Problem importing QIF files: Conflict with another account

Bill Gribble grib@linuxdevel.com
Thu, 5 Jul 2001 09:27:16 -0500


On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 11:46:29AM -0230, Steven Watt wrote:
> I just upgraded to version 1.6.0. I'm having trouble importing QIF
> files. Instead of transactions being integrated into an existing
> account, gnucash created a new account (same name as the old one but
> with a '2' at the end) with the description 'QIF import: Name conflict
> with another account'.

This happens when the account that's described by the QIF file is not
compatible with the existing account.  For example, they use different
currencies, or have incompatible types.  Normally, there's no problem
with merging QIF transactions into an existing account.

After running the QIF import, open the Account Options editor for both
the original account and the "2" version.  What's different?

b.g.