It's in GnuCash Trunk in SVN. -derek
Quoting Dave <d...@davestechshop.net>: > Derek, > The reason we are working on a free-standing tool is that 1) I wasn't aware > of the CSV importer in gnucash code, 2) the developer I'm working with > didn't mention it, and 3) and we have already started and made good progress > going in this direction. That said, I would be interested in learning more > about the CSV importer code. I assume this basic existing CSV import > functionality is not compiled into the release version of gnucash... > Regards, > Dave > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu> wrote: > >> Dave, >> >> Why work outside gnucash? >> GnuCash already has a basic CSV importer -- why not spend your >> time enhancing it? >> >> -derek >> >> >> Quoting Dave <d...@davestechshop.net>: >> >> Hi John, >>> A developer from this list and I are working on something similar to what >>> you have requested. Work has started. A working prototype is close at >>> hand. >>> >>> I plan to make the completed tool available free (open source). It will >>> run >>> outside gnucash and it targets Linux. It will allow complex CSV files to >>> be >>> easily and quickly imported into gnucash. >>> >>> My personal need is to import complex CSV files from Yodlee into gnucash. >>> I >>> use Yodlee to aggregate all my tranasactions because it is far superior to >>> the online banking features of gnucash or any other personal finance app >>> that I would consider using. >>> >>> However, if your needs are less complex than mine, you might want to take >>> a >>> look at one of these two tools: >>> >>> See link: http://www.mt2ofx.tk/ (freeware) >>> >>> Calc2Qif (http://xl2qif.chez-alice.fr/calc2qif_en.php). >>> >>> At some point I expect the tool we are working on will offer all the >>> important features of both the above tools. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Dave >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:26 PM, John Smith <lbalba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>>> >>>> >>>> I am aware of the fact that it currently is not possible to import >>>> arbitrary csv formatted files directly into GnuCash, and that instead >>>> you have to use or write python/perl/shell scripts to convert between >>>> the .csv and something that GnuCash understands like Intuit Quicken >>>> files. But since I am not a programmer, unfortunately I am unable to >>>> write a script or program to bulk transfer my bank supplied cvs files >>>> to GnuCash supported formats like Intuit Quicken. >>>> >>>> So I was wondering if there is any interest (both from user and >>>> developer sides) to create a 'native' import-csv-into-gnucash feature, >>>> preferably something where you can map fields of your csv file to >>>> gnucash fields, and perhaps even save the mapping into some sort of >>>> 'template' so that you can easily re-use the mapping when importing >>>> the next batch from your bank ? >>>> >>>> Anyway, just something I was wondering about... I can imagine that >>>> this topic has come up quite frequently already, so Im sorry if Im the >>>> one that brings this up for the Nth time, but it would just seem like >>>> such a basic and still very useful feature for banks that only supply >>>> CVV formatted files. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> >>>> John Smith >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnucash-devel mailing list >>>> gnucash-devel@gnucash.org >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-devel mailing list >>> gnucash-devel@gnucash.org >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory >> Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) >> URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH >> warl...@mit.edu PGP key available >> >> > -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH warl...@mit.edu PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
