The Help Manual has recently been rewritten to primarily describe the interfaces and dialogs. In the main for the standardized formats (OFX?QFX,MT940, MT942, DTAUS and QIF the process is pretty straight forward and it is just follow the dialog which is adequately covered in the Help Manual. CSV as an open format is not quite so straight forward.
I am proposing rewriting the guide section with examples of importing CSV data starting with a single line minimal information data set, then moving on to an example of a multiline multi-split and finishing off with examples of importing multicurrency data and importing stock data. I am not going to cover every possible contingency but am going to try and create examples which illustrate some common stumbling blocks and the key points that need to be addressed. I have created a small dummy set of books with dummy transactions of each type. I will use this to export data in the single line and multiline formats and the CoA. I think it may be useful to illustrate importing a CoA in this section as an initial step before reimporting the exported data. I would also propose an initial section illustrating the single line and multiline export formatted data I will reimport with a discussion of the limitations on importing for the minimal data set - i.e. the need for the matcher to identify the transfer/destination accounts. i am going to trawl the archives of Gnucash-user to see if I can idnetify common stumbling blocks but would also appreciate any direct feedback before I get underway David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-Dev-f1435356.html _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
