[GNC] How to import MT940 and/or online banking missing in 5.5

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

Am 19.03.24 um 23:49 schrieb An Ku:
> Hi all
> Yes thank you, I was on 5.5 and those options were not available. I have
> read about AQbanking but neither did the setup option exist nor the import
> option.
> 
> Installing 5.5.1 I do see those now. However, when I go to
> File>Import>Import using AQBanking and select swift>SWIFT-MT940 followed by
> the file, nothing happens. The window closes and that's it. I have not done
> any kind of AQBanking installation or similar or any Online Banking setup.

Our packages (Windows, Macos, Flatpak) include AqBanking. Only Linux and 
similar users mihgt have to install it separatly.

> Is there anything I should set up first before using the Import option?

No, the setup serves to configure bank connections, e.g. your paypal 
account.

> If there's a howto I have not been able to find I would appreciate a link.

There is only a small paragraph in the manual:
https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-manual/trans-import.html#trans-import-aqbanking

In your case the trace file
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile
could contain a clue.

> Thanks again for your help

HTH
Frank

> On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM Frank H. Ellenberger <
> frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I suspect, André is aWindows user and needs to upgrade to 5.5-1:
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20(stable)/5.5/gnucash-5.5-1.setup.exe
>>
>> Regards
>> Frank
>>
>> Am 16.03.24 um 08:07 schrieb john:
>>> MT940 and CAMT.053 imports are done with File>Import>Import Using
>> AQBanking. Note that CAMT.053 is under XML, not CAMT in the import selector.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> John Ralls
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mar 14, 2024, at 13:44, An Ku <prooffes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, my bank's CSV export is useless as it does not state
>>>> recipients or any useful information of transactions apart from the
>> amount
>>>> and date/time of execution. They do however provide the option to
>> download
>>>> MT940 as well as camt.053 (apart form PDFs). I understand there used to
>> be
>>>> an option to import MT940 transactions through an online banking module,
>>>> but I cannot find it anywhere in the UI (I'm using windows and am on
>> v5.5).
>>>> I found references to an external online banking package but no how to
>> make
>>>> it run on a windows machine.
>>>>
>>>> I'd appreciate any help on:
>>>>
>>>>     - Importing an MT940 file directly
>>>>     - Importing an camt.053 file directly
>>>>     - Converting either MT940 or camt.053 files to CSV
>>>>
>>>> Thank you and kind regards,
>>>> André
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