import - banging my head on the wall

[Alex Aycinena]

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Cédric - Fruit Pacifique <
Cedric at fruitpacifique.com> wrote:

> Hello Alex,
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> I am emailing you because your name is the first in the documentation
> team… but I don’t know if you are the right person to reach out to.
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> I think this is the first time I reach out, normally I try to figure out
> the program, read posts and eventually I find the solution… but here I am
> completely stuck and ready to bang my head on the wall after having spent
> 1.5 days trying to find a solution. So please help me or redirect me.
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> I’ve downloaded Gnucash 2.6.14 after having worked for two years on Excel
> to do the accounts. I was looking for a better way to do the accounting and
> was happy to find Gnucash. I first input three months’ worth of bills to
> understand Gnucash. I then imported Paypal data and it went just fine.
>
> Then, I wanted to import all the transactions recorded on Excel… but I am
> stuck. I tried CSV, QIF, OFX conversions… I changed the order of data…
> Nothing works.
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> I exported expenses data from Gnucash to see the order. I formatted my
> data in a similar pattern… but then, I cannot see how to import.
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> I looked on all the tutorials, the posts… I cannot understand.
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> I am attaching one of the 5 different CSV files created for this import
> process, in order for you to better understand what I am doing wrong.
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> Basically, I think my main hurdle is that I do not know how to order and
> match fields. The importer of Gnucash, the third party converters… they all
> use different names for the fields and even then, it almost feels like I
> cannot input all fields because there is just no option.
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> I am sure there is a way, because going from one software to another owes
> to be possible… Can you please tell me how to go about it?
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> I thank you for your attention,
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> Regards,
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> Cédric Holtz
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These questions should be asked on the gnucash-users list to which I am
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Regards,

Alex