[GNC] QIF upload ends abruptly at import step, last message "Transaction with no or only one associated account"

[Derek Atkins]

On windows you might not get console output, which might make it harder to
debug this.

See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile about the Trace File.

-derek

On Sat, January 21, 2023 9:40 am, jhoeter at googlemail.com wrote:
> Thanks, Derek.
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> I'm using a brand new laptop on Windows 10 with all updates and GnuCash
> 4.13. I’ve copied below the last screenshot (but it may not come through).
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> The only files with “trace” in my GnuCash Folders are from June 2020 – so
> won’t have anything to do with my problem. I currently have zero data in
> GnuCash  - didn’t even go past the initial three options screen (set up
> account …).
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> Can you provide more details what to look for where or any suggestions
> regarding below three questions?
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> Thanks again, Jan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2023 9:20 AM
> To: jhoeter at googlemail.com
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] QIF upload ends abruptly at import step, last message
> "Transaction with no or only one associated account"
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> Hi,
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> What OS/Distro are you using?
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> What version of GnuCash?
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> There are two places to look for output:  the command-line (stdout) and
> your GnuCash Trace file.  I would look in both places for signs of a stack
> trace.
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> -derek
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> On Sat, January 21, 2023 9:12 am, Jan via gnucash-user wrote:
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>> Happy Weekend, guys!
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>> I do have 20+ years of Quicken 2002 data (German Version), but only
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>> tried to upload 2022 to GnuCash via a QIF down-/upload. It ends
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>> abruptly (program vanishes completely) at the import step. The last
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>> message I see on the screen is "Transaction with no or only one
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>> associated account". This may be related to an earlier message
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>> "Investment action: Unrecognized action 'XAus'" which comes from an
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>> unusual way to post some stock transfers in Quicken.
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>> Questions:
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>> 1.        Should I work on eliminating / changing the transactions in
>> Quicken
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>> so that they don't lead to an error in GnuCash - or is that just
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>> likely a wasted effort as the upload will probably continue to fail?
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>> 2.        I exported everything (accounts, categories = subaccounts,
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>> transactions, scheduled transactions .) to the QIF file. Should I
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>> import one after the other?
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>> 3.        Any other suggestions? (Maybe also regarding Quicken 2002
>> German
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>> Version - there seems to be some Windows update that makes Quicken not
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>> start any more. It happened to me on two separate laptops and I now
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>> only have Quicken running on one single machine that I disconnected
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>> from the internet
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>> ;-)
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>> Thanks for any help, Jan
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       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant