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- <h1>Using the Import external files feature</h1>
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- <p>HomeBank is able to import files downloaded from your bank institution,
- and also files exported from some various other personal accounting
- software, like Money, Quicken, GnuCash, via the <a href="#format">supported file format</a></p>
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- <ul class="toc">
- <li>Step 1: <a href="#step1">Open the import assistant dialog</a></li>
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- <li>Step 2: <a href="#step2">Select a file to import</a></li>
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- <li>Step 3: <a href="#step3">File analysis result</a></li>
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- <li>Step 4: <a href="#step4">Adjust what to import</a></li>
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- <li>Step 5: <a href="#step5">Update your accounts</a></li>
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- <h3 id="step1">Step 1: Open the import assistant dialog</h3>
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- <p>From the <em>main window</em>:</p>
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- <ul>
- <li>Select the File/Import... menu</li>
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- <li>The import assistant will open and will then guide you through the different steps
- for importing a file</li>
- </ul>
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+ <h1>Using the Import files feature</h1>
+ <p>HomeBank is able to import one or several downloaded statements from your bank or credit card,
+ or maybe exported from some other programs, in the following formats:</p>
+
+ <p class="padleft">
+ <b>Recommended:</b> .OFX or .QFX<br>
+ <i>(Sometimes named Money™ or Quicken™)</i><br>
+ <b>Supported:</b> .QIF<br>
+ <i>(Common Quicken™ file)</i><br>
+ <b>Advanced users only:</b> .CSV<br>
+ <i>(format is specific to HomeBank, <a href="misc-csvformat.html#txn">see the documentation</a>)</i><br>
+ </p>
+
+ <ul class="toc">
+ <li>Step 1: <a href="#step1">Open the import assistant dialog</a></li>
+ <li>Step 2: <a href="#step2">Select file(s) to import</a></li>
+ <li>Step 3: <a href="#step3">Adjust what to import for each account</a></li>
+ <li>Step 4: <a href="#step4">Confirmation</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ <p><img src="images/d-warn.png"> <span class="warning">Starting v5.2, the assigments occurs when you validate the import.</span></p>
+ </div>
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- <h3 name="step2">Step 2: Select a file to import</h3>
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- <p>In this page, you will select a single file to import. As default, HomeBank will filter the file on every known formats,
- you can filter on a precise format if you want.</p>
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-<p>When you have not selected a file, or the file is not supported:<br>
- <img class="gtkshot" src="images/use-import2a.png"></p>
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- <p>When the file is supported:<br>
- <img class="gtkshot" src="images/use-import2b.png"></p>
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+ <h3 id="step1">Step 1: Open the import assistant dialog</h3>
+ <p>From the <em>main window</em>:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Select the File/Import... menu<br>
+ The import assistant will open, with an empty file list</li>
+ <br>
+ <li>By dropping one or several file to import<br>
+ The import assistant will open, with the file dropped already into the file list</li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>then you will be guided you through the different steps for importing the files</p>
+ <div class="clear"></div>
+ </div>
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- <h3 id="step3">Step 3: File analysis result</h3>
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- <img class="gtkshot left" src="images/use-import3.png">
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- <p>In this page, you will see a summary of the file currently in the import process
- with a count of accounts, transactions, payees and categories.</p>
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- <p>When you import a QIF/CSV file, you will be able to change the default date order here
- if the load failed on this. he default date order can be configured into the preferences dialog.</p>
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+ <h3>Step 2: Select file(s) to import</h3>
+ <p>You can again drop some files here, or use the +/- button to pick up some files to import.</p>
+ <img class="gtkshot left" src="images/use-import2.png"></p>
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- </div>
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+ </div>
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- <h3 id="step4">Step 4: Adjust what to import</h3>
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- <h4>Account to import</h4>
- <img class="gtkshot left" src="images/use-import4a.png">
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- <p>In this section, you control the accounts to be imported.</p>
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- <p>Depending the file format, HomeBank will try to match the account by its number or its name.</p>
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- <p>For QIF: the match will be done by the account name</p>
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- <p>For OFX: by account number, HomeBank try to find the OFX number as a substring of an account number.</p>
