On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi, > > Ngewi Fet <nge...@gmail.com> writes: > > > At the moment I am trying to export QIF from the Android app. > > GnuCash keeps asking for a "default" account name to import into and > says the > > QIF file does not specify an account (4th page of the import wizard). > > Here is an example QIF file content that I am currently generating : > > > > !Type:Cash > > D2013/9/11 > > T-42.00 > > LAssets:Current Assets:Petty Cash > > SExpenses:Charity > > E > > $42.00 > > ^ > > This is... invalid. The 'S' doesn't apply here, so would be ignored. > What you're saying is that you have a Cash transaction from the default > account to the expense category "Assets:Current Assets:Petty Cash". > Actually the S is not ignored. When I now include the modifications to specify the account, GnuCash imports the transfer transactions correctly. So now it looks like this: !Account NAssets:Current Assets:Petty Cash ^ !Type:Cash D2012/10/11 T-42.00 SExpenses:Charity EGiveaway $45.00 ^ > It's not a valid "double entry" transaction. Keep in mind that QIF is > NOT double-entry. It's single entry; there is always an "implied" > account, the "default account". In the case of the above qif the > default account would be interpreted as the name of the file. So if you > name the file "import.qif" GnuCash will assume the default account is > the QIF account "import". From there you (the user) would have to map > "import" to some specific GnuCash account. > > Now, there are ways to specify the default account within the QIF file, > as mentioned in another email, using the !Account tags. > > Although QIF is not double-entry, if I specify the S split in the QIF, GnuCash properly imports the transaction as a split. So I can continue to use the Splits for this purpose right? > > I even tried a variation of removing the acocunt information and putting > the > > double entry as two splits, but it the prompt for a default account still > > shows. > > > > What am I doing wrong? How can I make GnuCash not ask for a default > account > > each time? Or do I misunderstand how the import is supposed to work? > > You're using single-account QIF when you want multi-account QIF. > So with multi-account QIF,, I have to specify each account before listing its transactions right? I'll try it and see. Regards, Ngewi _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
