Importing CSV files and specifying the account to transfer

[Derek Atkins]

zork <edwin at acm.org> writes:

> I have the following columns in my CSV file:  Date, Account for Transfer,
> Description, Amount
>
> These correspond to the QIF fields: D, L, M, T.

If you know this then why not just convert your CSV to QIF and use the
QIF importer?

> It seems the CSV importer (File>>Import>>Import CSV/Fixed-Width ...) does
> not allow one to specify the "Account to Transfer".   I am using GnuCash
> 2.4.11 on Windows 7.
>
> Is that correct or have I missed something?

No, you are correct; that importer does not know about that.
It presumes you will assign the target account.

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-derek

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