Export & import within GnuCash

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 31 16:12:15 EDT 2015


On 3/31/2015 3:00 PM, bunk3m wrote:
> Update | Solved!
>
> On 30.03.2015 13:13 , bunk3m wrote:
>> On 30.03.2015 9:18 , Geert Janssens wrote:
>>> On Monday 30 March 2015 08:47:30 bunk3m wrote:
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> Is it not possible to export and import transactions from GnuCash?
>>>>
>>> Unfortunately it is not possible to directly import transactions that
>>> have been exported from gnucash. This is being addressed for gnucash 
>>> 2.8
>>> (still a few years away). It won't be fixed in the 2.6.x series because
>>> the changes are too invasive.
>>>
>>> So the best way forward is export the transactions, and do some manual
>>> tweaks to allow you to convert the exported csv file to qif. There are
>>> tools on the net that can help you with this. Qif is a much better
>>> supported file format for importing in gnucash.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Geert
>>>
>> Thank you, Geert.
>>
>> I'll be trying the Gnucash to QIF java application this afternoon. I'll
>> report back.
>>
>> And I'll be looking forward to the 2.8 version.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> B.
>
> Just so others will know the result if they search for and find this 
> thread in the future.
>
> 1) I exported the account structure from my existing Gnucash files.
> 2) Then imported the account structure in a new clean Gnucash file.
> 3) Downloaded Gnucash2GIF which is a Java app and runs on the Mac with 
> Oracle Java installed.
> 4) Created a copy of the .gnucash file and added a ".zip" extension so 
> I could "unzip" the gnuzipped .gnucash xml file.
> 5) Edited the GIF file with a text editor, checked and deleted the 
> transactions that were prior to my opening balance.
> 6) Imported the GIF data using the File:Import:GIF.
>
> The part that had me stumped for a while was the fact that the xml 
> file was zipped.  The GnuCash2GIF application wouldn't allow opening 
> the .gnucash file.
>
> Cheers!
> B.
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I think you mean GNUCASH2QIF.  It appears that it is intended to work 
with any program that accepts QIF imports.

Thanks for the info.

David C


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