QIF Import

[Derek Atkins]

What version of gnucash are you using?  If you mark a transaction as a
duplicate, it should not touch the existing one.  As for the duplicate
matching interface, this will get a lot better once we move the QIF
importer over to the new generic matcher UI.

-derek

Paul Harouff <pharouff at comcast.net> writes:

> I have two problems with the QIF import.
> 
> 1. When I download the file from the bank, it has no problem finding the
> duplicates. But it always overwrites the existing record with the new
> record from the bank. So my #500 Dominion Virginia Power [Exp.:Electric]
> for $77.10 gets overwritten with CHECK NUMBER 500 [Unknown] $77.10. I
> can't find any properties that will allow me to select to keep the
> existing record when there's a duplicate.
> 
> 2. Matching duplicates would be so much easier if the matching window
> included the Num column from the ledger. To match CHECK NUMBER 500, I
> have to flip through the checkbook and find who it was written to then I
> know which item to check as the duplicate. If the Num column was
> included I could just click the one marked 500 and not even need my
> checkbook.
> 
> Paul
> Alexandria, VA
> 
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