Import transaction from CSV

[Ricardo Biloti]

Thats fine to me. In a QIF file, I just need to know how to make a
reference to the (at least two) accounts of a transaction. Is it by its
name in my Gnucash book or by some sort of ID?

By knowing that, I can produce a script to convert a CSV file to a QIF with
all sort of information that Gnucash needs. I would be glad to share such
script with others.

Thanks.
Ricardo


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Ricardo Biloti <biloti at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Dear co-users of Gnucash
> >
> > I'm used to import transaction from CSV files. However it is a bit
> tedious
> > to have to set the account for each transaction. I know Gnucash tries to
> > infer the proper account. However, many of them still have to be set
> > manually.
> >
> > My question is if there is a way to inform as an additional field in the
> > CSV file the right account for each transaction.
>
> Nope.  If you want that you should convert the file to QIF (where you
> can exactly specify the target account) or OFX (where you can teach
> GnuCash how to match).
>
> > Best regards,
> > R.Biloti
>
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