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

[An Ku]

It seems there is some issue with AQBanking related to a missing config
file? As mentioned, I did not understand how I can install AQBanking
separately on Windows. I did a clean start of GnuCash and only tried to
import. This is what the Gnucash tracefile shows:

* 14:57:04  WARN <gnc.core-utils> Could not locate file AUTHORS
* 14:57:04  WARN <gnc.core-utils> Could not locate file DOCUMENTERS
* 14:57:04  WARN <gnc.core-utils> Could not locate file LICENSE
* 15:01:05 ERROR <aqbanking>
C:/gcdev64/gnucash/releases/src/aqbanking-6.5.4/src/libs/aqbanking/banking_update.c:
 610: No AqBanking config folder found at
[C:\Users\[username]/aqbanking/settings6/users] (-1)
* 15:01:05 ERROR <aqbanking>
C:/gcdev64/gnucash/releases/src/aqbanking-6.5.4/src/libs/aqbanking/banking_update.c:
 610: No AqBanking config folder found at
[C:\Users\[username]/aqbanking/settings/users] (-1)
* 15:01:05 ERROR <aqbanking>
C:/gcdev64/gnucash/releases/src/aqbanking-6.5.4/src/libs/aqbanking/banking_update.c:
 411: There is no old settings folder, need initial setup
* 15:01:12 ERROR <gwenhywfar>
C:/gcdev64/gnucash/releases/src/gwenhywfar-5.10.2/src/os/windows/syncio_file.c:
 220: Error opening
file[C:\Users\[username]\[path_to_file]\MT940_140324.sta]: 3
* 15:01:12  WARN <gnc.import.aqbanking> gnc_file_aqbanking_import: Error on
import

If necessary, please let me know how I can increase the loglevel. I did not
understand how to do it on Windows reading the following pages:
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/AqBanking#Debugging
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Logging

Thanks all for the help!

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 1:28 AM Frank H. Ellenberger <
frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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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