importing

[David Carlson]

Frank,

I did not mean to imply that it worked better then, but it may have worked
differently in older releases.  In any case, if you went that far back,
there are some file compatibility issues to be concerned with.  I do recall
being irritated with the fact that the QIF importer failed to import memos
in split transactions, and I think that has been fixed.

The main thing is that neither David T nor I recall having a significant
problem avoiding the potential duplicate transactions that could arise if
the user does not know the best procedure (as you have seen).

David C

On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 6:55 PM, frank raney <frankraney130 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> *Frankie Raney*
> *If it worked good in 2.2, then maybe I can get that version, try it and
> if it works good, then upgrade.*
>
> On 10/7/2017 4:45:51 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Frank and David T,
>
> I believe that the QIF importer may not work exactly the same way that it
> did back in the 2.2 series or the 2.4 series  or even the 2.6 series before
> release 2.6.18.
>
> If that is the c as e  then we really do need someone who is familiar
> with the way it works now to jump in and help.
>
> David C
>
> On Oct 7, 2017 3:18 PM, "frank raney" <frankraney130 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I did import all at once......don't know yet how to export individual
> accounts from Quicken..
>
>
> Frankie Raney
>
> On 10/7/2017 7:46:05 AM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Frank,
>
> The *other* David suggested importing each account separately; I was
> suggesting importing all at once. In my (admittedly ancient) experience, I
> worked to get the Quicken data just so, and when I imported everything, I
> had little to no duplicates.
>
> David (T.)
>
> On Oct 7, 2017, at 7:17 PM, Frankie Raney <frankraney130 at gmail.com
> [mailto:frankraney130 at gmail.com]> wrote:
>
> You are right as to what is being done.... When I import, it sees the
> duplicates, but there are hundreds....it would take forever to Mark
> them....I do not know how to export just one account at a time....I could
> try to figure it out and try that way I guess.
>
> On Oct 6, 2017 8:34 PM, "D" <sunfish62 at yahoo.com [mailto:
> sunfish62 at yahoo.com]> wrote:
>
> Frank,
> Like the other David, on the other thread, it has been a while since I
> imported from Quicken. When I did, I was able to bring in everything in one
> huge pass. Gnucash properly created the many accounts and captured most of
> the transfers as well.
> Are you exporting each account from Quicken separately? It sounds as if
> you are getting both sides of your transactions, i.e., the transfer payment
> from checking to your credit card is being processed once for the checking
> and once for the credit card. If this is what is happening for you, then
> there are two solutions: either match the second version to the first
> during the import process, or don't import the second transaction.
> I seem to recall that I didn't have to do much manual massage to my large
> quicken file when I imported way back when, so I believe that exporting the
> whole file (accounts, categories and transactions for it all) will catch
> those duplications. But I've been known to be wrong before.
> David T.
> On October 7, 2017, at 6:24 AM, frank raney <frankraney130 at gmail.com
> [mailto:frankraney130 at gmail.com]> wrote:
> >I thought I had the importing figured out, but no...............
> >I exported my quicken data to qif format.  When I import it into GC I get
> a lot of double entries.  Quicken uses catagories, GC uses accounts... How
> do I import my cash accounts without getting all the duplicates.
> >My checking account imports as do all my categories to the same accounts
> in GC.  I am given a list of possible duplicates, but it will take days to
> go through this.  Isn't there a way import without sorting through the
> list?  If I do not go through the list (just import everything as is, I end
> up with every account with double entries, double money.
> >I am trying to get away from quicken because of all the troubles they are
> having, but now I wonder if it is worth it.  I am always for programs like
> GC, but sometimes they are very cumbersome, like this appears to be.  What
> am I missing?
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