[Kmymoney] Problem importing simple CSV

[Louis-Philippe Allard]

On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Allan <agander93 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Louis-Philippe again
>
> <snip>
>
>  "Enter debit flag column number".
>>> This is very unclear.  I assume KMM is asking which column is containing
>>> the debit amounts but why would it ask that if it automatically detected
>>> it was column 3??  I tried leaving it blank and entering 3, same result
>>>
>>
>> Ah, yes.  This is a pre-historic problem, to match the version you are
>> using!
>>
>> That feature you've stumbled upon was introduced foe a particular user,
>> and > I can't at the moment even remember why it was needed.  However,
>> there are > a few ways of dealing with it.  The first and easiest is just
>> to hit
>> return.  Then to avoid the problem, if you are reasonably au fait with
>> editing, open the file ~/yourid/.kde(4)/share/config/csvimporterrc, and
>> look for the line
>> "DebitCol=-1".  Then, ensure KMyMoney has been closed, and change the
>> value > from -1 to 0 and save.  All being well, you should not see that
>> again.
>> Thirdly, and advisably, try to get on to a more up-to-date version of
>> KMM.  > Version 4.6.4 has recently been released.
>>
>
> I got that exactly wrong, I'm afraid.  I told you what I had just done in
> order to test.  You need to do the opposite - change the value from 0 to -1
> and save.
>
> Allan
>


thanks Allan for your replies!  I appreciate the help & effort.

simply put, can you (assuming I am using the latest KMM version) add
categories to a CSV when importing it so KMM maps the transactions to
certain categories? If not, this may be a requested feature to add!
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