QIF import wizard doesn't show memo's

[Derek Atkins]

How about using the QIF (N)um column?  Leave the Payee blank, or put in
the actual payee.

-derek

On Thu, August 9, 2012 1:26 pm, David Stibbe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> The payee is a number, because I converted my bank account's csv export to
> a qif. Therefore I assigned the account number as the payee. Perhaps you
> have a better idea?
>
> Kind regards,
> David
>  Op 9 aug. 2012 17:19 schreef "Derek Atkins" <warlord at mit.edu> het
> volgende:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> David Stibbe <dstibbe at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm trying to export a QIF file into Gnucash.
>> > The QIF file consists of transactions and are recognised as such.
>> However,
>> > when I come to the screen where I have to match the Payee's to the
>> gnucash
>> > accounts, the column 'Payee/memo' only shows the payee and not the
>> memo.
>> >
>> > An example from my QIF:
>> > !Type:Bank
>> > D20110630
>> > T-154,76
>> > P1234568
>> > M Some other comment about the transaction
>> > C
>> > ^
>> > D20101129
>> > T-1,85
>> > P1234567
>> > MSome comment about the transaction
>> > C
>> > ^
>> >
>> >
>> > What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Nothing.  The Payee always takes precedence over the Memo.  If a Payee
>> exists QIF will always prefer it (and only display it).  The Memo only
>> gets shown if there is no Payee.  This is by design.
>>
>> Why do you have Payees of numbers?  The Payee should be the actual, um,
>> Payee.  Who did you pay with these transactions?
>>
>> > Kind regards,
>> > David
>>
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>>
>> -derek
>>
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