[GNC] Error importing quicken 2017 qif / qfx

[Diogo Maciel]

I think it's a bug in the 3.2 version. Installed the 2.6 version and it
imported without problems

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 20:24 David T., <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> In fact, the error is quite clear: something in the QIF file is not as the
> importer expects. As another David has noted, the QIF importer itself is
> functional, and has worked for many users before you. Unfortunately, in
> this case, that erro message is not particularly helpful, as your QIF file
> probably has a lot of transactions in it, any one of which could have
> caused the error. Locating such errors is, quite simply, a challenge.
>
> You might open your QIF file and try to determine whether anything looks
> out of order there, although that is difficult.
>
> You don’t say where you are located, but one of the most common situations
> that causes this error is date formatting. GnuCash attempts to guess
> whether you follow US-style date (MM-DD-YYYY) or European-style
> (DD-MM-YYYY), but often it fails to guess correctly. I believe it defaults
> to US-style (but I am sure the experts will correct me on this).
>
> One way forward for you at this time would be to try using a subset of
> your data to test the import first; if you can figure out how to get a
> smaller file to import, it will make additional imports easier. Many
> actually recommend using this piece-by-piece approach for import for this
> very reason.
>
> David
>
>
> > On Sep 16, 2018, at 12:19 PM, Diogo Maciel <diogo.translator at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, hope someone can help me move out from Quicken
> >
> >
> >
> > I tried exporting my data from Quicken in both qif and qfx. The qif
> importer
> > gives me the error below
> >
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> > Qfx will only show an empty window
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> > My file has multiple securities and currencies, so this may be relevant.
> I
> > understand that with such a generic error one may need more information,
> > which I can surely provide.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
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