#Gnucash import formats how to#
#Gnucash import formats install#

(I suspect that you have inadvertently skipped this task and that is the reason that your transactions ended up in the Imbalance account rather than the Cheque account.) For your test data files, you will need to select Asset:Cheque Account for your first import, and Liabilities:Visa Card for the second one. The first thing you should do is tell the importer which Account all the transactions belong to, by selecting the account in the pull-down field in the top-right of the Import Preview window. Immediately after you've selected the text file to import, GnuCash will bring up the Import Preview window. Select File / Import / Import transactions from CSV. Unfortunately, your Test Data files in your example are NOT well-formatted, but I'll come back to that. The Import Transactions process can be a bit fiddly to set up, but once you've got it set up correctly GnuCash does a pretty good job of importing well-formatted data.

Destination accounts are processed as expected but all source transactions end up in the Imbalance account rather than the intended source Asset/liability account.Ĭheque Account Date,Amount,No,Ledger:Account-Category,Description,MemoĠ1-03-06,'1,000.00',Equity:Opening Balance,Opening Balance,Starting BalanceĠ5-03-06,-45.21,101,Expenses:Groceries,Grocery Shop,Grocery StoreĠ5-03-06,-75.00,105,Expenses:Groceries,HomeTown Grocery,HomeTown GroceryĠ6-03-06,100.00,Transfere Money,TransferĠ6-03-06,100.00,106,Expenses:Split,ABC Hardware,ABC Hardwareġ4-03-06,1000.00,Expenses:Split,Employers R Us,SalaryĢ4-03-06,500.00,Transfer Money,TransferĢ5-03-06,-100.00,ATM Withdrawal,ATMĢ8-03-06,-20.00,Expenses:Internet,Internet Subscription,Best InternetĢ8-03-06,-78.00,102,Expenses:Electricity,Light Company,Light CompanyĢ8-03-06,-45.00,103,Expenses:Phone,Phone Company,Phone CompanyĢ8-03-06,-350.00,104,Expenses:Rent,April Rent,Apartment 4 Rentģ1-03-06,-5.00,Expenses:Service Charge,Service Charge,Service ChargeĢ8-04-06,-350.00,Expenses:Rent,May Rent,Apartment 4 RentĠ5-05-06,-300.00,Partial Payment of Visa Bill,To Account 123833255.

Haven't managed to configure the Transaction Import Assistant date format as dd/mm/yy like the Win10 Regional format data settings so currently restricted to d-m-y for csv import.

Is there a GnuCash quickstart tutorial to cover this? Expecting to load the statements and the transactions would show in the source bank account and the target income/expenditure account.

This is handy if you use GnuCash Mobile and want to synchronize (importing previously saved QIF files) when connecting your phone via USB.Confused about setting up GnuCash file using the Transaction Import Assistant to load Bank Statements. The import.py script also supports directly importing QIF files from devices supporting MTP, e.g.

#Gnucash import formats how to#

How to import from MTP device (Android phone) Use the -currency command line flag to change this. The Python script will assume 'EUR' as default currency (QIF files do not specify any currency). Open accounts.gnucash (or the equivalent database in case of MySQL) with GnuCash before and after executing the above command line to see the difference. The above command should log two 'Adding transaction for account.' lines and will add the expenses from examples/expenses.qif to the accounts.gnucash file. Mysql -u $USERNAME -p$PASSWORD -h $HOSTNAME

#Gnucash import formats install#

Sudo apt-get install gnucash python-gnucash