Got it. Glad you got it sorted out. Cheers David H.
On Tue, 21 Sept 2021 at 02:27, David Solet <dso...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
