documentation for OFX import

[Risto Paasila]

Thanks for the quick answer.
Would it be possible to somehow match the imported transaction with  
the invoice after the import is complete?

Risto.


On 16/08/2007, at 12:40 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:

> Quoting Risto Paasila <rpaasila at bigpond.net.au>:
>
>> I have tried to find documentation on OFX import in the wiki,
>> concepts guide and the help manual, but there doesn't seem to be any.
>> In particular I want to know whether importing bank transactions
>> using OFX is supposed to go against invoices. I have gnucash 2.0.5.
>
> No, it is not.
>
>> I have set up invoices for customers, which appear in the account
>> receivables account,
>> so when they have paid, the imported transaction should automatically
>> go against the invoice,
>> so that the payment should show up in the customer report.
>
> Nope, you need to Process Payment manually, you cannot use any  
> importer
> to import Business transactions.  However, you CAN use the importer to
> match duplicates against already-existing business transactions, but
> I'm afraid GnuCash can't do what you're asking.
>
>> Thank you.
>> Risto
>
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