When importing QFX, what does 'U+R' actually do?

[david.carlson.417]

Yes, I also dislike U + R for that reason, but I think that it also can change the date and possibly even the amount  for the 'similar' transaction which could totally obscure the original and possible match to a wrong existing transaction. 

David C

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From: "David T. via gnucash-user" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 
Date: 2/12/17  9:35 PM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: George Riner <georgeriner at mycogeo.com>, gnucash-user at gnucash.org 
Subject: Re: When importing QFX, what does 'U+R' actually do? 

If I recall correctly, the replacement in U+R will replace the Description field with the downloaded Description. This may not be your preference (I know it's not mine); you may wish in general to retain the description that you have for the transaction, rather than the bank's computer description. 
David 
 
  On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 1:38, George Riner<georgeriner at mycogeo.com> wrote:   I'm downloading transactions from my bank as QFX file. I then do a 
File->Import, select my downloaded file, and then it opens the 'Generic 
import transaction matcher' and does the 'bayesian matching' on 
transactions downloaded to matched transactions in the account. The 
choices of actions to take are the 'A', 'U+R', and 'R'. I get it that 
'A' is to have the downloaded transaction added to the account. I also 
get that 'R' is to mark the matching transaction in the account as 'c' 
in the R column. But I don't get what 'U+R' is doing. I take is that it 
means doing the 'R' part and marking the matching transaction in the 
account with a 'c' in the R column, but just what is the 'update' part 
of 'U+R' updating? The comment to the right of the downloaded 
transaction in the transaction matcher says: 'Update and reconcile 
(auto) match'. What is being 'updated' to the matching transaction?

Using Windows 10 (64-bit)
GnuCash v. 2.6.13

:George
Sebastopol

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