Merging Files or Other Method getting Transactions into main File.

[Geert Janssens]

Op dinsdag 30 januari 2018 07:59:01 CET schreef john_mike:
> Confused!
> 
> Back ground : Trying to get damaged transactions from phone to main file.
> Transactions entered whilst phone app had some sort of double minus problem.
> 
> 
> What I have done:
> 
> The only way to repair the transactions was to export as an XML file. Open
> that XML in GNUCash. Go through line by line and enter amounts.
> 
> Now I want these transactions to be imported into my main file.
> 
> 
> I have attempted to export these corrected transactions to a QIF File. But
> this option does not seem to exist. So have followed the export to CSV file.
> 
> Now when attempting to import these CSV files to my main file. It fails.
> 
I'm sorry you have such trouble trying to interchange data between these two 
applications.

But you really should ask help on the Gnucash for Android forum, which is not 
here. The issue starts there in this particular case, and there nothing 
gnucash on desktop can do about this I'm afraid.

CSV import in gnucash 2.6 and before has a very limited scope: it was written 
solely for importing bank statements and the options to tweak it show this. 
GnuCash data (like exported from gnucash to CSV) on the other hand has much 
more detail and the importer has no knowledge of how to interpret this. So in 
2.6, a CSV export/import cycle won't work. The upcoming 3.0 will allow this, 
but for your specific problem it will come a few months too late probably.

Good luck solving your issue!

Geert