[Kmymoney] Exporting a .QIF file ...

[Zed]

aga <agander93 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:01:31 +1200 Zed <zed at zed.net.nz> wrote:
> 
> > aga <agander93 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:17:46 +0200 Michael Berger <idest at online.de>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Did you select an account in the field "Accounts to export"? In the
> > > > field "Contents to export" you must select either one or both of
> > > > "Accounts" and/or "Categories".
> > > > 
> > > > Hope that helps, Michael Berger
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 04/17/2013 07:18 AM, Zed wrote:
> > > > > Lost, once again!
> > > > >
> > > > > I've been venturing into parts of KMM other than simple accounting
> > > > > and decided to have a shot at exporting one of my accounts as a
> > > > > .QIF file. Unfortunately, I "fell at the first fence".
> > > > >
> > > > > When one chooses File/Export/QIF... the screen presented has a
> > > > > choice "File to export to" and give a choice of entering a file
> > > > > name or Browsing for one. The filter is QIF but I haven't yet got
> > > > > a QIF file on my computer.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have read the KMM user guide but that just repeats what is in
> > > > > the program itself.
> > > > >
> > > > > Would some kind person explain to me where I am going wrong,
> > > > > please?
> > > > >
> > > > > David
> > > > >
> > > 
> > > As Michael said, it is necessary to select the account you wish to
> > > export, and also either or both of "Accounts" and/or "Categories". So
> > > far as file name is concerned, one doesn't need to have an existing
> > > file.  If you choose to browse, rather than entering the path/name
> > > directly, just enter the name you wish to give to the file, without
> > > extension, then click save, and that path is then entered into the
> > > wizard, and that then will enable the Export button.  If instead, you
> > > enter the path and name directly, I notice a slight quirk, in that the
> > > extension is added as soon as the first letter of the name is entered.
> > > It's necessary to enter the rest of the name before the dot (of
> > > course).
> > 
> > Thank you Allan and Michael for the prompt response.
> > 
> > I followed your directions.  Firstly, using the Browse options, I
> > navigated to where I keep my KMM account.  When I entered the first
> > letter of the account name, the file name appeared (in this case
> > zed.kmy) and when I clicked on Save, the full path was shown.  The only
> > difference being that the extension was now .qif.  I ensured that both
> > Account and Categories were ticked and that I had a start (2011-06-01)
> > and finish (2013-04-18) date. But, the Export option was still greyed
> > out.
> > 
> > I then chose the alternative by entering the first letter of a file name
> > and, as you stated, the .qif extension magically appeared.  I completed
> > the name.  There was no Save option.  I ensured that both the Account
> > and Categories options had a tick and also that a start and finish dates
> > were chosen.  Again, the Export option remained greyed out.
> > 
> > I repeated both exercises by first choosing the Default profile with the
> > same result and then leaving that option blank.  There was no
> > difference.
> > 
> > So, as you will realise, I am still "falling at the first fence". Would
> > it be because I am still using v3.98.1 of KMM?
> > 
> >  Any suggestions as to where I am going wrong would be much
> > appreciated?
> > 
> > David
> > 
> 
> A follow-up on my previous response, is it by any chance an investment
> account you were choosing to export?  That capability was only introduced
> about a year ago, but checking accounts and categories should work.
> 
> Allan
> 

No investment accounts.  Just cheque, savings and credit card.

I have looked at downloading and installing the latest version
(kmymoney-4.6.3.tar3bz2) but it seems horribly complicated.  I did extract
and and tried the usual configure, make, make install but again "fell at the
first fence" as configure returned a no such file.  SolusOS is based on
Deibian Stable and there doesn't ap[ear to be a .deb file for the current
version :-(

Again, thanks for your very prompt reply.

David

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David
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