CSV Import

[david.carlson.417]

GTI,
Your very eloquent, bordering on whimsical response to my message overlooks the fact that transaction imports are lists of transactions originating in a bank ( asset) account  or credit card (liability )account  and distributed among various other accounts.   I never have a list of grocery (expense) transaction s paid from an assortment of different banks or credit cards. 
I do expect eventually to start using the Android app or a comparable lphone app if it happens,  but I would still be entering a list ot cash transactions spent in various locations, not grocery transactions  paid various different ways.
David C 
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-------- Original message --------
From: GT-I9070 H <gti9070h at gmail.com> 
Date: 4/27/17  11:49 AM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> 
Cc: Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>, gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 
Subject: Re: CSV Import 

Hi David,

2017-04-26 23:17 GMT-04:00 David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>:

I never considered using any import tool to import into either Income or Expense accounts.  I thought they were only for Asset or Liability accounts, with transfers to any type of account.  I personally cannot think of any reason to import directly to an Income or Expense account.

Perhaps the import tools should only allow imports into Asset or Liability accounts, period. 
Your comment struck me as so nonsensical that I suspect it is possible that I misunderstand. If this is the case, excuse me.

 I personally cannot think of any reason to import directly to an Income or Expense account.

One simple and straightforward reason is GnuCash for Android (Optionally QIF(one-currency)/XML(mult-currency) to CSV(mult-currency) ADD to GnuCash Desktop - This is wonderful !) and other almost endless reasons are the various other financial control SWs (Android etc...) and  bank statements.
. . . When you enter data manually in GnuCash you are doing an "import" and an "importer" functionality is a powerful automation of this process . . .

One day, Geert will develop for us an importer that will import right from our minds!

So, a fully potent importer is an importer who has the ability to automatically and in large quantity and speed, do ALL input of information that is possible to be made manually.

An importer is one of the FRONT DOORS/gateways to the SW and the larger and easier it is, the better for the SW, the more users are ready to receive.

CSV is a very generic format and the more comprehensive the importer, the more functional and useful it will be.

RegardsGTI