[GNC] importing invoices

John Ralls jralls at ceridwen.us
Sat Jul 13 12:56:00 EDT 2019



> On Jul 13, 2019, at 9:07 AM, Jonathan Francoeur <goedible at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi.  I am trying to import invoices after reading this
> <https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/busnss-imp-bills-invoices.html>
> .
> I copied the examples into a .csv file because I assumed they would work
> however I keep getting "customer does not exist" error.  I'm confused
> because the error dialogue refers to the data in the first column which
> according to the above link is the invoice ID and not to do with the
> customer.
> Here are some images":
> This one shows the import window.  I changed the id's from what the example
> in the above link gave to match what I have already created.  I also
> changed the dates to be in the future so that I could easily find them and
> delete them.  I also changed the account names to correspond with existing
> accounts.

You're misinterpreting the message, which is admittedly a little ambiguous. Since it's an invoice, the Owner type is Customer, and you have a column filled with "1" designated as "Owner Id". The importer thinks that there is no customer 1. Is it correct?

Regards,
John Ralls




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