Re: question about importing .qif files

2000-07-24 Thread Alexander J.P.
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Rob Walker was purported to have written: > one of the sourceforge people today asked me about gnucash, and after > i raved about it for a few moments, he said, "I have 3 1/2 years of > data there, will it create these new accounts for me as it goes when > it encounters my new

Re: question about importing .qif files

2000-07-23 Thread Chris Baker
Richard Wackerbarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > The system works very well with well formed QIF files and most files that > were generated by programs which come close to meeting the spec. > We are interested in any failures encountered so that we can develop > appropriate corrections

Re: question about importing .qif files

2000-07-21 Thread Eric Mitchell
I think we're both shooting at pretty much the same target here. Richard Wackerbarth wrote: [snip many vs. one] > > How does the user pick which processor to use? How do they configure it > > for their personal situation? > > This problem is not particular to any method of accomplishing the

Re: question about importing .qif files

2000-07-21 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Eric Mitchell wrote: > > Rather than attempt to make a generalized > > translation widget that does everything for everybody, I think we should > > look to customized preprocessors that each handle one particular format > > and translate it into a consistent format for importi

Re: question about importing .qif files

2000-07-21 Thread Eric Mitchell
As I just sent to Bill in an email about the QIF importer failing to usefully import data from screwy online account statements: Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, James A. Treacy wrote: > > At a minimum, could the importer be modified so that you can select which > > field is

Re: question about importing .qif files

2000-07-21 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, James A. Treacy wrote: > At a minimum, could the importer be modified so that you can select which > field is used to select accounts when importing, e.g. the Memo field > instead of the category (L in .qif)? When importing data from my bank, all > the transactions appear to c

Re: question about importing .qif files

2000-07-21 Thread Bill Gribble
"James A. Treacy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At a minimum, could the importer be modified so that you can select which > field is used to select accounts when importing, e.g. the Memo field > instead of the category (L in .qif)? Automatic guessing of the account is on my feature list for the

Re: question about importing .qif files

2000-07-21 Thread James A. Treacy
At a minimum, could the importer be modified so that you can select which field is used to select accounts when importing, e.g. the Memo field instead of the category (L in .qif)? When importing data from my bank, all the transactions appear to come from a single, blank category. This means all tr

Re: question about importing .qif files

2000-07-21 Thread Jason Rennie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > one of the sourceforge people today asked me about gnucash, and after > i raved about it for a few moments, he said, "I have 3 1/2 years of > data there, will it create these new accounts for me as it goes when > it encounters my new categories while I do my imports?"

Re: question about importing .qif files

2000-07-21 Thread Richard Wackerbarth
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Rob Walker wrote: > I have 3 1/2 years of > data there, will it create these new accounts for me as it goes when > it encounters my new categories while I do my imports? Fundamentally, yes. The procedure works best if you have exported all of the data for another set of book