Sorry about that, and thanks for the correction. I hope someone on the users'
list can help me.
There is still this part, though:
> I would be interested in attempting to add multi-currency support to the
> importer, particularly if someone on this list can give me any pointers.
I guess I'm just hoping to get the benefit of someone's experience. Is it, "I
looked at that and the QIF format just doesn't have enough information to do it
properly", or "I've been meaning to get to that, and it should be
straightforward, but it just hasn't been a high priority", or something else?
I mean, if anyone does have any insight.
Thanks again,
John
From: John Ralls <[email protected]>
To: John Valente <[email protected]>
Cc: GnuCash users group <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2015 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: advice for multi-currency QIF?
> On May 2, 2015, at 10:51 AM, John Valente <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
> I am just starting out with GnuCash. I want to import data I have stored in
> a commercial program, which includes accounts using different currencies. I
> exported my data as QIF, and when I used the GnuCash importer, it made me
> select a currency, and noted that multiple currencies were not supported
> during QIF import.
> I went ahead with the import, in USD, since my alternate-currency accounts
> are pretty minimal. I figured, at that point, GnuCash just didn't have much
> support for multiple currencies, and I'd just try to straighten things out by
> hand after the import finished.
> I then started looking a little more closely at the documentation, including
> page 1 of the guide:
> Free Accounting Software | GnuCash
>
> | |
> | | | | | | | |
> | Free Accounting Software | GnuCashA personal and small-business
> financial-accounting software, licensed under GNU/GPL and available for
> Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BSD, and Solaris. |
> | |
> | View on www.gnucash.org | Preview by Yahoo |
> | |
> | |
>
>
>
> I do notice that "global currencies" is mentioned prominently in the first
> sentence, and quite prominently in the illustration. So, my initial
> suspicion that GnuCash was basically a single-currency program was off the
> mark.
> So I guess the problem is limited to QIF import? Is there any recommended
> strategy for importing data that is in different currencies?
> I am a software engineer, and I would be interested in attempting to add
> multi-currency support to the importer, particularly if someone on this list
> can give me any pointers.
> Thanks,John
You're in the wrong list. This one is for developers to discuss GnuCash
internals. The user list, [email protected], is the one you want. I've
copied that list on this reply for your convenience, but you'll need to
subscribe to it in order to post if you haven't already.
Regards,
John Ralls
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