2026-08-26 GnuCash IRC logs
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13:05:12 <Robert847> Hello Today I am trying to import import transactions from a CSV file. I am using GnuCAsh 5.16 in Windows 11. I have been going around in circles on the Import Preview screen and I can't seem to find an up to date help source. I figured out that Commodity entry errors occur if there isn't a matching commodity in the data file. That isn't documented anywhere I could find. I also sometimes seem to lose the import account selection wh
13:05:12 <Robert847> en I save the settings. I now see that there is a clever lightbulb line hinting reasons the next box isn't active, but I don't seem to be able to fix all the problems. Why do I have to use a negated amount but not an amount?
13:06:54 <Robert847> Is that a bug?
13:10:11 <Robert847> Do I have to edit the CSV to include a description in every line of some field to use for descriptions?
13:23:13 <Robert847> Actually, what is the difference between an amount and a value?
13:28:36 <Robert847> Is there a way to flag arbitrary lines to exclude from the import to make the file import eligible to go to the match transactions window?
13:29:53 <Robert847> without further editing before importing?
13:55:09 <Robert847> Is there supposed to be a Deposit and/or Withdrawal choice available for a column header?
14:00:22 <Robert847> I found an orphan page in the WIKI called CSV Amount. That seems to be the beginning of an updated help page for CSV imports.
15:37:13 <warlord> Amount == quantity in commodity; value == quantity in currency. E.g. Amount == #shares, value == $value of shares (#shares x price)
15:38:09 <warlord> Beyond that... CSV imports are extremely... rigid. There is not a lot of leeway in the CSV format that gnucash expects. You may be better off writing a script that will format a QIF file.
18:30:35 <Robert847> How hard would it be to fix those three orphan wiki pages to work correctly in release 5.16 and set up links to them from the FAQ page? If I had the info I think I could do it.
18:35:37 <Robert847> I was an English major in high school and minor in college
19:07:23 <Robert847> An Alternative would be to edit the CSV Transaction section of the User manual to fix the broken parts for the Release 5.16 version.
19:10:19 <Robert847> Perhaps that would be easiest by first creating a wiki page titled something like CSV Transaction Import Details to use as a template.
19:27:25 <Robert847> I could also cherrypick known to me problems with the manual and fix them one at a time, but that is hard for others to proofread.
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