GnuCash presentation

[Charles Day]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 5:37 PM, John R. Carter, Sr. <john at jrcarter.com>wrote:

> I am preparing a presentation (using OpenOffice) on GnuCash including
> importing files from Quicken.
>
> The three files associated with this are located in
> http://www.jrcarter.com/gnucash
>        gnuCash_Presentation.odp
>        Quicken2GnuCash_Handout.pdf
>        Quicken2gnucash.pdf
>
> If anyone wants to take the time to review my notes and give me some
> feedback, I would appreciate it.
>

About the Quicken2gnucash.pdf file:

-On page 6 there is a reference to the "template" namespace for securities.
The "template" entry shouldn't display at all. This is a known bug. If you
want to create a new security type (a "mnemonic" in developer-speak) then
click the New button (to create a new security) and from there I think you
should be able to make a new security type.

-On page 7 it says that Quicken account names are not automatically matched
to subaccounts that exist in the GnuCash account tree. That's not correct as
I recall. If the names match exactly, and the existing GnuCash account has
an appropriate type, the druid should suggest them as a match. If not, it
could be because you've already imported the same QIF account name in the
past at the root level and the druid has memorized that mapping. Try
deleting or renaming your saved QIF preferences file (.gnucash/qif-map-prefs
or similar).

-On page 8 it says that the importer creates all securities as a fund.
Again, I don't think that's true unless you specifically tell it that the
security type is "FUND" or you have previously imported it that way in
error. (Or, possibly, because the security was defined as a fund in
Quicken.) If you can reproduce this after removing the saved QIF preferences
file, please file a bug in Bugzilla.

-On page 13, it describes a warning about importing shorts and covers. Could
you file a bug in Bugzilla with a small QIF file demonstrating the problem?

-You may want to mention that importing a transaction that represents a sale
of securities will NOT cause appropriate capital gain/loss entries to be
created in GnuCash. These must be added by hand after import.

Cheers,
Charles




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