[GNC] Import CSV transactions into GC

[David Carlson]

What is QDF format?  That would not be the same as QFX.

On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 10:57 PM Carl S. <SE at shch262.com> wrote:

> David,
>
> Thanks for the recommendations.  I've been working on this way too long
> but think that I figured out some of the difficulties.  'Just reconciled
> a credit card statement and got all of the old mess behind so that I can
> begin anew by downloading csv transactions every few days or so.
>
> I think I figured out why and how I got duplicates-  in the Match
> Transactions window there were several transactions that had the A box
> checked and in the Additional Comments column area there were the words,
> New, transfer $25.75 to (auto) "E:Food"      My guess is that GC was
> telling me, "you already have this transaction in the register and
> here's the amount and the account name".  So the solution was to tell GC
> to NOT import the transaction by unchecking the A box which would turn
> the line color red.  You're correct also that if the C box is checked
> that particular transaction wont be imported.
>
> Thank you for the help...
>
> Carl Smith
>
> On 10/5/22 22:17, David Cousens wrote:
> > Carl
> >
> > If you had previously imported the September transactions, then the
> Import
> > Matcher should recognize all of them as duplicates and not import them.
> In this
> > case the A checkbox and U+C checkbox should both be unchecked and the 'C'
> > checkbox set to indicate that the transactions match existing
> transactions and
> > won't be imported, but the existing transactions will be marked as
> cleared (not
> > reconciled).
> >
> > If the CSV file contained some data which differed from that which was
> in the
> > in the QFX files, the U+C checkbox may be checked instead of the  C
> checkbox
> > which indicates that the transaction matches an existing transaction and
> won't
> > be imported again but the data which is different will be updated form
> the CSV
> > import file.  The A checkbox should not be checked if the transactions
> already
> > exist in your data file, only if they are new transactions.
> >
> > It is deliberately designed so as to not allow importing duplicate
> transactions
> > as transactions can only be deleted individually from the account
> register.
> >
> > If you are experimenting with the import, a good idea is to create a
> dummy test
> > set of books and experiment with importing into that firstrather than
> your main
> > set of books. The dummy doesn't have to have your full account tree,
> just the
> > accounts you will use during the import process. Once you have the import
> > working as you want then import to your main set of books. It also helps
> to
> > create a dummy CSV file which only has a few typical transactions in it
> to get
> > the setup right. Avoids having to delete large numbers of transaction
> while you
> > are experimenting if you don't get it right first time round.
> >
> > David Cousens
> >
> > On Wed, 2022-10-05 at 21:01 -0400, Carl S. wrote:
> >> Discover Card (a credit card) as of last week stopped providing the
> >> download of Discover card transactions in QDF....much to my displeasure.
> >>
> >> They do provide a download of transactions in CSV format.
> >>
> >> I'm trying to figure out how to do a reliable importation of my credit
> >> card transactions into GC in my Discover Card acct in GC.  This all
> >> assumes I'll have to work with the downloaded CSV files now.
> >>
> >> For experimentation reasons I'm working on importing in csv format the
> >> transactions for the entire month of September just to see how the
> >> actual process is done.  Previously, I had already imported the Discover
> >> card transactions in QDF for September (before Discover Card ended the
> >> QDF download).  Next I'm importing the CSV transactions to see how they
> >> are recognized and matched by GC.
> >>
> >> I've been somewhat successful in using  the
> >> File----Import-----Transactions from CSV and getting to the Match
> >> Transactions screen which presents the transactions to be imported.  I
> >> understand what the Reconcile (auto match) transactions are but many of
> >> the transactions when imported to the account end up as duplicates since
> >> previously they had been added in QDF.
> >>
> >> So, I'm confused and want to make the importation process as easy as
> >> possible.  The A  U+C  C options make matters worse....for me.
> >>
> >> Also, I've tried, or rather, have attempted to get working, various
> >> csv2ODF converters.  For me too many error messages was enough to stay
> >> away from them.
> >>
> >> Any help is much appreciated...
> >>
> >> Car Smith
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