Out of curiosity...
Robert Heller
heller at deepsoft.com
Wed Dec 3 09:34:13 EST 2014
At Wed, 03 Dec 2014 04:57:37 -0600 Robert Kesterson <robertk at robertk.com> wrote:
>
> I have tried a few times to export my Gnucash data to other programs, by
> converting the XML file to QIF. I don't recall the tool I used --
> Google will find it if you want to look. I was never happy with the
> results. The biggest issue I ran into was the depth of my account
> structure. I had four levels (ie,
> Expenses:Business:Utilities:Electric). That would almost always result
> in a big mess when I imported the QIF into something else. When I
> realized the problem and pared back to 3 levels (ie,
> BizExpense:Utilities:Electric) then it would import mostly OK.
>
> However, like I said, I've tried a few times (mostly lured by more
> attractive user interfaces), but I have always returned to Gnucash. The
> real double entry accounting is more useful to me than the category
> approach that nearly everything else uses. And, though the some of the
> other user interfaces look a lot slicker, none of them is as actually
> usable as Gnucash. I enter every receipt in Gnucash, usually with
> several splits on each receipt. I can do all of that without my hands
> ever leaving the keyboard in Gnucash. I absolutely loathe programs that
> make me reach for the mouse when I'm trying to type in a bunch of data.
+1
It seems that many GUI designers design their interfaces for the likes of
Zaphod Beeblebrox(1).
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaphod_Beeblebrox
>
> > Steve <mailto:butterandsalt at gmail.com>
> > December 2, 2014 at 8:54 PM
> > As I said in my original post, I was looking for anyone's success story in
> > exporting the GnuCash data to another program, understanding that if
> > someone
> > did that, they might no longer be monitoring this forum. I think I
> > used the
> > word "silly" to express my acknowledged expectation that such a person
> > would
> > still be lingering around to reply to me.
> >
> > There's a warm comfort level, similar to the smell of fall, or freshly
> > baked
> > chocolate chip cookies, knowing that if for any reason you wanted to exit
> > your life out of GnuCash, others have successfully paved the way, without
> > regard to what avenue they chose.
> >
> > If I asked this same question in say, a Quicken forum, I'd get a ton of
> > answers, as to how Quicken users have successfully exported their data to
> > other programs. Upon reflection, I think my question is more important
> > than
> > I first thought. I luv Gnucash, hate the absence of a full bodied mobile
> > app, and like sitting in a movie theatre, find my comfort level would be
> > increased if I knew an exit door existed, not that I wanted to use it.
> >
> >
> >
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> > Fast Radio <mailto:fastradio at yahoo.com>
> > December 2, 2014 at 10:40 AM
> > For what's it worth.
> > I had a lot of trouble migrating to GNU Cash from Quickbooks.I had
> > been using Quickbooks before it was released to the public for sale
> > well over 20 years ago.Since 2009, I have been a Linux (Linux Mint)
> > user, and kept a separate computer for Quickbooks.In addition I had
> > purchased a commercial accounting program in 2012 "Accountz".
> > (accountz.com)
> > What I ended up doing was "learning" to use GNU Cash on my own.The end
> > result of two years of trying to learn GNU Cash was rewarding. I am
> > pleased to say that while I had to lean on my own and struggle many
> > hours, the rewards will override the time and energy I had spent.
> > Since January of this year I have been 100% released from the bonds of
> > Quickbooks and Microsoft.
> > If you have manual spread sheet experience and or accounting
> > experience, GNU Cash just makes sense.
> > I now feel that I now have a better overall accounting package than
> > any of the commercial programs.The only deficient (in my opinion) is
> > that GNU Cash needs to find expert users throughout the World to help
> > others either in person or in a classroom.
> > For me, GNU Cash and a good Linux Desktop OS, is like a marriage made
> > in heaven.Drop Box offers 2 GB of free storage and my GNU Cash is
> > automatically backed up to the cloud.Yesterday, I set up a new lap top
> > computer, and Drop Box automatically filled it in with the needed
> > files I required. It just doesn't get easier than that.
> > I suggest investing the time and effort. I know it can be painful - I
> > suffered to get on-board - almost two years - but now I can handle my
> > affairs better than ever. It seems like the more I put in the more I
> > got out.
> >
> > Jack HalemLong Beach, CA, USA
> >
> >
> > On Monday, December 1, 2014 8:46 PM, Steve <butterandsalt at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > My question was sincerely posed with NO other accounting package in
> > the back
> > of my mind, or that I'm considering, or in my imagination; I was just
> > curious how successful anyone has been, in trying to export GnuCash's
> > structure and data to ANY other financial program. Was a simple question.
> >
> >
> >
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> > Steve <mailto:butterandsalt at gmail.com>
> > December 1, 2014 at 10:37 PM
> > My question was sincerely posed with NO other accounting package in
> > the back
> > of my mind, or that I'm considering, or in my imagination; I was just
> > curious how successful anyone has been, in trying to export GnuCash's
> > structure and data to ANY other financial program. Was a simple question.
> >
> >
> >
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> > Mike or Penny Novack <mailto:stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com>
> > December 1, 2014 at 8:07 AM
> > Steve wrote:
> >
> > Not silly exactly but the wrong place? With EVERY application I have
> > seen, commercial as well as open source, it seems accepted that the
> > responsibility of moving data between application alternatives is the
> > responsibility of the importing application. In other words, the
> > developers of that application (perhaps at the urging of their user
> > base, perhaps based upon a management marketing decision) decide to
> > create tools to bring data form other application to their own. Or
> > decide not to bother.
> >
> > So it is on the forum of this other application I would look for
> > topics like "importing data from gnucash".
> >
> > Michael D Novack
> >
> > PS: That is a sensible division of responsibility. In either case (no
> > matter on which side the responsibility) the proof of the pudding
> > testing is that the data arrives correctly into the receiving
> > application and whether that process in some way messes up the data of
> > the sending application not important (a copy of the data would need
> > to be used if it did that, but that is trivial, and eliminates the
> > need to test what happens to the data). In other words, it's the
> > receiving end that must be tested.
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> > Steve <mailto:butterandsalt at gmail.com>
> > November 30, 2014 at 9:59 PM
> > if one was inclined to switch over to another financial accounting
> > program,
> > does anyone have any success stories to share on exporting data out of
> > GnuCash and into another program (the question on its face seems rather
> > silly, since anyone doing so, likely wouldn't be reading this forum, but
> > stranger things have happened)?
> >
> >
> >
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