[GNC] importing simple investment account

Adrien Monteleone adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net
Sat Nov 19 22:31:15 EST 2022


I can't speak to your main question, but significant changes were made 
to the importer(s) in the 4.x series. If you can run the latest, 4.12, 
that would be a better start.

Regards,
Adrien

On 11/19/22 8:43 PM, ar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am downloading my data in the form of .csv file and I have a simple
> program to generate an.qif file with proper categories and then import .qif
> into gnucash.
> 
> I am adding a program to deal with investment accounts. The problem is that
> GnuCash investment account consists of a multitude of sub-accounts: cash
> sub-account + one sub-account for every security/mutual fund.  Should I
> generate a separate .qif file for every sub-account or I can pack it all
> into a single .qif file with proper account headers inserted?
> 
> Also, I would generate .csv files but it is not clear what is the native
> import format for bank and investment transactions.
> 
> Also, I am using 3.x GnuCash, does it make sense to switch to 4.x to
> simplify my importing chores?



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