David, thank you for your response. That is not the problem, since there is a screen where one links the name of the account in the csv file--whatever it is--with the actual account in gnucash. However, I found the problem; it is with the content of the csv file. In my csv file, a value for customer_id (linked to gnucash's Description field) is on every line. Description needs to be on the first line only. Also, in my file, a value for descr (linked to gnucash's Memo field) is on every line. It needs to be on every line *except* the first line. With those changes, the import worked exactly as I wanted it to. I'm leaving this response in case this comes up for another user. David
On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 9:41 PM David H <hell...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't use the csv importer but it seems to be complaining about not > having a transfer account - "New, UNBALANCED (need acct to transfer > $($$$.cc))! While you do have a text description in the account column > when I do a csv import in gnucash format the account names are in the full > format eg "Expenses:Credit Card:Fees". Does that help ? > > Cheers David H. > > On Mon, 20 Sept 2021 at 13:14, David Solet <dso...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> My version = 4.6 (Windows). I want to import a csv file with split >> transactions. The following text lines from the csv file represent one >> transaction (not real) that took place on 9/19/2021. This is a simplified >> example. An actual transaction would likely have more splits. Column heads >> are in the first line. The first line starts with a "," because the first >> column head is blank--that is not a typo. >> ,acct,customer_id,amt,descr,depdate >> 1,a1net,a1custtl,155.28,cus_JwZTuBkST5GCko_7/29/2021,9/19/2021 >> 2,dues,cus_GtJPUDZyyQ,-40,cus_GtJPUDZyyQ_8/14/2021, >> 3,dues,cus_IuTPxTysqQ,-40,cus_IuTPxTysqQ_8/1/2021, >> 4,dues,cus_JwZTuBkST5,-40,cus_JwZTuBkST5_7/29/2021, >> 5,dues,cus_K2IckcwXuD,-40,cus_K2IckcwXuD_8/13/2021, >> 6,fees,cus_GtJPUDZyyQ,1.18,cus_GtJPUDZyyQ_8/14/2021, >> 7,fees,cus_IuTPxTysqQ,1.18,cus_IuTPxTysqQ_8/1/2021, >> 8,fees,cus_JwZTuBkST5,1.18,cus_JwZTuBkST5_7/29/2021, >> 9,fees,cus_K2IckcwXuD,1.18,cus_K2IckcwXuD_8/13/2021, >> >> After examining previously exported csv transactions with splits from my >> gnucash file, I assumed date needed to be in the first line only. I >> attempted to import this as one transaction with multiple splits. I >> checked >> the multi-split box and identified: >> acct = account >> depdate = date >> amt = deposit >> customer_id = description >> descr = memo >> >> After choosing next, I linked the account field with existing accounts. >> The >> account "a1net" is the bank. "dues" is membership dues (type = income). >> "fees" is credit card fees (type = expense). However, at the Match >> Transactions screen, my choices did not complete as expected. All of the >> splits showed as "New, UNBALANCED...". The screen looked like this: >> >> I will point out that there are three separate splits that are linked to >> "Membership Fees" and three linked to "Credit card fees PRS" in this one >> transaction. a1net is the net bank deposit. I want to preserve that level >> of detail for documentation, and that kind of detail can be preserved when >> transactions like this are manually entered. Is it possible to do this >> with >> a csv import? Thank you for your help. >> David >> _ >> > _______________________________________________ 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.
