[GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-27 Thread B Wooster
$0 split transactions are not getting imported from QIF correctly. Non-zero transactions get imported fine. The problem is gnucash is flipping what is a withdrawal vs a deposit for $0 splits. The following QIF file shows the incorrect import. The signs on the Savings transfer are the same on both

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-27 Thread David Carlson
A zero amount is neither a deposit nor a withdrawal. It is merely a vehicle to hang a comment on. GnuCash wouldn't know the difference. On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 1:43 PM B Wooster wrote: > $0 split transactions are not getting imported from QIF correctly. > Non-zero transactions get imported fin

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-27 Thread B Wooster
If zero amounts are the issue, any chance of getting an option to treat it as positive? Maybe there should be an option to treat it as +0? Or better still, if looking at other transactions can show that split amounts are to be treated - such as Salary shows up in Total Withdrawal column (of Checkin

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-27 Thread B Wooster
On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 4:21 PM B Wooster wrote: > If zero amounts are the issue, any chance of getting an option to treat it > as positive? > Maybe there should be an option to treat it as +0? > Or better still, if looking at other transactions can show that split > amounts are to be treated - s

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-27 Thread David H
Gnucash 4.2 was re.leased this morning, why don't you try the current version - lots of fixes in the importers in version 4.1 I think it was Cheers David H. On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 06:24, B Wooster wrote: > If zero amounts are the issue, any chance of getting an option to treat it > as pos

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-27 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Hello, BWooster: I think I may see a terminology difference, which might be interfering with you making your question clear in this forum. On 2020-09-27 11:41, B Wooster wrote: $0 split transactions are not getting imported from QIF correctly. Non-zero transactions get imported fine. In Gnu

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-27 Thread B Wooster
Thanks everyone, I think once I clean up my example and terminology, I'll file a bug. Certainly the checking account is all fine as far as total balance is concerned - but then importing further accounts messes up every account - including checking. That is the same even if I include both checking

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-27 Thread Christopher Lam
Please file a bug, and include .qif and screenshots from Quicken to illustrate the transaction. On Sun, 27 Sep 2020 at 23:06, B Wooster wrote: > Thanks everyone, I think once I clean up my example and terminology, I'll > file a bug. > > Certainly the checking account is all fine as far as total

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-27 Thread David Carlson
Very few of us veteran users have imported Quicken files with release 4.x importer, but in the 'olden' days many of us found that due to the many liberties that Quicken allowed, we needed to start test imports with tiny chunks , see whether accounts were assigned correctly or not, matches found, e

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-28 Thread B Wooster
Found an existing bug report about this, from 2008, and recent comments from Quicken users pointing out how this makes it impossible to move to gnucash oh well. I added my "me too" waiting on the bug (12+ years... wonder if there is hope?!!) https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551459#c10

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-28 Thread David Carlson
That is interesting. I had not seen that bug report. It goes back to GnuCash Release 2.2.something. It seems like a real stretch to have a zero value transaction in account 'C' to record a transfer between accounts 'A' and 'B'. Quicken did and does allow some strange things I don't recall havin

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-09-28 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
I don't use QIF files, so I have no direct stake in this question. But, reading the discussion in bug 551459 (https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551459), it seems to me that we have the following situation: 1. different bookkeeping applications (Quicken, Moneydance) use what is ostensib

Re: [GNC] $0 splits in QIF imported incorrectly, flipping + and - values

2020-10-04 Thread B Wooster
Confirmed that removing the special processing if statement based on sum of totals fixes the import problem in gnucash for Quicken files. https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551459#c16 has details, and building locally for a one-time import operation fixed it for me. Essentially, remove the ne