On 2022.06.18 17:01, Samantha Ahuja via KMyMoney-devel wrote:
Hello,
thanks for your work on this great software. I have a question
regarding investment importing options that are not apparent in the
wizard and are problem known only or mostly by developers. Normally
it asks you to pick which two accounts to use in the importing dialog
after doing the field matchup, but I was able to put “Account
Name:investment1” in the csv header. It was recognized and only asked
me for the checking account. Is it possible to specify the checking
account separately in the csv as well? Ideally I would like to
specify different account combinations per transaction line. Can any
other data be specified in the cab that is not shown in the import
wizard? Such as tags? Thank you!
Unfortunately, I do not believe you can enter the second account in the
csv file itself. You need to understand that when you import a data
file, you are importing it to a single account. In your case, this is
the investment account. The thing that makes this different from
importing, for example, a checking account, is that an investment
account is associated with a brokerage account, which does happen to be
a checking account. If any of the investment transactions involve
using or generating cash, that split is associated with the brokerage
account, so the importer may ask you to identify a checking account.
Eventually, after many imports, there will be enough transactions using
that brokerage account, that the importer will be able to figure out to
use it without having to ask.
This is all an unintended consequence of KMM Investments not being able
to hold cash, and thus needing an associated brokerage account. There
is a wishlist bug filed requesting that be changed, but it would
involve significant changes, and is not expected to be implemented any
time soon.
Jack
