[Novalug] Quicken .qdf format -- How to convert QDF files -- QIF Master
Paul D. Bain
paulbain@pobox.com
Mon Oct 5 17:49:59 EDT 2009
This tool is apparently cheap:
http://thewoodwards.us/sw/QIFMaster/
Paul D. Bain wrote:
> Jon LaBadie wrote:
>
>> All this talk of GnuCash and KmyMoney got me thinking
>> about my financial records. They are in a nice ;)
>> proprietary format, several years worth of .qdf files.
>>
>> Sometimes it would be nice to be able to go into one
>> or a series of these backups and extract or chart some
>> of the records, eg the downward trend of IRA's :( .
>>
>> When I've done a websearch, I've been unable to find any
>> tool other than Quicken itself that can parse these files
>> and extract any data. And that would certainly be
>> tedious and not automated.
>>
>> Have I missed any programs or file layout descriptions
>> for Quicken's .qdf format?
>
> John,
>
> There are at least three possible solutions. First, Quicken almost
> certainly has an export feature that would allow you to save the QDF
> files in another, non-proprietary format, e.g., CSV's or XML.
>
> Second, several online services will allow you to convert from one
> format to another. E.g.:
>
> --http://file-convert.com/,
> --http://zamzar.com/, and
> --http://media-convert.com/
>
> Third, there is almost certainly OSS that will transform the QDF's. You
> should search using terms such as "extraction, transformation, and
> loading (ETL)," or "munging," or simply "transform." I suggest that you
> search on, for example, these sites: SourceForge.com, FreshMeat.net,
> Perl's CPAN.org, Python's "Vaults of Parnasuss" (probably misspelt), and
> maybe even code.Google.com. Examples of such software would include the
> various OSS ETL engines such as Jitterbit and Talend, both based on
> Java. Finally, take a look at www.Dataconv.org.
>
> You can find a bit of background information (on QDF's) here:
>
> http://www.file-extensions.org/qdf-file-extension
>
> Interestingly, the site www.Wotsit.org does not even recognize the QDF
> file extension. Dunno why.
>
> Sincerely,
> Paul Bain
>
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