Hi new here just tying to import tags from a csv to kmymoney
so far i tried csv import, qif import directly in kmymoney,
i installed skrooge and tried exporting a csv with tags from there and importing it in,
tried exporting a qif from skrooge also
I get the data and even memo lines but no tags i tried changing the names of the columns in the CSV also.
does anyone know an actual workaround that works to import tags in a csv or any other format. ???
Unfortunately, I don’t believe there is any current way to import tags into KMyMoney. Hopefully, someone will prove me wrong, but I’m not aware that tags were ever added to any of the importers.
In terms of where it might get implemented first, csv is probably a good candidate. Note that changing the column names in a csv file is irrelevant - what matters is what data type you map the column to. I am not aware that OFX can handle tags. Does the QIF format actually handle tags? If so, that is also a possibiity.
Actually, there are already several wishlist bugs filed for this. See bug #316951 and bug #405147 and bug #401066. There is also bug #502716, which doesn’t mention a specific import type.
i thought from reading the posts that qif could do it but i haven’t found a way
Technically, QIF has means to transport tag information. The QIF importer is one of the oldest we have (20+ years) and the developer who implemented tags did so only for the manual input but did not provide it to the import process. The import process consists of two parts: the first is to convert the information read in the specific format (QIF, CSV, …) into a general form and then read the data from this common format into KMyMoney. Today, both parts are missing tag support.
CSV is another possibility, but it might be wise to refactor the CSV import a lot before adding new features. I am not aware of a way that OFX can even transport tag information.