[GNC] OFX Import with Multiple Banks/Accounts in a single file
jean laroche
ripngo at gmail.com
Tue Apr 14 22:11:07 EDT 2020
Well, combined OFX files *are* supported, at least when the originate
from the same bank.
I just created a combined OFX file by joining two separate OFX files,
and putting the two data in between the BANKMSGSRSV1 tags in a row.
<BANKMSGSRSV1>
....
</BANKMSGSRSV1>
<BANKMSGSRSV1>
....
</BANKMSGSRSV1>
In other words, I took everything that was between <BANKMSGSRSV1> and
</BANKMSGSRSV1> (including these) from one file, and copied it right
after the
</BANKMSGSRSV1> from the other file, saved and imported. I get the
transactions from both accounts in one shot.
That's pretty cool.
So if that's not working for you, you should look at your OFX file and
try to identify where the problem originates...
Jean
On 4/14/2020 1:29 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> Stu,
>
> Are you doing online banking through GnuCash or importing OFX files
> that you downloaded earlier?
>
> I am importing OFX files that I imported directly from my bank's website.
>
> I think that the same OFX format is used either way but a different
> procedure is used to get the data into GnuCash.
>
> When I mentioned three tags that appear in OFX files that I receive I
> only gave selected examples not a complete definition. One would
> need to get a copy of the OFX standard for completeness.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 3:14 PM Stu Perlman <sgperlman at gmail.com
> <mailto:sgperlman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Jean, I always assumed it was supported because if you use GNC to
> configure
> AqB, you only need to set up one User per financial institution
> even though
> you can set up multiple accounts for that single user.
>
> - Stu
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 4:01 PM Jean Laroche <ripngo at gmail.com
> <mailto:ripngo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> > BTW, that's a feature I was interested in (importing combined OFX
> > files). If there are others interested, I'll look at a way to
> support
> > that. Another thing that I miss is the ability to automatically
> > reconcile after an OFX import (not to highjack this thread).
> > J.
> >
> > On 4/14/20 12:53 PM, Ove Grunnér wrote:
> > > Ah, I was talking of QIF, not QFX, sorry about that.
> > > yes the java code writes QIF.
> > > Ove.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 at 20:45, Stu Perlman <sgperlman at gmail.com
> <mailto:sgperlman at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Ove,
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for the info that you shared. Is your Java program
> writing to
> > the
> > >> QIF format or the OFX format?
> > >>
> > >> David - my apologies, I never noticed your reply to my
> original email
> > last
> > >> month! I'm happy to read that it should work.
> > >>
> > >> I'm still running GNC 3.8 from a mid-march build on my
> WIndows system. I
> > >> have yet to get GNC, AqBanking 6.x and Citi's OFX API to all
> play well
> > with
> > >> each other. I am able to get my data from Citi by using an
> older AqB
> > >> release that I have running under Cygwin to pull the data
> from the
> > Citi's
> > >> web server. I have found that in order to import the files
> that are
> > >> download into GNC that I need to make one file for each
> account at Citi
> > (by
> > >> running aqbanking-cli for one account at a time). I then
> strip out the
> > 1st
> > >> dozen or so lines in the response received. I have managed
> to script
> > most
> > >> of this so it's not nearly as cumbersome as it may appear,
> but needing
> > to
> > >> enter the password once for each account at Citi is annoying
> as is
> > needing
> > >> to import multiple files into GNC instead of one consolidated
> file. I
> > tried
> > >> to eliminate the repeating password step with the Expect
> tool, but I
> > could
> > >> not get it to work in the Cygwin environment.
> > >>
> > >> Unfortunately, the other financial institutions where I have
> multiple
> > >> accounts don't even support OFX (or at least if they do, the
> info is not
> > >> available on OFXhome.net) so I don't know if the issues I
> have run into
> > >> are caused by Citi, GNC, or AqB. These issues are not so
> annoying that I
> > >> would go back to Quicken! LOL I may mess around with trying to
> > automate
> > >> my calls to aqbanking-cli using PowerShell so that I can take
> Cygwin
> > out of
> > >> the mix and/or just try moving over to my Ubuntu system for GNC.
