gnucash 2.2.6 - problems with qif import

Charles Day cedayiv at gmail.com
Thu Apr 23 17:52:40 EDT 2009 

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:33 PM, and78386 at gmx.de <and78386 at gmx.de> wrote:

> Both and the "Oth S" was shown at two different positions in the qif file:
>
> *^
> !Account
> NExtra-Konto
> TOth S
> ^
> !Type:Oth S*
>
> and
>
> *^
> NExtra-Konto
> TOth S*
>
> Hope this helps!
>

Perfect, thanks. I've added support for this to the QIF importer in trunk
(in r18055).

Cheers,
Charles


>
> Cheers,
> Andreas
>
> 2009/4/23 Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com>
>
> One final question before I add support for "Oth S" to the QIF importer.
>> Were you seeing this on a !Type line, like "!Type:Oth S"? Or was it a T
>> line, like "TOth S"?
>> Thanks,
>> Charles
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:05 AM, Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> OK, so I'll make the QIF importer treat "Oth S" (German Quicken) the same
>>> as "Oth A" (English Quicken).
>>> Thanks,
>>> Charles
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Herbert Thoma <
>>> herbert.thoma at iis.fraunhofer.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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