OFX import not matching previous selections

[Derek Atkins]

Don Coleman <don at coleman.org> writes:

> If E*Trade is only including one field, and they are all exactly the same
> value, then if I understand what you have stated here, I'm screwed -- the
> matching system will never be able to distinguish between the entires which
> all have the exact same value for what is put into the Description field in
> the accounts view.

Correct.

> So if I pre-process the QXF file to add a hand crafted "<DESC>" field (a
> simple script keying off the "<TRNAMT>" field, for in my particular case, this
> is the differentiator in my dataset -- I know if it's a deposit check for 10
> dollars, its from Joe, and if it's for 20, it's from Jane) will gnucash then
> "figure out" this matching?

On your modified file, yes.

> Another option is, how hard is this to add to gnucash?  Pointers to a source
> module would be appreciated (I'm an old-time C hacker, but have never looked
> at the internals of gnucash).

src/import-export/ contains the matching code.

-derek

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