Apologize if this is a duplicate, sometimes I'm not sure if my post actually gets sent out. The QIF importer in Gnucash 5.6 gives me the same error for my credit card import even though the same file works in Quicken and in Gnucash 5.5. I had to reinstall Gnucash 5.5.
As an aside, my experience with Quicken is that the qif export doesn't contain the first four lines, just the transactions. Without the first four lines you have to tell Quicken which account to use during a qif import in order to read in a qif file that you originally exported from Quicken. The problem is, not all of you accounts are available for a qif import. The trick, after considerable web searching, was to add the first four lines, as shown below, to a qif file. Then you can import transaction data into any account in Quicken. There is a Quicken qif wiki on the subject. The bottom line is, the format of the qif file, with and without the first lines of the sample qif file below, will both import into Gnucash 5.5. The only difference is you don't have to tell Gnucash which account to use, it is automatically specified in the first four lines. !Account NCredit Card Name TCCard ^ !Type:CCard Cc D03/31/2024 MRestaurants PStarbucks T-9.53 ^ On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 6:28 PM Bryan B. <goldenbluesa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've tried several different methods to export a .qif file from quicken and > import it into GnuCash. > > The process of importing the file goes fine until I reach the part where > the actual import occurs. Then I get this type of message: > > "Missing QIF investment action for transaction dated 08/31/2023." > > Upon investigation, it would seem that these transactions are from > automated transfers from my bank account to an IRA fund. I believe these > are money transfers, where the money is simply transferred without > explicitly purchasing a security, and then the security is purchased later. > > When I opened and examined the .qif file, and did some conversation with > ChatGPT-4, it would seem that I would have to put a line such as > "N***XIn***" for each of the offending transactions. I did try that, and > GnuCash still didn't accept those transactions (that I could see). > > Is anyone familiar with this problem already, or have any ideas on how to > solve it? > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > 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. > -- iii _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.
