qif import - transaction - description field

[Terrence Brannon]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi,

Hi Derek,

>
> Terrence Brannon <schemelab at gmail.com> writes:

>> I [created a qif file using the Perl module
>> Finance::QIF](http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=1k2adbLu)
>>
>> The problem is that each transaction has no information in the
>> description field, as shown in this [screen
>> shot](http://bit.ly/9KxCK6)
>>
>> Is there some field I can add to each transaction in the QIF file so
>> that the description field is not empty?
>
> Well, what you're showing in your second image is the list of accounts,
> not the list of transactions.

1 - But if you look at the QIF file, what you call accounts are
non-investment record types, not account record types
2 -  In the Finance::QIF docs
(http://search.cpan.org/~mmcgillis/Finance-QIF-3.01/lib/Finance/QIF.pm#RECORD_TYPES_&_VALUES),regarding
Accounts, they state that you can list a series of transactions after
listing an account, and they will all apply to that Account.

> So what's missing there are your ACCOUNT
> descriptions, which is due to not including !Account settings for those
> additional accounts.

Well, the QIF spec (
http://web.intuit.com/support/quicken/docs/d_qif.html ) under "Items
for Non-Investment Accounts" does not list a field called '!Account'
such as you mention. I also dont see any option in the Finance::QIF
API for non-investment record types to list an account.

How would you amend  this non-investment item so that it is "attached"
to an account with name "Jimbob"?

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