gnucash 2.2.6 - problems with qif import

Thu Apr 23 15:33:06 EDT 2009

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!

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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