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1.13 freda 17: .Dd $Mdocdate: December 3 2020 $
1.1 schwarze 18: .Dt PTA_IMPORT 1
19: .Os
20: .Sh NAME
21: .Nm pta_import
22: .Nd print pta journal entries from bank CSV file input
23: .Sh SYNOPSIS
24: .Nm pta_import
1.5 schwarze 25: .Fl I Ar accountname
1.2 schwarze 26: .Op Ar file
1.1 schwarze 27: .Sh DESCRIPTION
28: The
29: .Nm
1.2 schwarze 30: utility converts lines from a CSV
31: .Ar file
32: generated by a financial
1.1 schwarze 33: institution into journal entries used by
34: .Xr pta 1 .
1.2 schwarze 35: .Pp
36: If the
37: .Ar file
38: argument is omitted, standard input is read instead.
1.3 schwarze 39: .Pp
1.14 ! freda 40: The
1.5 schwarze 41: .Ar accountname
1.14 ! freda 42: argument corresponds to an existing
1.8 freda 43: .Pa ./import/ Ns Ar accountname Ns Pa .txt
44: configuration file.
1.5 schwarze 45: .Ss Configuration file format
1.8 freda 46: Each configuration file contains rules
1.7 freda 47: used to import transactions from a financial institution.
1.5 schwarze 48: Like all
49: .Xr pta 1
50: input files, it is an
51: .Xr ascii 7
52: text file using strings of one or more space characters
53: as the field delimiter and using the hash character
54: .Pq Sq #
55: in the first column to mark lines as ignored.
56: .Pp
1.7 freda 57: The rules are as follows:
58: .Bl -tag -width Ds
59: .It Ic ACCOUNT Ar csv_account_number
60: The number in
61: .Xr pta-accounts 5
62: of the bank or credit card account this CSV file contains entries for.
63: This rule is required in every configuration file.
1.11 freda 64: .It Ic AMOUNT Oo Ar debit_column Oc Ar credit_column
65: The column numbers in the CSV file containing amounts to be
66: booked on the debit or credits side of the contra account
67: .Ar account_number ,
68: respectively.
69: If
70: .Ar debit_column
71: is omitted, amounts preceded by a minus sign or enclosed
72: in parentheses are booked to the debit side.
1.10 freda 73: .It Ic COSTCENTER Ar costcenter_column
74: The column number in the CSV file containing the cost center.
75: Numbering starts from 1.
76: If this rule is not specified, no cost centers are assigned.
77: .It Ic DATE Ar date_column date_format
78: The column number in the CSV file containing the date.
79: Numbering starts from 1.
80: The
81: .Ar date_format
82: is one of
83: .Ic MM/DD/YY ,
84: .Ic MM/DD/YYYY ,
85: .Ic YYYY-MM-DD ,
86: or
87: .Ic DD.MM.YY .
88: This rule is required in every configuration file.
1.11 freda 89: .It Ic DESCRIPTION Ar descr_column ...
90: The column numbers in the CSV file to be concatenated to form the
91: text string for the journal entry.
92: Numbering starts from 1.
1.7 freda 93: .It Ic DELIM Ar delimiter
94: The character used to separate fields.
95: This rule is required in every configuration file.
96: Most financial institutions use commas but some use semicolons.
97: .It Ic HEADER Ar header
98: Skip the first line of the CSV file if it matches the
99: .Ar header
100: line verbatim, or cause parsing to fail if it does not.
101: .It Ic IGNORE Ar regular_expression
102: Skip all lines in the CSV file matching the
103: .Ar regular_expression .
1.10 freda 104: .It Ic QUANTITY Ar quantity_column
105: The column number in the CSV file containing the number of stock shares.
106: Numbering starts from 1.
107: If this rule is not specified, no information about the number of traded
108: securities is appended to the text string.
1.7 freda 109: .It Ic QUOTE Ar quote
110: Expects that every field starts and ends with the
111: .Ar quote
112: character.
113: .It Ar selector account_number booking_identifier
114: Lines in the CSV file that match the
1.5 schwarze 115: .Ar selector
1.7 freda 116: are associated with the contra account
1.5 schwarze 117: .Ar account_number
1.7 freda 118: and are assigned the
119: .Ar booking_identifier .
120: The selector is a string consisting of regular expressions separated
121: by delimiters defined in the
122: .Ic DELIM
123: rule.
124: .El
1.1 schwarze 125: .Sh FILES
1.12 freda 126: Example configuration files:
127: .Bl -tag -offset indent -width Ds -compact
1.8 freda 128: .It Pa ./import/bbva_usa.txt
1.9 freda 129: .It Pa ./import/capital_one_360.txt
1.8 freda 130: .It Pa ./import/capital_one_credit.txt
131: .It Pa ./import/chase_credit.txt
1.9 freda 132: .It Pa ./import/etrade_ira.txt
133: .It Pa ./import/optum_hsa.txt
1.8 freda 134: .It Pa ./import/sparkasse_camt.txt
135: .It Pa ./import/wellsfargo.txt
1.1 schwarze 136: .El
1.3 schwarze 137: .Pp
1.12 freda 138: Example CSV files:
139: .Bl -tag -offset indent -width Ds -compact
140: .It Pa ./csv/bbva_usa.csv
141: .It Pa ./csv/capital_one_360.csv
142: .It Pa ./csv/capital_one_credit.csv
143: .It Pa ./csv/chase_credit.csv
144: .It Pa ./csv/etrade_ira.csv
145: .It Pa ./csv/optum_hsa.csv
146: .It Pa ./csv/wellsfargo.csv
147: .El
1.1 schwarze 148: .Sh EXIT STATUS
149: .Ex -std
150: .Sh EXAMPLES
151: Add journal entries to a journal file using a CSV file generated by
1.13 freda 152: a financial institution, and a configuration file
153: .Pa ./import/my_bank.txt :
1.1 schwarze 154: .Pp
1.13 freda 155: .Dl "$ pta_import -I my_bank downloaded.csv >> journal.txt"
1.1 schwarze 156: .Pp
1.13 freda 157: The result of applying a configuration file
158: of the form
159: .Pa ./import/accountname.txt
160: to the corresponding CSV file
161: .Pa ./csv/accountname.csv
162: may be seen in
163: .Pa ./regress/import/expected/accountname.out .
1.1 schwarze 164: .Sh SEE ALSO
165: .Xr pta-accounts 5 ,
166: .Xr pta-journal 5 ,
167: .Xr pta-glossary 7
168: .Sh BUGS
169: Currently,
170: .Nm
171: has the following limitations:
172: .Bl -dash
173: .It
1.3 schwarze 174: Pattern recognition in the
1.8 freda 175: .Pa import/accountname.txt
1.3 schwarze 176: files is under continued development.
1.1 schwarze 177: .El
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