duplicate checks when importing from .qif

[Doug Laidlaw]

Your original check entry has the number in the Check Number field and the 
bank download has it in the Particulars field.  But I shouldn't generalize.  
The Australian and US versions of Quicken are sufficiently different that I 
couldn't open files created in an American demo into the Aussie product.  It 
appears too that there is no standard format for a QIF file.  It is 
interesting that the 2002 version will do it - I am using version 7.0.

Regards,

Doug.

On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:58, Steve Neuharth <steveneu@tiny.net> wrote:
> It doesn't seem like there's really any intellegence involved: just check
> the check number field in the qif and compare the amount with any
> existing check in the register and viola!
> 	Anyway... do you only import your .qif immediately before you reconcile?
> I was planning on reconciling every month (when I recieve my statement)
> and downloading a .qif from my bank every week or so to make sure I'm on
> top of things.
> 	If I import the qif now, some of the checks are picked up
> by the dupe checker and some are not (not sure why some are and some are
> not). I end up having to manually trace old check numbers, delete the
> original and then edit the details of the new "cleared" check to reflect
> reality. It seems like I must be making this much more difficult than
> the authors intended so PLEASE let me know if there is an easier way or
> if I'm misunderstanding how gnucash should work.
>
>  > No, it doesn't.  Quicken doesn't, either  Neither one has human
>  > intelligence.
>  >
>  > Actually I find the dupes quite handy.  I can go to the "reconcile"
>  > window and if I see one put there by the bank, I know that it is
>  > cleared. I then mark the original entry as cleared and delete the
>  > dupe.  In my case, the bank entries have the check number in the
>  > "Particulars" column, so it is easy to separate them out.
>  >
>  >> OK... I'm a fairly new user so please bear with me. I'm wanting to
>  >> use gnucash as a check register but occasionally download qif's
>  >> from my bank to make sure that I haven't missed anything. I did
>  >> and import last week and everything seemed fine. I did an import
>  >> today and the import duplicated all the checks that had cleared my
>  >> bank instead of "divining" that check #4444 that was D/L'd is
>  >> actually check #4444 that I had entered in my register. Shouldn't
>  >> my checks show up in the importer as potential dupes? The only
>  >> thing I can figure is that the checks are imported with the name
>  >> "CHECK" with a transaction type of "UNSPECIFIED" and the trans
>  >> type is throwing the whole thing off. But, you'd think that
>  >> gnucash would notice the check number and "figure it out".