See https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799492
Regards, John Ralls > On Mar 1, 2025, at 19:42, Elliot Huntington <elliot.hunting...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > For many years I have been happily using GnuCash (unsure of which version) > on Linux Mint. I just reinstalled my OS, now using Arch Linux, and > installed GnuCash (5.10) from the package repositories with pacman. > > The whole time I've been using GnuCash, I've also been using GnuCash > Android. I know this is a separate project that appears to have been > abandoned. But the app has worked well enough for my needs. Usually I enter > transactions in GnuCash Android. At the end of the the month I export the > transactions in QIF format, email them to myself, and then import them into > GnuCash on my linux computer. > > My several attempts to do this today have failed at the point of importing > the QIF file into the new version of GnuCash (5.10) running on Arch Linux. > I tried importing 3 different QIF files (two of them with nearly a month > worth of transactions in them, and one test file with only a single > transaction in it). > > Once I realized this simply is not working, I decided to install GnuCash > (5.10) on my Macbook Pro (Apple Silicon). Again, I tried to import the QIF > files, but the transactions that are in the QIF files are simply not loaded > into the application. I can't find them anywhere in the application. > > GnuCash (5.10) is not reporting any errors. In fact, the GUI leads me to > think that everything is working just fine, except for the fact that I can > not see any of the transactions that should have been successfully imported. > > I decided to try and debug this problem myself by creating a single test > transaction with my GnuCash Android application, and exporting that file > like I normally do. Here is the content of that file: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > !Account > NAccrued Expenses:USBank Credit Card > ^ > !Type:CCard > D2025/3/1 > PTest > M > SAccrued Expenses:Lessons:Piano > $-1.00 > ^ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Then on my Arch Linux machine, after some googling, I found that I could > watch the trace logs of the application with this command: > > tail -f /tmp/gnucash.trace > > So I started to tail the trace and went through the process of importing > the transactions again: > > 1. Import QIF files > * click the Next button. > 2. Select a QIF file to load > * select the file to import > * click the Next button > 3. Load QIF files > * click the Start button > * GnuCash shows the "Loading completed" message > * trace log shows the following message: > * 20:13:45 WARN <gnc.scm> qif-parse:parse-date/format: format is y-d-m > but date is [2025/3/1]. > * click the Next button > 4. Set a date format for this QIF file > * select the "y-m-d" option in the date format select options > * click the Next button > 5. QIF files you have loaded > * the file I selected is displayed in the list of files that have been > loaded > * click the Next button > 6. Accounts and stock holdings > * click the Next button > 7. Match QIF accounts with GnuCash accounts > * QIF account name displayed as "Accrued Expenses:USBank Credit Card" > * GnuCash account name displayed as "Accrued Expenses:USBank Credit > Card" > * click the Next button > 8. Income and Expense categories > * click the Next button > 9. Match QIF categories with GnuCash accounts > * QIF category name displayed as "Accrued Expenses:Lessons:Piano" > * GnuCash account name displayed as "Accrued Expenses:Lessons:Piano" > * click the Next button > 10. Choose the QIF file currency > * select the "USD (US Dollar)" option in the currency select options > * click the Next button > 11. QIF Import > * When you press the Start Button, GnuCash will import your QIF data. > If there are no errors or warnings, you will automatically proceed to the > next step. Otherwise, the details will be shown below for your review. > * click the "Start Import" button > * the trace log shows the following message: > * 20:27:48 WARN <gnc.scm> Probable error: the new account tree has no > transactions. > 12. Update your GnuCash accounts > * No errors or warnings are displayed. The application shows the normal > 3 sentences starting with 'Click "Apply" to ...', 'Click "Back" to ...', > 'Click "Cancel" to ...' > * click the Apply button > 13. Qif Import Summary > * click the Close button > > At this point, GnuCash has an asterisk next to the file name in the title > in the application window, indicating there are unsaved changes. So, I > press CTRL+S to save the application state and the asterisk goes away, > indicated the file has been saved. > > But then when I go to look for my test transaction, I can not find it > anywhere in either of the accounts: "Accrued Expenses:USBank Credit Card", > or "Accrued Expenses:Lessons:Piano". > > The transaction is simply not imported correctly. > > So to summarize the output of the trace file, here is what I see was tailed > to the logs during the test: > > tail -f /tmp/gnucash.trace > * 20:13:45 WARN <gnc.scm> qif-parse:parse-date/format: format is y-d-m but > date is [2025/3/1]. > * 20:27:48 WARN <gnc.scm> Probable error: the new account tree has no > transactions. > > When I try the same test on MacOS, I get the same results with the > exception that nothing shows up at all in the trace logs. I don't know if > I'm watching the correct file on the Mac. I'm trying to trace the logs in > the file "/var/folders/w9/<some_apparent_hashing_directory>/T/gnucash.trace > > Anyway, I'm really curious what I need to do to get this working again. I > don't know if I need to downgrade to some previous version of GnuCash, or > if I need to install some other packages on my Arch Linux machine. > > If anyone can help me get things working again, I will really appreciate > your help. I don't know what I'm going to do if I can't import my > transactions in a QIF file anymore. > > Thank you in advance, > Elliot > _______________________________________________ > 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.
