Importing QIF files

[Derek Atkins]

Mark Wigmore <mawigmore at gmail.com> writes:

> When I tried importing the whole file, with securities included, it came up
> with lots of errors as mentioned in the OP. I then removed the securities so it
> just had normal bank accounts and credit cards. That is when I got further and
> the new error, which was flagged up in the import dialog as a bug. That's when
> I posted the trace, hoping someone might be able to tell me what it was in the
> QIF file that I needed to fix.

You caused the second problem by removing the security entries from the
QIF.  Basically what you did is you tried to import a transaction for
e.g. RHAT but removed the definition of the security "RHAT" from the
file.

I.e., you kept your !Type:Invst but removed the definitions it depended on.

-derek

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