Importing OFX/QFX

[David Reiser]

On Feb 15, 2005, at 9:35 AM, rwshep2000.3129421 at bloglines.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been entering all my banking transactions by hand because 
> somewhere
> along the way I broke someting in my OFX/QFX import.  Can't figure out 
> how
> to fix it.
>
> When I import, the left-side of the transaction matcher shows
> account "Unspecified."  I think this used to show my Checking account. 
>  If
> I am understanding correctly, the left side should be the checking 
> account,
> and the right side should be the expense or income account.  If I 
> select the
> checking acccount on the right side, it turns my deposits into 
> withdrawals,
> and vice-versa.
>
> Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, and how to fix it?
>  This used to work.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Shepherd
>

Before trying to edit the xml, is there anything in the 'Unspecified' 
account? If not, you could try deleting the account inside Gnucash and 
then importing an OFX file -- giving the importer the correct account. 
I'm not sure this would work, and it certainly won't work if you've 
been using Unspecified for transactions, but it beats editing xml.

Dave