[GNC] example for multi-split CSV import

[Luc Maisonobe]

Le mardi 15 septembre 2026 à 23:11 +1000, flywire a écrit :
> You certainly can import all those transactions as a multi-split. The
> easiest way to learn it is to enter a few typical transactions into
> GnuCash, export them as a CSV, and then create a new book without any
> transactions. By importing the data back into that clean book, you
> can systematically work out which fields are essential and which ones
> aren't required at all.
> 
> However, I think the bigger issue here is that you are confused about
> how this fits into your workflow. What exactly are you trying to
> achieve?
> 

My initial issue was that I want to anticipate about my upcoming
retirement, with a decrease of income and still some loans to pay back.
I attempted to do that using the scheduled transactions feature in
Gnucash, but hit a limit when scheduling transactions too far in the
future (I need several years here).

The developers explained to me that scheduled transactions were not
designed for such long term forecast. They suggested two options:
either I use the budget feature, or I create a CSV file with
transactions far in the future and I import them. The wiki pages about
multi-split CSV import describe the concepts, but they do not provide
any examples. So the developers suggested I present a simplified
version of the problem here on the list, where I could get answers that
would be visible and therefore could benefit everyone in the Gnucash
community. They will probably improve the wiki pages with this dummy
example.

best regards
Luc

> Regards