QFX import problems

[Benoit Grégoire]

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On Thursday 05 August 2004 12:49 pm, Milind Kamble wrote:
> I am using the latest version of Gnucash from Debian
> unstable.
> Version: 1.8.9-2
>
> I downloaded a QFX transaction file for my Visa credit
> card. When I do File->Import->Import OFX/QFX, the
> "Generic import transaction matcher" dialog box shows
> up. The problem is that it the Account column (column
> #2 from left) is set to my American Express account.
> There doesn't seem to be a way to choose which account
> the transactions should be posted to when the import
> is performed.

That means that the first time you imported transactions from your VISA 
account, you picked the wrong gnucash account to associate to your VISA 
account.  That match isn't supposed to change, so there is no GUI to clear 
it.  There are two ways to clear it, but both involve editing files.  

The first is to simulate an account number change.  But hand editing a backup 
copy of  your OFX file, set your VISA account number to garbage, associate 
that to your AA account, click ok and then cancel the import.  The next time 
you import your real file, you should see a dialog asking you to associate 
your VISA account number to a gnucash account.  chose the right one and all 
should be well.

The second, and actually less painfull way is to hand edit your gnucash file.  
Search for the string:  <slot:key>online_id</slot:key>, which will allow you 
to find a bunch of:

<slot>
      <slot:key>online_id</slot:key>
      <slot:value type="string">WHATEVER NUMBER OR LETTER YOU ACCOUNT ID 
CONTAINS</slot:value>
</slot>

Find the one(s) that contains something that looks like your American Express 
card number, and remove it.  

As always, backups are your friend.

> Second problem, if I go ahead and hit the Cancel
> button, the transactions still get posted into the
> account indicated in the Account column.

That should definitely NOT happen, I have no clue what went wrong.
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Benoit Grégoire, http://benoitg.coeus.ca/
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