Importing qif - "the file contains an unknown action"

[Ian Lewis]

CC'ing the mailing list.

This is that issue that Charles Day recently pointed out where ContribX,
WithdrwX and Cash don't get handled by Gnucash properly. I believe he
submitted a patch already so it should be fixed in the next released version
of gnucash.

In the meantime, try replacing all the 'ContribX's with 'XIn', 'WithdrwX's
with 'XOut', and 'Cash' with 'MiscExp' in the QIF and reimport.

2007/12/5, Some user <sendspam at mailinator.com>:
>
>
> I just tried to import a QIF file exported from Quicken 2006.  It pops up
> with many, many message boxes, each saying "The file contains an unknown
> action", and warning me that some transactions may not be imported.
>
> There were at least three "unknown actions" with such messages: "Cash",
> "ContribX", and "WithdrwX" (or something like that).
>
> Uh, WTF?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
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