[GNC] Third party OFX/CVS providers

[Glenn Fowler]

I couldn't agree more.  I took all of my automations and scripts and
roughly calculated that I am saving at least a week every year in time.
That's a free week of vacation!
Now multiply that every single year and with the scripts and automations
continually being added it has a compound effect.

All from single scripts and automations that may *only* save a minute or
two each time.

On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 11:53 AM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> Here's a use case:
>
> Vendor invoices containing 10+ line items that need to be entered into
> both an accounting package and an inventory/POS system.
>
> Multiply that case by a dozen or more a week.
>
> And compound it by said 'PDF' invoice being a *scan*. (which of course
> means really good OCR needs to be in the workflow) Despite computers
> being near ubiquitous in business today, I'd hazard a guess of 93.46% of
> them are clueless as to how to use computers efficiently. It seems as if
> their approach is akin to someone with only a hammer, Duck Tape, & WD-40
> in their toolbox no matter what the job requires.
>
> Now, let's multiply that again: you are the sole person responsible for
> this data entry for 2 or more businesses.
>
> I'd rather have a script take me time to craft so I can one-click the
> data 'conversion' from print to CSV and then spend my time reviewing the
> result rather than a high chance of data entry taking even more of my time.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 8/7/22 8:12 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> > I can't imagine having so many transactions that the time it took to
> program the process would in the end save me time in doing the accounting.
> >
> > My method for processing pdf statements is to open the pdf statement in
> one window and enter my transactions in GnuCash in another-- the old
> fashioned way: by keying them in. This is remarkably quick in most cases,
> due to autofill-- and it gives me a sanity check on the data that's getting
> input (does that transaction look right?). It works pretty well for me.
>
>
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