Perhaps there’s a misunderstanding about the meaning and purpose of a multisplit transaction in an import file.
Generally, transactions are effected using two lines (splits), one debit, the other credit. Sometimes one needs to divide a single debit on one side with two or more credits on the other (or vice versa). For example, a single bank payment that bought both gas and snacks at a service station. When importing this automatically, the latter case requires the data be in a specific format to represent the multiple split (gas vs snacks). In your case, the vast majority of your examples are ordinary (single split) transactions. You can simply create a number of separate transactions in your list and import them all together in a single csv. Or am I missing something here? Paul > On Sep 15, 2026, at 5:55 PM, Luc Maisonobe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Le mardi 15 septembre 2026 à 23:11 +1000, flywire a écrit : >> You certainly can import all those transactions as a multi-split. The >> easiest way to learn it is to enter a few typical transactions into >> GnuCash, export them as a CSV, and then create a new book without any >> transactions. By importing the data back into that clean book, you >> can systematically work out which fields are essential and which ones >> aren't required at all. >> >> However, I think the bigger issue here is that you are confused about >> how this fits into your workflow. What exactly are you trying to >> achieve? >> > > My initial issue was that I want to anticipate about my upcoming > retirement, with a decrease of income and still some loans to pay back. > I attempted to do that using the scheduled transactions feature in > Gnucash, but hit a limit when scheduling transactions too far in the > future (I need several years here). > > The developers explained to me that scheduled transactions were not > designed for such long term forecast. They suggested two options: > either I use the budget feature, or I create a CSV file with > transactions far in the future and I import them. The wiki pages about > multi-split CSV import describe the concepts, but they do not provide > any examples. So the developers suggested I present a simplified > version of the problem here on the list, where I could get answers that > would be visible and therefore could benefit everyone in the Gnucash > community. They will probably improve the wiki pages with this dummy > example. > > best regards > Luc > >> Regards > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
