Importing business objects in 2.6 -- documentation?

[Mike Evans]

On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:24:02 -0500
Buddha Buck <blaisepascal at gmail.com> wrote:

> This morning I decided to experiment with importing QIF files from my bank
> and I noticed "Import Invoices and Bills" and "Import Customers and
> Vendors" on the File->Import menu.
> 
> These look like really useful tools, capable of handling most of my
> data-entry difficulties regarding business objects. Everytime I get a new
> Customer (member in the Makerspace I keep books for) I need to generate a
> bunch of invoices (monthly dues payments). Being able to programmatically
> generate CSV files to import would simplify this greatly. The remaining
> difficulty would be posting payments which have splits (credit card/bank
> transfer fees).
> 
> I can't find documentation on these features, though. I found chapter 17 of
> the 2.4 manual which describes the Python scripts for importing invoices,
> and the format required, but it doesn't seem to correspond to the feature
> in 2.6.
> 
> Where should I be looking?
> _______________________________________________

Try chapter 18, Importing Business Data.  You just need to get the import file into the correct format, that's what the python notes describe.  Perhaps I should rewrite it if it's causing confusion.

Mike E

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