Searching past questions/ discussions

Bonnie Stroud jbstroud at cox.net
Wed Oct 26 18:58:22 EDT 2016


Here is what was in one of my qif files (a split transaction). 'meat 
thermometer' is the memo. Is this any help?

D1/18'16
U-41.55
T-41.55
PBed Bath and Beyond
Mcutting board
LHousing:Home Maintenance and Repair
SHousing:Home Maintenance and Repair
Emeat thermometer
$-21.55
SLeisure:Allowance - Jim
$-20.00


On 10/26/2016 3:48 PM, Bonnie Stroud wrote:
> I just started using GnuCash as well, three days ago. Really, really 
> love it. The help and guide pdfs have been excellent. I exported 
> several QIFs from Quicken, covering years 2004-2016 and I can see my 
> memos imported to the Description lines. I am not sure how to find the 
> memo field, but if you can give me some guidance, I will look for it. 
> I still have the qif files I used.
> Bonnie
>
> On 10/26/2016 3:15 PM, Derek Harvey (ME) wrote:
> > I am a bit further; imported a small Quicken file. Very disappointed 
> to find the Quicken Memo field seems to have been ignored and lost. If 
> anyone knows where this field is, please let me know.
> >
> > GnuCash is IMHO deficient in not having a memo field separate from 
> the Payee field and in not at least concatenating the Q'n Payee and 
> Memo fields together, perhaps with a separator so it can, as does Q'n, 
> recognise the Payee on a new entry.
> >
> > This deficiency is likely to make me use instead KMyMoney which does 
> import the Memo field. Still 'on the fence' as I do quite like the 
> double entry of GnuCash.
> >
> > Like this correspondent I prefer the forum structure.
> >
> >
> > On 26/10/2016 19:31, Solomon Deutsch wrote:
> >> I am totally new to GNU cash; I haven't even downloaded it yet.  
> Thinking
> >> about moving a 35 MB Quicken file over, though.
> >>
> >>
> >> It seems like you guys use this email format.  Is there anywhere 
> where I can
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