Simon, Many happy GnuCash users are former Quicken users. They will mostly agree that the transition did not go smoothly. If you search the GnuCash documentation as well as the archives of this user mail list, you will find a lot of angst as well as advice on how to succeed with a QIF based export/import scheme, since that is the transition path most successful users followed. Since there is a broad spectrum of users with an equally broad spectrum of skills and expectations, there is no "best' path that works for everyone.
Having said that, many users agree that testing the water, so to speak, by setting up a small sample data file with a limited number of accounts and a very short history to import, say a few months at most, to run in parallel with Quicken for a while allows the user to get a feel for the similarities and differences between the programs. Then, when biting the bullet, you will know if you need to massage the Quicken data before exporting it or to massage it after importing it into GnuCash or a combination, as well as whether you really want to import all or just a portion of your Quicken history. You will probably decide to break the process down by accounts and time intervals, especially if you need to edit the data during the QIF import, which can literally take your full attention for hours for a large import. Good luck! On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 6:49 PM Doug via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > I can only speak from my experience (Long time but no accountant!). > I gave up on Quicken (QIF) imports. This is a proprietary format, > so my suggestion is to avoid if at all possible. > My preference is .OFX format, which is an open standard, or .csv > which is a little harder, but works well. (One needs to pick > importing transactions, then select the account, then sort the > disbursements: something that .ofx seems to handle much better in > my opinion.) > I have not used Quicken for about 25 years! Suggest trying different > export. > Then later, when importing from your bank, use .ofx or .csv. Perhaps you > could try > importing your old Quicken data in a non-qif format into a new blank > gnucash. There is an account importing option for > a .csv file that might work. > Good luck! (Doug in Australia) > > > > On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:39:01 -0700 > Simon Roberts <si...@dancingcloudservices.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm hoping to get my personal accounts onto GNC (I'm using it for a small > > business, so I'm tolerably familiar with it already). > > > > I exported a QIF from Quicken, and imported it. Lots of accounts were > > created in GNC that map "well-at-first-glance" to the actual accounts and > > categories in Quicken. However, many balances are way off. > > > > I've done some digging, and the thing I've noticed so far is that some > > transfers between actual bank accounts appear to have been entered > twice. I > > say "appear" because I get oddly different results in "basic ledger" view > > from what I get in transaction journal view (though I must say up front, > > I'm not a transaction journal view user, so perhaps I just don't > understand > > it. > > > > Here's one of the offending entries in basic ledger. There's only one > entry > > (a deposit to this account) in the Quicken file. but notice two entries > > here--the blocked out account numbers are identical in the upper and > lower > > entry: > > [image: image.png] > > Here's the transaction journal view, notice there's only one entry here > (I > > left the previous and next visible so you can see that :) Again, all > those > > greyed out account numbers are identical: > > [image: image.png] > > Did I do something wrong in the export, or in the import? > > I'd prefer to get this right from the start, there are quite a few years > of > > data, and fixing this up by hand over all the accounts would be a > > frustratingly major undertaking. > > > > Any suggestions gratefully received, > > Cheers, > > Simon > > > > -- > > Simon Roberts > > 303 249 3613 > > https://www.youtube.com/@DancingCloudServices > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonhgroberts/ > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.
