Importing from non-QIF file?

[Derek Atkins]

Friu <friu at gmx.net> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I am just starting to use Gnucash and have the following problem:
> 
> My bank only provides comma-separated or tab-separated files for
> download, but not the Gnucash supported Quicken format.

Gnucash also supports OFX.

> I could not find  an import filter for CSV files in Gnucash. Is there an
> easy way to still import the data?

Nope.  Nobody has yet written a CSV importer.  Writing one should be
relatively simple..

> Is the QIF format easy to generate from a CSV file so that I could write
> my own converter and use the QIF import? Is the QIF format documented
> somewhere?

It's pretty simple.  You can find some docs online at:
   http://cbbrowne.com/info/financeformats.html

> Thank you very much in advance,
> Uwe.

You're welcome.

-derek

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