[GNC] Newbie Questions

[Mark at Lorimark]

Hi Joe,

I'm likely stepping way out of my reach here, but,

Gnucash will not import from IIF, but you might have success if you can 
convert your IIF file to a CSV file.  Then you can import from that to 
GnuCash like you would if you had fetched a CSV file from your bank.

The 'transaction importer' is somewhat smart too that it can remember 
your associations...

That's me shooting from the hip, though.  I left quickbooks a few years 
ago, and while the GnuCash transition was a bit of a brain bender at 
times, what a reward!  Never looking back!  Trying to web-enable gnucash 
even, love the software!

When I left quickbooks I did not pull anything across, so I'm no help 
there.  As far as my transactions, I was able to import a bunch from my 
bank accounts, and the rest I just hand keyed, given it's just my tiny 
business, and plus that exercise helped me to become super familiar with 
the GnuCash interface, and how I wanted to set up accounts and all that.

I loaded my historical data back only a few years, to 2020, just so I 
could compare the most recent years... but, you can start from any date 
that makes sense to you.

~mark petryk
~w:http://www.lorimarksolutions.com

On 5/23/24 14:03, Joe Padavic wrote:
> I hadn't imported any Quickbook file to GNUCASH, but the "Welcome to
> GNUCASH" (splash page) wasn't showing up so I didn't know when to go to
> import the files. I eventually uninstalled the app and deleted the registry
> entry and the Welcome page is being displayed.
> [image: image.png]
> 
> My intentions are to convert personal checking/credit card accounts from
> Quicken and business data from Quickbooks. Having all transactions make
> Year End Tax Reporting for the business easier. Any comparisons from
> previous to current year would be helpful. This would hold true for
> budgeting purposes for personal accounts, also.
> 
> So the question remains - can I import the IIF files from Quickbooks and
> what files can be imported from Quicken?
> The first time I import my bank transactions, both business and personal,
> what date would these transactions start with?
> 
>