Import Swisscard statements into bexio with importly
importly recognizes Swisscard statements automatically – the card statements of American Express, Mastercard and Visa from the Swisscard portal.
Which files importly reads from Swisscard
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| Transaction export CSV | The transaction export from the Swisscard portal, two variants |
German, Italian and English column headers are recognized.
Step 1: Download the statement from Swisscard
- Log in to the Swisscard customer portal.
- Open the card whose transactions you want to post.
- Choose the export function and CSV as the format.
- Set the desired period and download the file.
Step 2: Import the file into importly
- Open the entries table in importly.
- Drag the file anywhere onto the page. The import opens automatically.
- importly shows you the detected format – for a Swisscard statement, Swisscard is at the top. If something doesn’t match, pick a different format in the Detected format field or create a new template via Create / edit template.
- Select your bank account from the chart of accounts, for example 1020.
- Check the preview and click Import.
If your table already contains rows, importly asks whether the new entries should be appended or the existing ones replaced.
What importly does with each column
| Column in the statement | Field in importly |
|---|---|
| Transaktionsdatum / Transaction date / Data transazione | Date |
| Beschreibung / Description / Descrizione | Description |
| Betrag / Amount / Importo | Amount with sign |
| Registrierte Kategorie | not imported |
The sign is resolved into debit and credit: when money comes in, your bank account is in Debit; when money goes out, in Credit. importly leaves the contra account empty – you set it in the table or through your rules.
The statement lists incoming and outgoing payments in one amount column with a sign. importly converts that into debit and credit.
For a card statement, the contra account is usually not the bank account but the credit card account from your chart of accounts. Select it accordingly during the import.
Adjusting document number and description
The two pattern fields in the import window let you decide what ends up in the description and document number. When you click into the field, importly suggests the available values as placeholders. importly remembers your setting for your next Swisscard import.
If something doesn’t work
importly doesn’t recognize the format Check that you downloaded the CSV file and not the PDF. importly cannot read PDF statements. If the file is correct and still nothing is recognized, you can send it to us directly from the import window – we’ll add the format.
Special characters are displayed incorrectly Import the file exactly as you downloaded it. If it is opened in Excel and re-saved along the way, the character encoding is often lost.
Rows are missing The export is limited to the selected period. An import can contain at most 5,000 rows.
Amounts end up on the wrong side This happens when the wrong bank account was selected. The debit-credit decision depends solely on the sign in the statement and the selected bank account.