Ar, Please reply to all so others can see and perhaps provide additional information. I have done that for you this time.
I do not have an example but you can create one by exporting an existing transaction. On Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 7:34 AM ar <ar123...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi David, > > I am using 4.12 unfortunately I was not able to find any example of using > the greatly improved csv for the import of investment data. > > I would appreciate a pointer. > > Thank you, > > Aleksey > > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 9:19 PM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> If you are using a recent release of GnuCash, ie 4.something, the csv >> transaction import feature has been greatly improved and includes the >> ability to save and re-use settings . >> >> It definitely works to import investment transactions previously exported >> from GnuCash, so it should work with generic files as well, possibly with >> some massage. >> >> I don't know if the qif import process can handle investments even though >> Quicken can export them in that format it requires split transactions which >> qif importer seems to choke on. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 7:25 PM ar <ar123...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am trying to import avery simple transaction from qif: just 2 buy >>> transaction for the same account, containing mutual fund MMMM >>> >>> The 'Assets:Investments:XXXXX' is gnu cash account tracking shares of >>> MMMM, >>> 'Asserts:Investments:YYYY' is a gnucash cash account. >>> >>> If I do not provide security symbol as below, the import fails when it >>> requires to enter the security. >>> >>> !Account >>> NAssets:Investments:XXXXX >>> TInvst >>> ^ >>> !Type:Invst >>> D07/16'2022 >>> NBuy >>> LAssets:Investments:YYYYY >>> Q34.107 >>> T-77.58 >>> ^ >>> D07/15'2022 >>> NBuy >>> LAssets:Investments:YYYYY >>> Q7.638 >>> T-37.7 >>> ^ >>> >>> I provide security as YMMMM, the import creates account >>> Assets:Investments:XXXXX:MMMM that conflicts with >>> 'Assets:Investments:XXXXX' >>> >>> 1. Does this feature works? If Yes are there usage examples. >>> 2. I do not insist on using qif format, is it possible to use .csv for >>> import, are there examples? >>> 3. It seems that csv import requires a lot of manual selections to be >>> made >>> for every imported file, am I getting it right? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Aleksey >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.
