You are right as to what is being done.... When I import, it sees the duplicates, but there are hundreds....it would take forever to Mark them....I do not know how to export just one account at a time....I could try to figure it out and try that way I guess.
On Oct 6, 2017 8:34 PM, "D" <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Frank, > > Like the other David, on the other thread, it has been a while since I > imported from Quicken. When I did, I was able to bring in everything in one > huge pass. Gnucash properly created the many accounts and captured most of > the transfers as well. > > Are you exporting each account from Quicken separately? It sounds as if > you are getting both sides of your transactions, i.e., the transfer > payment from checking to your credit card is being processed once for the > checking and once for the credit card. If this is what is happening for > you, then there are two solutions: either match the second version to the > first during the import process, or don't import the second transaction. > > I seem to recall that I didn't have to do much manual massage to my large > quicken file when I imported way back when, so I believe that exporting the > whole file (accounts, categories and transactions for it all) will catch > those duplications. But I've been known to be wrong before. > > David T. > > On October 7, 2017, at 6:24 AM, frank raney <frankraney...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >I thought I had the importing figured out, but no............... > >I exported my quicken data to qif format. When I import it into GC I get > a lot of double entries. Quicken uses catagories, GC uses accounts... How > do I import my cash accounts without getting all the duplicates. > >My checking account imports as do all my categories to the same accounts > in GC. I am given a list of possible duplicates, but it will take days to > go through this. Isn't there a way import without sorting through the > list? If I do not go through the list (just import everything as is, I end > up with every account with double entries, double money. > >I am trying to get away from quicken because of all the troubles they are > having, but now I wonder if it is worth it. I am always for programs like > GC, but sometimes they are very cumbersome, like this appears to be. What > am I missing? > >Frankie Raney > >12454 Auberry Rd. > <https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd.+%3EClovis,+Ca&entry=gmail&source=g> > > <https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd.+%3EClovis,+Ca&entry=gmail&source=g> > >Clovis, Ca > <https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd.+%3EClovis,+Ca&entry=gmail&source=g> > . > >559.297.8577 <(559)%20297-8577> H > >559.304.1751 <(559)%20304-1751> C > >--- > >This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > >https://www.avast.com/antivirus > >_______________________________________________ > >gnucash-user mailing list > >gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >----- > >Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
