qif import: no duplicates matched

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

There is no need to send this message multiple times.  We got
the first one.

-derek

bri <bhh_mail at mail.com> writes:

> I imported at seperate times a qif from my bank for my checking account,
> savings account, and credit cards. There are several transactions in
> each that are transfers back and forth. Yet the imported didn't flag any
> as duplicates, so I ended up with a good number of them.
> 
> What are my options? I guess my only option now is to go thru and delete
> the dups by hand, right? What about in the future? Is there anyway that
> I can make it recognize the dup's better? Should/can I edit the .qif's
> somehow before importing them so that it recognizes them better? Or
> would dups get detected better if I imported the .qif's at the same
> time? or..? (I haven't tried it, but would gnucash like it better if the
> bank qif's had "transfer" instead of "t'fer"?) Should I rename my
> accounts so that they have the same name (ie, 1111S1) as in the .qif?
> 
> There are some settings in the preferences related to Match score, and
> auto-ADD and auto-CLEAR, but I can't tell from the help if these will
> affect this or not..
> 
> Using 1.8.4 on RH8.0. Here are some bits from the .qif's that are dups
> that didn't get recognized as dups:
> 
> Checking.qif: (1111S5 account)
> D02/26/2003
> PT'FER FROM 1111S1
> N
> T52.00
> L
> ^
> D02/26/2003
> PCITIBANK-AUTOPAY/PAYMENT/
> N
> T-1851.58
> L
> ^
> 
> Savings.qif (1111S1 account)
> D02/26/2003
> PT'FER TO 1111S5
> N
> T-52.00
> L
> ^
> 
> CitibankCreditCard.qif:
> D02/26/2003
> T1851.58
> PAUTOPAY 000000000004571RAUTOPAY AUTO-PMT
> M
> ^
> 
> 
> thx!!!
> 
> .bri.
> 
> 
> 
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