[Kmymoney] Hello - new and looking for help and advice migrating from MsMoney to KMM

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

on Tuesday 09 August 2011 13:37:09 Peter Cave wrote:

> Hello
> My name is Peter and am relatively unfamiliar with lists so hope not to
> make too many mistakes here.

Everything is perfect. Could not find any mistakes.

> I am electronics hardware technical but not very good with intracies of
> software.
> 
> I have been trying for at least 6 months to migrate all programs in Win
> XP to Linux Mint 9 or 10 and in particular MS Money 2006 small
> business to any version of KMM available to me on Mint.
> 
> Mint 9 allows me to download KMM 1.0.4
> 
> Mint 10 gives me KMM 4.5.0

... and we have just released 4.6.0.  Does anyone know who packaged the Mint 
version of KMyMoney? Does the package contain any trace (e-mail would be 
fine)?


> I have my accounts - bank and credit card all ok on MS Money.
> 
> I can update these files with downloaded bank info in QIF format with
> no problem at all.
> 
> I can export/save/reimport each file completely/successfully in QIF
> format in MsMoney.
> 
> Ms Money gives the option of exporting in "Loose QIF" format to avoid
> truncating names/descriptions etc.

You should use that option to avoid truncating those items.


> My frustration is that when I import a QIF file into either of the above
> KMM versions, KMM seems to decide that all files belong to the asset
> group and all are checking accounts.

Part of that frustration is based on the fact, that QIF is a standard with 
just too many flavors. But I think we can get you up to speed.

> Credit card accounts are imported as assets / checking accounts.

KMyMoney is triggered by the first few lines of the QIF file. Most important 
is the '!Type' line. For a credit card account it should read:

!Type:CCARD

(case of those letters does not matter). What does your file have there? Does 
it make a difference, if you have that line?

> I am unable to change them.

Yes, that is a feature.

> Even after deleting all transactions in some of these accounts I cannot
> delete the account in some cases - not all.

That is, because the account is still referenced by another object (maybe a 
scheduled transaction)?


> Even if I make a new credit card (liability) account I cannot import QIF
> files directly to it.
> 
> If I move the transactions then I get duplicates without choice.

That is strange, but it could well be, since you're using an older version, 
that this has been fixed in the meantime.


> Most of the bank accounts import correctly as assets.

That's good to know.

> I have read some of the archives and this problem is alluded to by
> Martin on Fri 29 July 2011 - something to do with leading zeros and a
> bug report at http://bugs.debian.org/625993
> 
> A patch was mentioned but I do not know if this solves the same
> problem and my knowledge is insufficient to know how to apply such
> a patch if I had it.

That is totally unrelated to QIF import and only applies to online downloads 
using the HBCI protocol (which only exists in Germany).


> Sorry for such a long explanation - just trying to be fairly explicit
> as to what is happening.

The more, the better. Hopefully, we can get things to work for you pretty 
soon.


> My thanks in advance to anyone who can shed light on what I may be
> doing wrong before I lose all my greying hair.

Don't pull too much, that should help keeping the hair :)

If you don't get things to work, please get back to us via this list. There 
are a lot more people here who have gone through this before and can guide 
you. For me it is just too long ago to remember any details (9 years) and 
things have certainly changed in KMyMoney since then.

-- 

Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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