Version:           4.5 (using KDE 1.2) 
OS:                Linux

This query/response from Allan (CSV importer plugin author)  & Thomas Baumgart explains the problem better than I can. 

Hi,

on Saturday 21 May 2011 17:41:10 aga wrote:

> Hi Thomas
> 
> You may have missed this point in this busy thread, but I've been
> helping Timothy with some import difficulties, and one of these
> relates to  importing (of a QIF file) an investment transaction requiring a 
> transfer to/from a checking account.

I saw that and say thanks because I currently don't have too much time for 
support.

> In his QIF file, Timothy has this type of line  'L[Bank Accounts:chq]',
> having setup 'Bank Accounts as an asset type account, and chq as a
> checking sub-account.  He found that those transactions, while
> importing the investment side, did not do a transfer, but were flagged,
> I think, as needing an account.  My understanding is that this is a
> valid construction and should do what Timothy was expecting.
> 
> After some experimentation, I found that provided his accounts were
> already set up as above, the QIF file entry needed to be just '[chq],
> and that would correctly transfer the proceeds to/from the correct
> account.  Incidentally, QIF import also auto-created a top-level 'chq'
> account, which remained empty.  This has at least, got him a way to
> proceed.  Subsequent imports appeared to ignore the new auto account,
> somehow, and go into the correct sub-account.
> 
> Should KMM handle 'L[Bank Accounts:chq]' like this, or is this a bug,
> do you think?  There is a subsidiary question about into which 'chq'
> account the transfer would be made, if there were a top-level or
> su-account of that name.

KMM should support it (well, in fact it's the old QIF importer that does not 
somehow) and it should use it and not a top-level even if it exists. At least 
it seems that this part is working.
-- 
Regards
Thomas Baumgart


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Requires QIF file with investments transactions NBuyX or NSellX or NDivX which implies a transfer of monies to/from another account indicated by L[parent:sub-account]. File>Import>QIF. Select QIF file; default profile; Source both Bank statement and other.
!Type:Invst

D3/11/04

NBuyX

YsecurityA

I1.311137

Q1,545.613

T2,026.51

L[Bank-Accounts:chq]

$2,026.51

^



Actual Results:  
The file is imported without problems. However in the ledger view of the investment account/securityA, the transaction is flagged (yellow triangle/exclamation). The account field is blank and no money is transferred to the chq account as above

Expected Results:  
It should have done the Buy/Sell with money correctly transferred to/from the specified account and with the account parent:name in the account field

1)As mentioned in the details Allan discovered that the transaction worked correctly if the line in the QIF  was L[chq] and not L[Bank-Accounts:chq]. A side effect was the auto-creation of another chq at top level, but no transfers to this particular account.

2)I should mention that I am running KMM 1.0.5 on KDE 3.5.10. However the problems experienced have been confirmed by Allan who is running KMM 4.5x on up-to-date KDE.