Problem importing QIF files: Conflict with another account

[Steven Watt]

Thanks for the help. 

It was a currency problem. I hadn't changed the default in preferences,
so although I was setting up accounts in Canadian dollars, the QIF
importer was setting everything to American. 

Steve Watt


On 05 Jul 2001 09:27:16 -0500, Bill Gribble wrote:
> 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.
> 
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