[GNC] QIF Import troubles

[David Carlson]

"Double Entry" is an accounting method that makes it more difficult to make
mistakes that cannot be easily found and corrected during the process of
data entry.  You don't actually see the 'other side' later unless you
deliberately look for it.  It is not at all odd, in fact it is universally
used by professional accountants.

On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 6:04 PM R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had used Quicken for only about 10 years when I changed over to GnuCash.
> I just didn't bother to import anything (it didn't work at the time
> anyway). I just kept Quicken data ending in year "X" and started fresh with
> GnuCash in year "X+1". If I needed something from before X+1, I brought up
> my Quicken... but, as time went on, I have less and less need to ever refer
> to anything in Quicken.
>
> There were some things that I did enter history from Quicken - mostly
> investment information, if it wasn't too much...
>
> But for the checking, credit cards, savings.... I just entered the balance
> at the start of the year and went forward.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 4:27 PM Steve Silva via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
>>  Hi All,
>> Thanks a lot for your input.  Based on your observations, I really don't
>> think I am going to make gnucash work for me, I have nearly 30 years worth
>> of QIF data files and it seems like this odd double entry method is
>> something I can't control, nor can I go back through 30 years of data and
>> try to correct it.  Trying to get away from quicken sure is a chore and I
>> am not going to pay for their program every year.  I appreciated your time.
>> Steve
>>     On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 12:11:07 PM CST, David Carlson <
>> david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Steve,
>>
>> As Michael suggested, it is best to start with baby steps to learn how to
>> get good results with the import process.  If you import more than one
>> account at a time you risk getting duplicates if both accounts in a
>> transaction are in the same import.  There is a step in the import process
>> that attempts to detect this but it must work on one transaction at a
>> time.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 7:17 PM Fross, Michael <michael at fross.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Steve,
>> >
>> > I was in the same situation when I first started about 7 years ago.
>> Read
>> > through the guide.  It's really well written, easy to read, and answers
>> a
>> > lot of questions.
>> >
>> > As for the imports, do some tests until you get comfortable.  I would
>> just
>> > export your checking account, then import that.  Figure out that
>> > categories are now other accounts and instead of assigning a
>> transaction to
>> > a category for reporting, you debit one account and credit another.
>> > Understand splits and you'll be set.  It's also a great time to really
>> > think through your account strategy.
>> >
>> > It's really not hard, but read through the guide and you'll get it.
>> >
>> > Michael
>> >
>> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 6:52 PM Steve Butler <
>> stephen.m.butler51 at gmail.com
>> > >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > That is the classic double entry bookkeeping system that GnuCash uses.
>> > >
>> > > If you don't want that you need to use some other software.
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 16:35 Steve Silva via gnucash-user <
>> > > gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Hi All,
>> > > > I am trying out gnucash to replace Quicken.  I have Quicken convert
>> my
>> > > > accounts into a QIF file and import that to gnucash.  The whole
>> process
>> > > > seems to go well until I see the result.  It seems like all or most
>> of
>> > > the
>> > > > register entries are duplicated, each with a debit and credit of the
>> > same
>> > > > amount.  I have tried various permutations of exporting and
>> importing
>> > but
>> > > > these split transactions keeps showing up.  Is there someone who has
>> > seen
>> > > > this issue and figured out a way around it?
>> > > > Thanks, Steve
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