I believe you have to export from quicken to QIF. Should be in the menus somewhere.
Colin On 10 March 2018 at 16:12, Ken Pyzik <py...@cox.net> wrote: > Edward -- I did the switch about 8 months ago and have not looked back. > > I am pretty sure you can directly import your file from Quicken. I do not > remember exactly how I did it but I think QIF means quicken file so it > should work. > > Three things to be aware: > > 1. If you use categories -- those no longer exist is GNUCASH. Each > category, theoretically becomes a separate account > 2. Double entry accounting means that for every entry there will be an > opposite an equal "counter" entry into a second account > 3. Finally, to get started at the beginning, you will have some "beginning > balances" entries. > > Hope this all makes sense. It may not covert over 100% --- and depending > upon how long you were using Quicken -- you could have a lot of > transactions. I had transactions dated back to 2001 -- and decided I did > not want to carry all that stuff -- so I picked a cutoff date (1/1/2014) and > ended up deleting everything before that. It was a bit a work -- but in > the end -- very much worth it. > > Best of luck -- and I am sure of the experts here can give you a bit more > direction on the QIF file (I just don't remember what I did -- but it did > work!). > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+pyz01=cox....@gnucash.org> On > Behalf Of Edward Ingram > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2018 8:03 AM > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Importing Quicken > > My Quicken files are stored in .QDF format, not .QIF. (Quicken 2017) How can > I import these? I do not wish to continue using quicken. > I only have three bank accounts and no investments. I do not need the extras > of Quicken. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