> > >>
> > >> - Stu
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 2:40 PM David Carlson <
> > david.carlson.417 at gmail.com <mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Ove,
> > >>>
> > >>> I believe !Clear:AutoSwitch is only used in QIF imports. My OFX
> > imports
> > >>> have tags similar to
> > >>>
> > >>> <BANKID> <ACCTID> and <ACCTTYPE>.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 12:12 PM Ove Grunnér
> <write2ove at gmail.com <mailto:write2ove at gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> it works for me as well, but I know I need to put a
> specific line in
> > the
> > >>>> beginning of the file to let gnuCash know it is multi account
> > >>>>
> > >>>> open up your file and check if the firs line is:
> > >>>> !Clear:AutoSwitch
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Try to add the line if it is missing.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I use the below java code to write my import files.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> br
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> try {
> > >>>> FileWriter fstream = new
> FileWriter(targetDirectoryPointer +
> > targetQifFileName);
> > >>>> BufferedWriter info = new BufferedWriter(fstream);
> > >>>>
> > >>>> // WRITE TO FILE
> > >>>> // indicator for multi account import
> > >>>> info.write("!Clear:AutoSwitch"+"\n");
> > >>>>
> > >>>> for (int acc=0; acc< maxAcc; acc++) {
> > >>>>
> > >>>> int transactionTableMaxRows =
> > accountTable.getTransactionTableMaxRows(acc);
> > >>>> DateFormat dateFormat = new
> SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
> > >>>>
> > >>>> // get data for this account
> > >>>> String targetFileAccountName =
> > accountTable.getTransactionTableAccountName(acc);
> > >>>> String[] transactionDescription =
> > accountTable.getTransactionDescription(acc);
> > >>>> float[] transactionAmount =
> > accountTable.getTransactionAmount(acc);
> > >>>> float[] transactionBalance =
> > accountTable.getTransactionBalance(acc);
> > >>>> Date[] transactionDate =
> > accountTable.getTransactionDate(acc);
> > >>>>
> > >>>> // WRITE TO FILE
> > >>>> // New Account
> > >>>> String account = accountDetailsGnuCashName[acc] ;
> > >>>> info.write("!Account" + "\n" + "N" + account +
> "\n" + "^" +
> > "\n");
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> for (int l = 0; l < transactionTableMaxRows; l++) {
> > >>>>
> > >>>> // Transaction
> > >>>> String type = "Bank";
> > >>>> String date =
> dateFormat.format(transactionDate[l]);
> > >>>> String amount =
> String.valueOf(transactionAmount[l]);
> > >>>> String description = transactionDescription[l];
> > >>>> String category = transactionDescription[l];
> > >>>>
> > >>>> info.write("!Type:" + type + "\n");
> > >>>> info.write("D" + date + "\n");
> > >>>> info.write("T" + amount + "\n");
> > >>>> info.write("P" + description +"\n");
> > >>>> info.write("L" + category + "\n");
> > >>>> info.write("^" + "\n");
> > >>>> }
> > >>>> }
> > >>>>
> > >>>> // Close File
> > >>>> info.close();
> > >>>>
> > >>>> }
> > >>>> catch (IOException e) {
> > >>>> System.out.println("A write error has occurred");
> > >>>> e.printStackTrace();
> > >>>> }
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 at 15:21, David Carlson <
> > david.carlson.417 at gmail.com <mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>>
> > >>>> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Stu,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I have been importing OFX files from my bank for years
> with three or
> > >>>>> four
> > >>>>> checking or savings accounts in one file, so I know
> GnuCash release
> > >>>>> 2.6.19
> > >>>>> can import OFX files with multiple accounts. It is
> possible but
> > >>>>> unlikely
> > >>>>> that GnuCash has lost that ability in recent releases.
> You may have
> > >>>>> something else happening in your case.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 9:58 AM Stu Perlman
> <sgperlman at gmail.com <mailto:sgperlman at gmail.com>>
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> Hello,
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> I am using GNC on Windows 10. I have a fairly recent
> build, dated
> > >>>>> March 9
> > >>>>>> from the maintenance branch.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> I noticed that I'm still unable to use AqBanking to get
> OFX data
> > from
> > >>>>> Citi
> > >>>>>> into GNC. I Did a little exploring and discovered that if I
> > >>>>> manipulate the
> > >>>>>> file in C:\tmp\ofx.log and break it into separate parts
> for each
> > >>>>> account
> > >>>>>> that was downloaded that GNC will import the data just
> fine if it's
> > >>>>> limited
> > >>>>>> to one account per file. I also believe, but I need to
> confirm that
> > >>>>> I can
> > >>>>>> leave all of the data in a single file but that I need to
> eliminate
> > a
> > >>>>> lot
> > >>>>>> lines starting with the closing tags for the first account's
> > response
> > >>>>> body
> > >>>>>> and up to and including the opening tags for the subsequent
> > accounts'
> > >>>>>> response bodies.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Has anyone else encountered this issue and if so, do you
> have any
> > >>>>> ideas how
> > >>>>>> to fix this? Is it a defect?
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
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