QuickBooks Advice?

[Edward Doolittle]

CSV imports into GnuCash seem to be primitive, from the point of view of a
single account. Can't you export information from QuickBooks in another
format?

On 7 February 2015 at 12:03, Jan Steinman <Jan at ecoreality.org> wrote:

> Still struggling with export/import from QuickBooks. I've gone through
> both .epub docs and through the wiki.
>
> I think I have the data I need in TAB format, by using QB's "Profit and
> Loss Detail", but it is not clear to me how to associate that to
> double-entry accounts on import into GC.
>
> Each line in my TAB file has a field for "Account" (source) and one for
> "Split" (destination) — the "gazinta" and "comsouta" that you need for
> double-entry.
>
> However, the GC import (from CSV) only has one suitable field for mapping,
> the "Account" field, but no "Split" field. It appears to me that all TAB
> file import must be into a single account, with the "Account" field then
> saying where it flows.
>
> Or am I misunderstanding something about TAB (or CSV) import? I REALLY
> don't want to split this file into individual files for each account!
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions offered!
>
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> -- James Thurber
> :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
>
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