Hi John
I follow the import process exactly as you describe it and not the Online
Banking. See my earlier email.
I'll do the debug and let you know.
Thanks and best regards.
André
On Wed, 27 Mar 2024, 09:32 john, <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote:
> Please copy the list on all replies.
>
> The error suggest that you're trying to do a direct-bank download (FinTS,
> PayPal, or OFX DirectConnect) without having setup online banking. That's a
> bit odd on its own because GnuCash usually won't enable those menu
> selections (in Actions>Online Banking) without having run the AQBanking
> setup assistant in Tools>Online banking.
>
> You don't need any of that to import an MT940 file. Use File>Import>Import
> using AQBanking and select Swift on the left and SWIFT-MT940 (unless you're
> an AMRO customer, in which case use AMRO-MT940) then click OK to select a
> file and proceed with the import.
>
> The Windows equivalent of Unix's `export` is `set` in CMD, e.g. `set
> AQBANKING_LOGLEVEL=debug`. After doing that run GnuCash with `"C:\Program
> Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash.exe" --log aqbanking=debug`. Don't include
> the backticks (`), do include the double quotes (").
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
> On Mar 27, 2024, at 08:32, An Ku <proof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi John
>
> Thanks, I have 5.5.1 and get the error message I posted above when I try
> to import.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2024, 08:22 john, <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
>> You don't need to install AQBanking separately. There was a linking
>> problem with AQBanking in the original gnucash-5.5.setup.exe. You can
>> install gnucash-5.5-1.setup.exe from the usual places or wait until next
>> week and install GnuCash 5.6 that I'll release on Sunday.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>>
>> > On Mar 24, 2024, at 15:11, An Ku <proof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > It seems there is some issue with AQBanking related to a missing config
>> > file? As mentioned, I did not understand how I can install AQBanking
>> > separately on Windows. I did a clean start of GnuCash and only tried to
>> > import. This is what the Gnucash tracefile shows:
>> >
>> > * 14:57:04 WARN <gnc.core-utils> Could not locate file AUTHORS
>> > * 14:57:04 WARN <gnc.core-utils> Could not locate file DOCUMENTERS
>> > * 14:57:04 WARN <gnc.core-utils> Could not locate file LICENSE
>> > * 15:01:05 ERROR <aqbanking>
>> >
>> C:/gcdev64/gnucash/releases/src/aqbanking-6.5.4/src/libs/aqbanking/banking_update.c:
>> > 610: No AqBanking config folder found at
>> > [C:\Users\[username]/aqbanking/settings6/users] (-1)
>> > * 15:01:05 ERROR <aqbanking>
>> >
>> C:/gcdev64/gnucash/releases/src/aqbanking-6.5.4/src/libs/aqbanking/banking_update.c:
>> > 610: No AqBanking config folder found at
>> > [C:\Users\[username]/aqbanking/settings/users] (-1)
>> > * 15:01:05 ERROR <aqbanking>
>> >
>> C:/gcdev64/gnucash/releases/src/aqbanking-6.5.4/src/libs/aqbanking/banking_update.c:
>> > 411: There is no old settings folder, need initial setup
>> > * 15:01:12 ERROR <gwenhywfar>
>> >
>> C:/gcdev64/gnucash/releases/src/gwenhywfar-5.10.2/src/os/windows/syncio_file.c:
>> > 220: Error opening
>> > file[C:\Users\[username]\[path_to_file]\MT940_140324.sta]: 3
>> > * 15:01:12 WARN <gnc.import.aqbanking> gnc_file_aqbanking_import:
>> Error on
>> > import
>> >
>> > If necessary, please let me know how I can increase the loglevel. I did
>> not
>> > understand how to do it on Windows reading the following pages:
>> > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/AqBanking#Debugging
>> > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Logging
>> >
>> > Thanks all for the help!
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 1:28 AM Frank H. Ellenberger <
>> > frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Am 19.03.24 um 23:49 schrieb An Ku:
>> >>> Hi all
>> >>> Yes thank you, I was on 5.5 and those options were not available. I
>> have
>> >>> read about AQbanking but neither did the setup option exist nor the
>> >> import
>> >>> option.
>> >>>
>> >>> Installing 5.5.1 I do see those now. However, when I go to
>> >>> File>Import>Import using AQBanking and select swift>SWIFT-MT940
>> followed
>> >> by
>> >>> the file, nothing happens. The window closes and that's it. I have not
>> >> done
>> >>> any kind of AQBanking installation or similar or any Online Banking
>> >> setup.
>> >>
>> >> Our packages (Windows, Macos, Flatpak) include AqBanking. Only Linux
>> and
>> >> similar users mihgt have to install it separatly.
>> >>
>> >>> Is there anything I should set up first before using the Import
>> option?
>> >>
>> >> No, the setup serves to configure bank connections, e.g. your paypal
>> >> account.
>> >>
>> >>> If there's a howto I have not been able to find I would appreciate a
>> >> link.
>> >>
>> >> There is only a small paragraph in the manual:
>> >>
>> >>
>> https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-manual/trans-import.html#trans-import-aqbanking
>> >>
>> >> In your case the trace file
>> >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile
>> >> could contain a clue.
>> >>
>> >>> Thanks again for your help
>> >>
>> >> HTH
>> >> Frank
>> >>
>> >>> On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM Frank H. Ellenberger <
>> >>> frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I suspect, André is aWindows user and needs to upgrade to 5.5-1:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20(stable)/5.5/gnucash-5.5-1.setup.exe
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regards
>> >>>> Frank
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Am 16.03.24 um 08:07 schrieb john:
>> >>>>> MT940 and CAMT.053 imports are done with File>Import>Import Using
>> >>>> AQBanking. Note that CAMT.053 is under XML, not CAMT in the import
>> >> selector.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>> John Ralls
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Mar 14, 2024, at 13:44, An Ku <proof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Dear all
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Unfortunately, my bank's CSV export is useless as it does not state
>> >>>>>> recipients or any useful information of transactions apart from the
>> >>>> amount
>> >>>>>> and date/time of execution. They do however provide the option to
>> >>>> download
>> >>>>>> MT940 as well as camt.053 (apart form PDFs). I understand there
>> used
>> >> to
>> >>>> be
>> >>>>>> an option to import MT940 transactions through an online banking
>> >> module,
>> >>>>>> but I cannot find it anywhere in the UI (I'm using windows and am
>> on
>> >>>> v5.5).
>> >>>>>> I found references to an external online banking package but no
>> how to
>> >>>> make
>> >>>>>> it run on a windows machine.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I'd appreciate any help on:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> - Importing an MT940 file directly
>> >>>>>> - Importing an camt.053 file directly
>> >>>>>> - Converting either MT940 or camt.053 files to CSV
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Thank you and kind regards,
>> >>>>>> André
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