Importing QIF files

[David Carlson]

On 2/1/2015 1:14 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> On 2/1/2015 10:03 AM, Mark Wigmore wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to import a large QIF file generated by Moneydance 2004. I'm
>> getting a lot of warnings and errors and the import fails, but there's no
>> detail on which elements of the QIF file are causing them. These are the
>> error types I think are causing it to fail:
>>
>> Investment action: Unrecognised action ''.
>> Transaction amount: Unrecognised or inconsistent format.
>>
>> I've tried running GnuCash using --debug and --extra but there's no more
>> detail in the tracefile. How can I see more detail on what's causing the
>> errors please?
>>
>> Mark
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> I stopped using Moneydance before 2004, and I do not recall what may be
> causing the first error other than a transaction that is missing a
> certain piece of information in some investment transaction.  The second
> error could be caused by a difference between the way Moneydance handles
> security accounts and the way GnuCash handles security accounts.
>
> A way to isolate import errors is to try importing very small chunks at
> a time.  It may be necessary to to find ways to eliminate the errors by
> revising the source file before exporting, post processing the QIF file
> before importing it, a combination of both or perhaps just exporting
> small chunks and manually editing the results after the import.  I
> recall using a combination of all of those techniques, and I never did
> import very old data.
>
> I think that you will like GnuCash once you get past this hurdle.
>
> David C

Just a technical correction:  I thought you were importing from
Moneydance 2014.  I stopped using Moneydance sometime around 2007.

David C