see Issue 12 - add Microsoft Money support✓
Microsoft .mny files are Microsoft Jet Database / Microsoft Access files. To work with these files you'll need the mdbtools installed. Pynomina will convert the money file table contents to JSON, add a YAML header file and create a ZIP file for the results. You might want to first theck whether this process works for you using the money-zip command line tool that comes with pynomina.
money-zip -h
usage: money-zip [-h] [-ct] [-d] [--keep] [--version] [-o OUTPUT] [mny_file]
Convert Microsoft Money files to ZIP
positional arguments:
mny_file Microsoft Money file to convert
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-ct, --checktools Check if required tools are installed
-d, --debug Enable debug output
--keep Keep the temporary files after conversion
--version show program's version number and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Specify the output directory - default:
/tmp/[basename]_money_dump
money-zip -h
usage: money-zip [-h] [-ct] [-d] [--keep] [--version] [-o OUTPUT] [mny_file]
Convert Microsoft Money files to ZIP
positional arguments:
mny_file Microsoft Money file to convert
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-ct, --checktools Check if required tools are installed
-d, --debug Enable debug output
--keep Keep the temporary files after conversion
--version show program's version number and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Specify the output directory - default:
/tmp/[basename]_money_dump
money-zip --checktools
✔ mdb-ver is available
✔ mdb-tables is available
✔ mdb-json is available
The --keep option makes sure the temporary output files are available for inspection
money-zip datevtest.mny --keep
/tmp/datevtest_mdb_dump/nomina.yaml ...
ADDR ...
✖ ADDR → /tmp/datevtest_mdb_dump/ADDR.json
...
CAT ...
✔ CAT → /tmp/datevtest_mdb_dump/CAT.json
ACCT ...
✔ ACCT → /tmp/datevtest_mdb_dump/ACCT.json
...
TRN ...
✔ TRN → /tmp/datevtest_mdb_dump/TRN.json
...
→ Creating zip archive...
✔ Temporary files kept in /tmp/datevtest_mdb_dump
✔ Conversion complete. Output file: datevtest.zip
You can now inspect the JSON files
money-zip --checktools
✔ mdb-ver is available
✔ mdb-tables is available
✔ mdb-json is available
The --keep option makes sure the temporary output files are available for inspection
money-zip datevtest.mny --keep
/tmp/datevtest_mdb_dump/nomina.yaml ...
ADDR ...
✖ ADDR → /tmp/datevtest_mdb_dump/ADDR.json
...
CAT ...
✔ CAT → /tmp/datevtest_mdb_dump/CAT.json
ACCT ...
✔ ACCT → /tmp/datevtest_mdb_dump/ACCT.json
...
TRN ...
✔ TRN → /tmp/datevtest_mdb_dump/TRN.json
...
→ Creating zip archive...
✔ Temporary files kept in /tmp/datevtest_mdb_dump
✔ Conversion complete. Output file: datevtest.zip
You can now inspect the JSON files
{
"hacct": 1,
"ast": 0,
"at": 0,
"szFull": "test Girokonto",
"amtOpen": 0.0000,
"dtOpen": "01/00/00 00:00:00",
"dtEndRec": "01/00/00 00:00:00",
"dtOpenRec": "01/00/00 00:00:00",
"fFavorite": 0,
"fClosed": 0,
"fInRec": 0,
"fTaxRel": 0,
"fRetirement": 0,
"hfi": 2,
"hcrnc": 14,
"fVatEnabled": 1,
"grp": 3,
"fStmtRequested": 0,
"fAutobalance": 0,
"fDebtPlan": 0,
"cpm": -1,
"dtIntRateChg": "01/00/00 00:00:00",
"frqDebtPay": -1,
"dtNextDebtPay": "01/00/00 00:00:00",
"fEmpMatch": 0,
"fEmpMatchPost": 0,
"fAdjustAmtPost": 0,
"frq": -1,
"frqCpd": -1,
"iPmtMax": -1,
"fCanadian": 0,
"fCoupon": 0,
"fLent": 0,
"fARM": 0,
"dtNextAdj": "01/00/00 00:00:00",
"frqAdj": -1,
"ctrnPartialChecks": 0,
"fGotInterest": 0,
"fGotService": 0,
"lDebtHtrn": -1,
"dtClose": "01/00/00 00:00:00",
"grfAdvice": 0,
"dtCBPost": "01/00/00 00:00:00",
"lCB": -1,
"olatHint": 0,
"dtCBCut": "01/00/00 00:00:00",
"DATEV": "0001200"
}
nomina -l -s -i datevtest.zip
In the browser you should see:
datevtest.zip (MS-MONEY-ZIP) 1999-09-11-1999-09-11 1 accounts, 1 transactions
Please note that nomina itself does not have a lot of features to work with your personal finance managament content yet. You might want to use the # Issue 7 - command line conversion support✓ and start a discussion or issue to have your own needs covered.