Merging 2 gnucash files

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Lukas Haase <lukashaase at gmx.at> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks a lot, this really seems to work. Including split transactions
> etc. I really hope that it is robust enough!

Yes, QIF supports split transactions.  Trust me, I wouldn't lead you
down a wrong path!

> What I mean with robust: For example, I import, check the "Total" of the
> top accounts, thinking everything is fine and then I see months later
> that something is completely screwed up.

You should still go through and verify everything after you import.  But
if the totals are correct there's a good change everything else is
correct.  But you should still validate the import, especially because
it's just a one-time function.

> If this does potentially not happen, it is fine (it is just a one-time
> import).
>
> However, there is one account which is just not exported using
> gnucashtoqif! The account shows up in the QIF but no transactions. When
> importing, this account does not show up at all.

QIF doesn't do empty accounts; the importer only imports transactions.
If you have an account without any transactions then no, it wont be
imported.

> It was an "equity" account under "Equity" which I used to "virtually"
> transfer money from the other GNU cash file (i.e., it was not an income
> because I had the money already in my other file and it is not an asset
> or liability because that would have screwed up my balance what I "have"
> and "owe" in the current file.

What do you mean by "virtually transfer money"?

> In any case, I thought that maybe Equity is not supported and moved the
> account under Income (and changed the type to "Income"). Unfortunately
> it is still not in the QIF file. Any ideas?

I'm not sure if QIF support Equity type accounts, and it certainly wont
support Income/Expense accounts -- those are QIF "Categories".  Most
likely you'll only get Asset and Liabilities.

> Thanks,
> Luke

-derek

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