import format - which does gnucash handle better?
Derek Atkins
warlord at MIT.EDU
Mon Nov 3 21:34:55 CST 2003
bri <bhh_mail at mail.com> writes:
> So my bank now allows me to download my checking and savings account
> transactions in these formats:
>
> Microsoft Money (OFX) - Open Financial Exchange
> Quicken (QFX) - Open Financial Exchange
> Quicken (QIF)
Any of these three will work fine. The first two are equivalent
and use the OFX/QFX importer. The last uses the qif importer.
> Microsoft Money (OFC)
> Microsoft Excel (CSV)- Comma separated values
These are not supported.
> I've had quirks with qif before (transfers between the 2 accounts not
> getting automatically resolved as duplicates..) so I'll probably make
> copies of my books and try OFX and QFX. But was wondering - whats the
> general thoughts on the different formats? Is either of the 3 better
> or worse than the others? Or will gnucash do better with 1 in
> particular? or..?
QIF is screwy, and yes it does have issues with cross-txns except in
very limited circumstances. OFX has more information, but it too
could have similar problems. I'd recommend OFX/QFX.
> thx.bri.
-derek
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