[GNC] Trying to use gnucash need to convert .qdf to /qif

[John Ralls]

> On Nov 28, 2018, at 12:52 AM, Annie Delyth Stratton <anniestratton at outlook.com> wrote:
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> RE David's comment:   "As far as I know, qdf files have no conversion options. Period. You will have to export qif from quicken."
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> Older versions of Quicken used qdf.  Newer versions use gif. In order to translate gdf to qif, you need to use an intermediate version of Quicken to import into.  I used Quicken 2007 for so long that when I went to the 2016 version, it could no longer recognize qdf. The workaround was to download a version which CAN recognize qdf and translate it into a qif file.
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> I think I used Quicken 10, recommended to me by another user.  It was easy to find free downloads of older Quicken software then, not sure about now. One could ask around.  I did a quick search just now and found a conversion utility by Intuit that might also do the job. It's free, so might be worth a try.
> https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Quicken-Converter-FREE.html
> Quicken Converter (free) download Windows version<https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/Quicken-Converter-FREE.html>
> Download Quicken Converter for free. Quicken Converter allows you to convert Quicken files from an older release of Quicken (2011 and below) to the newer Quicken format which can then be read by QuickBooks 2012 or later.
> en.freedownloadmanager.org
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> The main reason I went to 2016 was that I was afraid of ending up with a file that would be obsolete.  Gnu was suggested to me, but at the time I wasn't ready to take it on. I am pretty fed up with Quicken at this point, and ready to trash it.
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> I just downloaded Gnucash. Read the entire manual last night, but I saw NOTHING in it that steps through importing a qif file. Since you guys clearly have some experience with that, can you help me out?
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File>Import...>QIF. The assistant will lead you through the process. Do a month’s worth of data at a time to train the transaction matcher until it’s correctly matching nearly everything.  

https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Quicken_Migration <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Quicken_Migration> for more detail.

Regards,
John Ralls