reconciling bank statements

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

neither importer will match a standard transaction against a
split transaction.  I don't know why you split this transaction,
but that's why it's not matching.

-derek

Matt Funk <mafunk at nmsu.edu> writes:

> Hi,
>
> i had a question concerning the reconciliation of my bank statement with my
> gnucash bank:checking account. 
> In my gnucash:checking account i have the following entry
> 06/17/05; Farmers; --Spit Transaction--; 55.43
>
> which i entered after i made the payment. This is (among other accounts) being 
> credited (or debited...?) to my gnucash insurance account. (farmers is my car 
> insurance company)
>
> When i import the bank statement (.qfx file) i have the following in the 
> listing:
> 06/17/05; FARMERS NEVAD   ;DES=E PAY ; 55.43
>
> and it tells me that it is red (i.e. it doesn't find a match and won't import 
> it). I thought at first that it might be because it
> is a split transaction. However, there are splits that it does just fine and 
> then there are normal entries which are not matched either.
>
> I guess i don't understand how come it doesn't match the entries according to 
> the amount (wouldn't that be the first matching criteria? maybe not ?)
>
> can somebody explain the matching criteria to me (i mean how it implemented in
> gnucash).
>
> Or maybe i have to set some setting/preference for it to match correctly?
>
> and then, if it simply doesn't match right what do i do with the double 
> entries? Delete them by hand?
>
> i love gnucash though...
>
> thanks
> mat
>
>
> ps: by the way, is there any advantage in choosing qif over qfx files or vice 
> versa?
>
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