Problems importing bank statements.

[David T.]

Well, OFX provides additional tagging that allows software to parse the file more intelligently. CSV by definition is only going to give you columns, to which you have to assign meaning at some point. I imagine you worked that out in your spreadsheet. GnuCash can’t figure it out on its own.

David T.

> On Nov 27, 2016, at 1:16 PM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) <drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> On 27 November 2016 at 03:54, Christopher Lam <christopher.lck at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Aha you've used "Import>Import Accounts from CSV" and should be using
>> "Import > Import Transactions from CSV" instead.
>> 
>> If bank offers OFX or QIF, either are usually better than CSV.
>> 
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> My bank does offer OFX, and that seems to import much easier, as you say.
> 
> The CVS import facility in GnuCash seems rather poor here. I had no
> problems importing the files into OpenOffice or Excel.
> 
> Dave
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