Those don’t sound like large files, so it sounds like there might be something wrong. Do they ALL hang, or only some of them?
I will admit that I am not one to advise on importing, as I don’t do it much. That being said, I would take a close look at the source files—especially the date fields, as GnuCash can be somewhat finicky around variably-formed dates. David T. > On Jan 21, 2018, at 6:59 PM, Paul Konnersman <konners...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you for the suggestions David T. > > Each of the files that I have been trying to import contains three weeks of > transactions from one bank account. They are all between 1kb and 3kb. > > Paul > > On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 1:15 AM, David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com > <mailto:sunfis...@yahoo.com>> wrote: > Moreover, any import process can take a long time to complete (with no > indication of progress). If you are importing a large csv file (as you might > be doing if you are migrating in to GnuCash), it can be especially time > consuming. Five or ten minutes is not unheard of. > > Try again and wait it out, as David C. suggests. > > If it really gets hung up, you would be well-advised to break the import up > into smaller portions, thus reducing the time to process any given subset, > and also increasing the likelihood of finding any erroneous data that might > be causing a glitch. Heck, you may want to do this anyway. > > David T. > > > On Jan 21, 2018, at 4:45 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com > > <mailto:david.carlson....@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Not sure how you know it is 'frozen' after such a short time. GnuCash does > > not have any 'activity' indicator. Try giving it several minutes. > > > > David C > > > > On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Paul Konnersman <konners...@gmail.com > > <mailto:konners...@gmail.com>> > > wrote: > > > >> I have just made the decision to use Gnucash. So far I have successfully > >> imported my chart of accounts from a csv-file and attempted to import a > >> csv-file of transaction data. After 20-30 seconds of the transaction import > >> Gnucash freezes and I have to force quit. Any suggestions will be > >> appreciated. > >> > >> Paul > >> Running Gnucash 2.6.19 with OSX High Sierra on a Macbook Pro > >> -- > >> *Paul M. Konnersman* > >> *konners...@gmail.com <mailto:konners...@gmail.com> <konners...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:konners...@gmail.com>>* > >> *781-639-0616 <tel:781-639-0616>* > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> <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 <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > <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. > > > > > -- > Paul M. Konnersman > konners...@gmail.com <mailto:konners...@gmail.com> > 781-639-0616 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
