[GNC] Import CSV transactions into GC

Carl S. SE at SHCH262.com
Thu Oct 6 11:34:44 EDT 2022


What got me to use Linux (Ubuntu and now Debian) was back in 2008 
bankety-blank Intuit/Quacken (sic) began allowing only a two year direct 
connect from Quicken to download transactions before you had to purchase 
another license (or whatever it's called)  to get the same direct connect.

Presently, Intuit/Quicken, etc, are in cahoots with Discover to prevent 
us unwashed mortals from getting proprietary QFX from Discover.  So now 
I'm downloading csv from Discover and have learned, through your efforts 
and assistance, how to import a csv file into GC.

At this point all is well.

Thank you, all....

Carl Smith


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*From:* David Carlson [mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com]
*Subject:* [GNC] Import CSV transactions into GC
*Date:* Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 9:10 AM
*To:* Carl S.
*Cc:* gnucash-user at gnucash.org

> OK.  I just checked and now they only offer PDF, Spreadsheet(whatever 
> that means) and CSV download formats for my account.  I guess they 
> don't need our business.
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 7:51 AM Carl S. <SE at shch262.com> wrote:
>
>     Whooops.....you're right  QFX and not QDF
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>     *From:* David Carlson [mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>]
>     *Subject:* [GNC] Import CSV transactions into GC
>     *Date:* Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 12:17 AM
>     *To:* Carl S.
>     *Cc:* gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>
>>     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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>>     David Carlson
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