Matching transactions

Don H don.harville at att.net
Mon Dec 22 17:59:13 EST 2008


So, I am still not clear on how Gnucash handles matching transactions.

For example, I have a scheduled transaction for YMCA and have it posted in
my checking account 30 days prior to the payment.  The description is YMCA
and the amount is $75.  So I imported my checking account and it still added
another transaction for YMCA for $75 with a description of 'YMCA
DES:5123229622 ID:145004158'.

So how does Gnucash work on matching transactions?  I also don't think I
fully understand what all of the colors mean when it is importing
transaction (red, yellow, green, orange).  Maybe it is user error on my
part.  Could someone enlighten me?
Thx, Don
 

Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> possum <don.harville at att.net> writes:
> 
>> I have set up some scheduled transaations to give me a look ahead 30 days
>> in
>> the future.  I presumed that when I imported my bank transactions that if
>> a
>> scheduled transaction matched an imported transaction, then it would
>> recognize it and not re-enter it.  On a similar note my paycheck varies a
>> little bit each time so I can't schedule what it will exactly be each
>> time. 
>> So I set up a scheduled transaction from my company with an estimated
>> amount.
> 
> No, the importers only deal with "Real" transactions that are
> actually posted in the CoA.  You have to run the SXes first to
> post them before the importer will see them.
> 
>> In reality this is not working all the time.  The transactions from the
>> bank
>> have a long name with various information vs. the nickname that I used in
>> the scheduled transaction, so GC doesn't recognize them as the same. 
>> Also
>> the same thing for my paycheck since the amounts don't match up.
> 
> The names don't need to match as much as the values do.
> 
>> So can someone tell me how GC is supposed to work in matching imported
>> transactions vs. scheduled transactions and what do I need to do to make
>> it
>> work as well as it can.  I do have Bayesian matching selected in my
>> preferences.
>> Thx
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> -derek
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