Westpac QIF Converter for GNUCash

Notes

1. Details about the QIF format can be found here https://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/pim/qif-doc/QIF-doc.htm

2. Using the file names which are already described in this file will make copying and pasting each command easier. Notably, changing <export_date> is required.

3. Ensure CMD is in the directory which the Python files are located

1. Export From Westpac

1. Go to Westpac Online Banking
2. Export each account separately as QIF
3. Move these files into data/<export_date>
4. Use these names: raw_eSaver.qif, raw_choice.qif

2. Remove transfers between accounts

1. Run this command You only need to do this to one account. As GNUCash is a double-entry booking system, it will reproduce the transactions we are about to remove. If we skip this step, we will see the transfer transactions twice causing errors in our data. This command should be ran on the Choice QIF file to reduce the size of it

python remove-acc-tfr.py data/<export_date>/raw_choice.qif data/<export_date>/tfr_removed_choice.qif

3. Convert to CSV

1. Run these commands in cmd:

python qif-to-csv.py data/<export_date>/raw_esaver.qif data/<export_date>/esaver.csv

python qif-to-csv.py data/<export_date>/tfr_removed_choice.qif data/<export_date>/choice.csv

4. Make a copy of the new csv files

1. Run these commands in cmd:

copy data\<export_date>\esaver.csv data\<export_date>\esaver_labeled.csv

copy data\<export_date>\choice.csv data\<export_date>\choice_labeled.csv

Note: Unix copy is cp. Windows copy is copy.

5. Process in Excel

1. Open esaver_labeled.csv and choice_labeled.csv in Excel
2. Remove row 1 which should read; !Type:Bank
3. Add a column before column A
4. Add the row number to the cells in column A. This will be used to sort the transactions back into the order they were exported in. That is; A1 = 1, A2 = 2, A3 = 3, ..., A<n> = <n>
5. Modify the column after the L flag accordingly. This is the category flag. You will see flags D, M, T, L and ^ in each row
6. If you have sorted the data during step 4, resort in ascending order on column A to return it to its original state
7. Remove column A
8. Add a row above row 1 and put !Type:Bank into cell A1

6. Convert back to QIF

1. Run these commands in cmd:

python csv-to-qif.py data/<export_date>/esaver_labeled.csv data/<export_date>/esaver_labeled.qif

python csv-to-qif.py data/<export_date>/choice_labeled.csv data/<export_date>/choice_labeled.qif

2. IMPORTANT: Open both files and remove the commas on line 1. Line 1 should only read: !Type:Bank

7. Import into GNUCash

1. Open your GNUCash cash file

2. Select File->Import->QIF

3. Use the choice_labeled.qif and esaver_labeled.qif files

4. Enter your account names; Assets:Westpac Choice Assets:Westpac eSaver

5. Follow the prompts

Done!