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- <p>For CSV: a default account will be created, change this manually if required.</p>
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- <P>However, for some QIF files, or any CSV files, there is no information that will permit to identify the
- account to import, so you will to manage this manually.</p>
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- <div class="clear"></div>
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- <h4>Transactions to import</h4>
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- <img class="gtkshot left" src="images/use-import4b.png">
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- <p>In this section, you control the transactions to be imported.</p>
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- <p>HomeBank will detect if a transaction you currently want to import
- already exists, and if so will not check the import box for that transaction
- and you also have a warning icon.</p>
-
- <p>If some transaction are suspected to have duplicates, you will be able to view the
- duplicates in the "Detail of duplicate transaction" for each transaction you select.</p>
+ <h3 id="step3">Step 3: Adjust what to import for each account</h3>
+ <p>For each account, you will be able to select what to import with several option, depending on the format.</p>
- <p>Once you unfold this section, you can also change some detection parameters and refresh.</p>
-
- <p> The detection is done in the following order: account, amount, and date
- according to the defined tolerance (default is 0 days).</p>
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- <div class="clear"></div>
- </div>
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- <h3 id="step5">Step 5: Update your accounts</h3>
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-<p><img class="gtkshot left" src="images/use-import5.png"></p>
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- <p>This last step will show the synthesis of what is to be imported.</p>
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- <p>The number of accounts to update / create.</p>
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- <p>The number of transaction to be imported, rejected and the one for which
- automatic assignment was done for payee and/or category.</p>
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- <div class="clear"></div>
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+ <h4>Import xxxxxx into</h4><img class="gtkshot right" src="images/use-import3a.png">
+ <p>where xxxxxx will be <b>this file</b> or <b>this account</b>. If you put the mouse over it, you will get
+ some information on a tooltip: Name, Number, File, Encoding.</p>
+
+ <h4>Target account</h4>
+ <p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><New account (global)> : is a global account to merge several file/account</li>
+ <li><New account> : import in a separate account<br>
+ <li>... all your existing account ...</li>
+ <li><Skip this account> : to completely skip the account</li>
+ </ul>
+ </p>
+
+ <h4>Automated account target</h4>
+ <p>Except for .CSV, HomeBank will try to match the account by its number at first, then by its name.</p>
+ <p>For this to work, of course the number (for OFX) or name (for OFX/QIF) into HomeBank must be a substring
+ or exact string of what it is into the file to import. For example:<br>
+ if your account number is <i>1234</i> and the number into the file is 1111 666 <i>1234</i> 77 it should match and preset
+ the target account for you.</p>
+
+ <p>If the file do not contains any reliable account information, you will get a <img src="images/d-warn.png"> icon right to the target account dropdown.</p>
+
+ <h4>Import options</h4>
+ <p>Depending on the format, you will have several option, similar to the one you have configured into the preferences.</p>
+
+
+ <h4>Transactions to import</h4><img class="gtkshot right" src="images/use-import3b.png">
+ <p>Here you will select the transactions to be imported, with the tick column, or select all, none, invert option.</p>
+ <p>By default, HomeBank will detect exact duplicate (within the current import), and depending on the target account, the
+ similar transaction into the target account and mark them with a <img src="images/hb-ope-similar.png"> icon.</p>
+
+ <h4>Similar transaction in target account</h4>
+ <p>This section will be showed for transaction suspected to already
+ exists. You can also change the date gap here. The similar detection refresh when you change the target account or the date gap.</p>
+ <p>The detection of similar transaction is done in the following order, according to the date gap (default is 0 days = exact).</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>same account</li>
+ <li>same amount</li>
+ <li>same date (with the configured tolerance)</li>
+ </ul>
+ <div class="clear"></div>
+ </div>
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- <h3 id="format">Supported file formats</h3>
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- <ul>
- <li>QIF - Quicken Interchange Format</li>
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- <li>QFX - Quicken Financial Exchange</li>
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- <li>OFX - Open Financial Exchange</li>
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- <li>CSV - Comma-Separated Value - (specific format rules, <a href=
- "misc-csvformat.html">detailed here</a>)</li>
- </ul>
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-
- </div>
+ <h3 id="step4">Step 4: Confirmation</h3>
+ <p>At last, the synthesis of what is to be imported, for each account.</p>
+ <p><img class="gtkshot" src="images/use-import4.png"></p>
+ <div class="clear"></div>
+ </div>
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