GnuCash import difficulty and interim solution

[Jonathan Kimmitt]

Hi Jack,
  I am using Apple M1 macOS 14.2.1 (23C71), with GnuCash Version: 5.4 Build ID: 5.4+(2023-09-23) and KMyMoney Version 5.1.3-33a66be8a

The converter was written with OCaml 5.0.0 but I would not expect any lack of portability for the XML handling.

The error when trying to open the GnuCash XML  in the GUI was:
Could not read your data source. Please check the KMyMoney settings that the necessary plugin is enabled.

Based on what Mark was saying, it sounds like the failure is something quite trivial, however I lack the knowledge to debug it.

Regards,
Jonathan

> On 6 Jan 2024, at 16:23, Jack via KMyMoney-devel <kmymoney-devel at kde.org> wrote:
> 
> On 1/6/24 10:36, Jonathan Kimmitt via KMyMoney-devel wrote:
>> (*
>> Dear kMyMoney developers,
>>   I came across KMyMoney while looking for a replacement for the recently deceased QuickBooks Desktop.
>> Having gone to the trouble of converting my accounts from Quickbooks to GnuCash, I was a little disappointed
>> that the “open Gnucash XML file” feature didn’t seem to work. I offer you a crude standalone converter which someone
>> might be able to work up into a general purpose importer. Comments welcome. At the moment I don’t have non UK
>> currencies to work with. The extrapolation should be a simple exercise.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Jonathan
>> *)
> 
> Thanks for the contribution.  I'll let others comment on how we might use it.  However, my first question is what didn't work on trying to open a GnuCash XML file.  Along with that, I'd ask what version of KMyMoney, and what operating system/distribution are you using?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jack
>