Importing into stock type gnucash accounts...

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Allan <allanhasmail at gmail.com> writes:

> I did experiment with the CALC2QIF creating a dividend import with
> something like this:
>
> !Type:Invst
> D04/01'15
> U37.41
> T37.41
> NDIVIDEND
> YMDU
> I1.00
> MMDU RESOURCES GROUP INC: CASH DIV  ON     205: AT $.1825   PER SHARE
> LAssets:Investments:Stock
> ^
>
> But I see no way to get it into the various sub accounts. The importer
> asks for a single account for the QIF.

Your line "LAssets:Investments:Stock" is probably wrong.  The "L" is the
"far account", not the "current account".  In QIF, the "Current Account"
is assumed.  So this transaction, as stated, would create a transaction
from the "Current Account" (which I presume *IS*
Assets:Investments:Stock) to.... Assets:Investments:Stock.

I'm not sure what the 'U' line is; I don't see that in the qif parser.

But... most likely you want to change the L line.

> I wonder if I could add lines like:
>
>  !Account
> N/Account Name
>
> /into the QIF to create the proper split...

Nope, you don't need to do that if you only have transactions for a
single account.

> If I could figure out the proper QIF file, it looks pretty easy to
> modify the CALC2QIF macro. To me, CALC2QIF makes GC much more useful,
> and this would add to that further.
>
> Allan

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-derek

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