[GNC] New user: how to migrate Quicken checking account as a single, flat, checking account

[Fross, Michael]

Hi Scott,

This took some getting used to when I moved from Quicken 7 years or so
ago.  The categories become accounts.  This is required for double entry
accounting and makes sense.  When you pay your electric bill, money moves
from checking to the electric company.  GNUCash has to show money moving
between accounts.  Once I got my head around it it was pretty simple.

Michael

On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 9:46 AM Scott Traurig <scott.traurig at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> New user questions follow, I'm afraid...
>
> I have no trouble following the directions in the wiki for migrating from
> Quicken. I made the QIF file, imported it into GnuCash, and watched it very
> unhelpfully create 100 different accounts. The instructions do mentions
> this, and it's ability to match against Quicken categories is impressive,
> but it's not what I desire.
>
> In Quicken this account is a simple, flat, checking account. How can I take
> the 100 separate accounts and represent them in a simple, flat, single
> checking account register? Is there no way to do this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
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