Documentation for Importation

[Jerry Criswell]

My reference to the tutorial is because the migration page discusses the
difference between accounts and categories, then the next three headings
say discussion.  Don't know what that means and it isn't helpful.  I did
find the chapter on migration in the actual help file which is good.  

One thing that could be added in both places is the need to, after the
import, go through and add the five top level accounts and correct the
account for each opening balance.  I figured that out when the balance
for my share draft account was way off after import.
-- 

JC 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
To: Jerry Criswell <jcriswell58 at gmail.com>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: Documentation for Importation
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:32:34 +0900


On Nov 26, 2012, at 12:00 AM, Jerry Criswell <jcriswell58 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had not yet looked at the help file; I was working from the tutorial.
> The chapter on migration in the tutorial is worthless.  You have helped
> me a lot there.  I have also discovered that I was not as meticulous as
> you when I first started using Quicken (12 years ago).  Therefore I have
> a ton of entries in the unspecified account to reconcile.  Thanks to you
> I have slowed down and studied the process.  What I will do is
> export/import my checkbook one year at a time and then reconcile the
> unspecified account with quicken.  When I get done, I should be able to
> import the whole thing.
> 
> Now all I have to do is figure out how to mark this as solved.

It would be helpful if you can suggest improvements to the tutorial chapter after you've gotten the process down.

This is a mailing list. There's no marking anything.

Regards,
John Ralls