How to move from Quickbooks to Gnucash?

[David Gillam]

David
Gillam Data Services, Inc. - Computer Training, Consulting, & Service
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On Mar 4, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Johannes Kapune wrote:

> Am 04.03.2012 19:32, schrieb David Gillam:
>> This sounds like a couple of RFEs for the developers... Add Quickbooks IIF import/export.
> 
> Isn't there the possibility to export to QIF out of Quickbooks?

Unfortunately, no.

>> 
>> I have a customer who would like to try out Gnucash, but to do so, needs to get his Quickbooks data into it.  This way, he can do a direct comparison.  As a safety net, he also wants to ensure he can get back to Quickbooks with the new transactions, etc. made in Gnucash.
>> 
>> Without easy import/export with Quickbooks, I suspect many potential users will not even try Gnucash.
>> 
> Best way is to use both programs quite a time parallel, so you keep your data in Quickbooks and see what's different in GnuCash. After a while you decide to one of them.

Good idea.

> 
> 
> Johannes
> 
> 
>> Thank You,
>> 
>> David
>> Gillam Data Services, Inc. - Computer Training, Consulting,&  Service
>> dave at davegillam.com | www.davegillam.com | 214-543-2788
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 4, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Eric Morey wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, 2012-03-02 at 08:28 -0600, David Gillam wrote:
>>>> I see the import options for Gnuscash 2.4.10 list various Intuit
>>>> formats, but not "IIF"--which is what Quickbooks uses, apparently.
>>>> How do I move quickbooks data to Gnucash?
>>>> 
>>> It seems that there is no easy way. Gnucash does not support direct
>>> import of IIF. IIF is allegedly able to be opened with a spreadsheet
>>> program and saved to CSV or XLS. The CSV or XLS file can in turn be
>>> converted to QIF. The QIF can be imported to GnuCash. However, there is
>>> apparently no way to import your customer/vendor
>>> database or Invoice/Bill lists.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Secondarily, how would one move Gnucash data to Quickbooks/Quicken?
>>>> The only export option I see is XML.  There is no QIF, QXF, IIF, etc.
>>>> export option.
>>>> 
>>> There seems to be even less information for converting back to
>>> Quickbooks or quicken.
>>> 
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