OFX import doesn't allow changing chosen account.

[David Reiser]

On Dec 29, 2007, at 10:56 PM, Ian Lewis wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I was playing around with the OFX importer and noticed that it seems  
> to
> remember the account mappings between the account in the OFX file  
> and the
> gnucash account for an account you are importing into.
>
> So I choose OFX import and then the dialog comes up and asks me what  
> gnucash
> account to map the account present in the OFX file to. So you choose  
> the
> account and it shows you the transactions that you may or may not  
> import
> based on what you do next.
>
> The problem is that if you accidentally choose the wrong gnucash  
> account
> originally then you can't change it in that dialog. So you hit  
> cancel and
> start over by going to File->Import->OFX import . But the subsequent  
> time
> you choose the same file, it remembers the account you (mistakenly)  
> chose
> last time and doesn't prompt you again. So you can't change it at  
> all. The
> only way to do it is to not save your data file, close gnucash and  
> restart
> it.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Ian

No, you're not missing anything. There is a description somewhere in  
the mailing list archives on how to undo the selection by editing the  
gnucash data file by hand. I had to do it a couple times when I got  
started, didn't have any problems following the directions, but it has  
been a couple years for me so I don't remember any details.

Dave
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David Reiser
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