Frank, The *other* David suggested importing each account separately; I was suggesting importing all at once. In my (admittedly ancient) experience, I worked to get the Quicken data just so, and when I imported everything, I had little to no duplicates.
David (T.) > On Oct 7, 2017, at 7:17 PM, Frankie Raney <frankraney...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You are right as to what is being done.... When I import, it sees the > duplicates, but there are hundreds....it would take forever to Mark them....I > do not know how to export just one account at a time....I could try to figure > it out and try that way I guess. > > On Oct 6, 2017 8:34 PM, "D" <sunfis...@yahoo.com > <mailto:sunfis...@yahoo.com>> wrote: > Frank, > > Like the other David, on the other thread, it has been a while since I > imported from Quicken. When I did, I was able to bring in everything in one > huge pass. Gnucash properly created the many accounts and captured most of > the transfers as well. > > Are you exporting each account from Quicken separately? It sounds as if you > are getting both sides of your transactions, i.e., the transfer payment from > checking to your credit card is being processed once for the checking and > once for the credit card. If this is what is happening for you, then there > are two solutions: either match the second version to the first during the > import process, or don't import the second transaction. > > I seem to recall that I didn't have to do much manual massage to my large > quicken file when I imported way back when, so I believe that exporting the > whole file (accounts, categories and transactions for it all) will catch > those duplications. But I've been known to be wrong before. > > David T. > > On October 7, 2017, at 6:24 AM, frank raney <frankraney...@gmail.com > <mailto:frankraney...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > >I thought I had the importing figured out, but no............... > >I exported my quicken data to qif format. When I import it into GC I get a > >lot of double entries. Quicken uses catagories, GC uses accounts... How do > >I import my cash accounts without getting all the duplicates. > >My checking account imports as do all my categories to the same accounts in > >GC. I am given a list of possible duplicates, but it will take days to go > >through this. Isn't there a way import without sorting through the list? > >If I do not go through the list (just import everything as is, I end up with > >every account with double entries, double money. > >I am trying to get away from quicken because of all the troubles they are > >having, but now I wonder if it is worth it. I am always for programs like > >GC, but sometimes they are very cumbersome, like this appears to be. What > >am I missing? > >Frankie Raney > >12454 Auberry Rd. > ><https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd.+%3EClovis,+Ca&entry=gmail&source=g> > > <https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd.+%3EClovis,+Ca&entry=gmail&source=g>>Clovis, > Ca > <https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd.+%3EClovis,+Ca&entry=gmail&source=g>. > >559.297.8577 <tel:(559)%20297-8577> H > >559.304.1751 <tel:(559)%20304-1751> C > >--- > >This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > >https://www.avast.com/antivirus <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > >_______________________________________________ > >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 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.
