Fast receipt entry into gnuCash

[Nelson Handcock]

Derek,

*snip I'm not sure how this helps you.  The receipts don't have QR codes on
them, so you're already stuck keying them into something... *snip

Well I download the credit transactions from the bank account or a cash
receipting system, so the data is already in a flat file format and it
would be great to be able to upload this direct as payments against
invoices.

I've tried importing the bank transactions as QIF import, but you still
have to manually associate the transaction as a payment to an invoice (they
don't appear as payments on the customer report until you do this) - this
defeats any benefit of the QIF import. I've found it easier to just click
on any invoice in the customer report and then enter a payment.



Thanks & Regards,

Nelson Handcock
0409 149919

http://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonhandcockaustralia

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 6:39 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> dave <dboland9 at fastmail.fm> writes:
>
> > Ok, I admit I'm a little lazy, and that I have three months of receipts
> to
> > enter.  But hey, who has not been there?  I was thinking, it would be
> great
> > if there was a really fast way to enter recipts into gnuCash (this is a
> very
> > boring task).  Then it hit me - QR codes.  Here is how my idea would
> work:
>
> I'm not sure how this helps you.  The receipts don't have QR codes on
> them, so you're already stuck keying them into something.  So why key
> them into a program to generate a QR code instead of just keying them
> directly into GnuCash?
>
> > 1. You go to the store an purchase something.  You get a receipt, and the
> > receipt has a QR code at the bottom that contains the store name and
> > location, the date of purchase, the amount, and mayment method.
>
> None of my receipts have this on them.
>
> > 2. Accumulate a few weeks of receipts (like most of us do).
> >
> > 3. Start gnuCash, then grap a QR code reader of some sort.  Scan the
> code,
> > and gnuCash pops up a screen to enter the account(s), hit Eneter, next
> receipt.
> >
> > Cool - right?
> >
> > Of course we would need the cooperation of our friends from Intuit,
> > retailers, and perhaps some sort of standards org.  Oh, and the gnuCash
> > developers/community.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
>
> Umm... Good luck??
>
> > Dave,
>
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> -derek
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