Luc, Please go through the guided CSV import. I left out the transfer accounts, and I will fix that, but the first successful import is the most important one. Once you start seeing your data show up in the register, things will get much easier.
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Guided_CSV_Import If you have any issues with the Guided CSV Import, let me know, and I'll answer your questions/fix the instructions. Second, like others, I would not recommend using GnuCash to forecast the way that you're doing, but I'm also not going to suggest it's the worst idea. That said, you can export the chart of accounts (CSV export), and import that into a spreadsheet, and then use the columns as periods, months, quarters, half-years, years, whatever you want. No matter how you setup a budget/forecast, I do recommend learning how to import transactions CSV. > On 09/15/2026 6:48 AM PDT 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.
