handling of "class" (tag) code in quicken QIF file.

[Colin Law]

On 19 December 2010 03:43, Tom Dunn <tomdunn at knology.net> wrote:
> I am converting from Quicken to gnucash and am importing my data in
> individual account QIF files.   It is working fine but I have a question
> regarding the class (tag) code that is used in quicken.   It appears to be
> ignored during import.   I am assuming that I must manually separate the
> classes within my Quicken account into separate gnucash accounts - one for
> each class code.   Is there is some automated way of separating the
> transactions in one quicken account into multiple gnucash accounts according
> to the class code associated with each transaction?

The normal technique is to map Quicken Categories to Gnucash Accounts
(normally under the Expenses top level account).  I believe this
should happen automatically.  The concept of Classes does not exist in
Gnucash.

Colin

>
> I don't have a problem with doing it manually, but wanted to ask the
> question to be sure I have not overlooked something.
>...