v2.2.4 QIF import & reports

[Andrew Sackville-West]

On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 06:02:58PM -0500, Stuart Blood wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I'm a new user. I've installed v2.2.4 for Windows today.  I've 
> started importing several years of data from Quicken 2005.  I'm 
> having two problems, which I'd like to solve before I commit to this 
> change.  I couldn't find the answers in the archive.
> 
> (1) I've downloaded transactions from my credit card company.  That 
> generated a file called Activity.qif.  I confirmed that the file was 
> ok by importing the transactions to Quicken 2005.  However, when I 
> "import" to GnuCash, I get a message that, "QIF file load failed: 
> File does not appear to be a QIF file."

the best first thing to do is to review the qif file in a text editor
and make sure there are no problems with it. Just because quicken can
load the file doesn't mean there aren't problems with it... I would
suggest looking for any lines that have strange symbols in them or
lines where you'd expect a number and there is not one. Also, if the
data is sufficiently anonymous and short enough, you coudl just attach
it here and we could review it, but beware that this is a public area
...

> 
> (2) I have struggled quite a bit with reports.  How do I get an 
> expense report for a particular period?  For example, how can I see 
> what I spent on "utilities" in 2007.  No matter that I set the date 
> range, my reports always show activity for the current year.

are you sure you have transactions for utilities in 2007? Are you sure
that you are actually setting the date range properly? Just to go
through the basics Report -> Income & Expense -> Income
Statement. After the report does the initial run, click the Option
button on the toolbar. Select "general" and pick starting and ending
dates appropriately. Start with "Previous Year Start" and "Previous
Year End" and then click OK. The report should rerun and display the
new information.

A
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