 - problems with qif import

[Herbert Thoma]

Charles Day schrieb:
> I see this also discussed here:
> http://www.wiso-software.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&postID=91169
> 
> What does "Vermögenskonten" mean? I am just trying figure out which GnuCash
> account type is the closest/best match. The generic "asset" type? Or "bank"?

"Vermögenskonten" literally translates to "asset accounts"

 Herbert.

> Cheers,
> Charles
> 
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:57 PM, and78386 at gmx.de <and78386 at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>> Quicken 2009 German. Don't know what "Oth S" means, both were bank
>> accounts, so i don't know why the qif export of Quicken interpreted them as
>> "Oth S".
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andreas
>>
>> 2009/4/21 Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com>
>>
>>> 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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