QFX Importing - Change Descriptions?

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Jason Dostal <jdostal at charter.net> writes:

> When I import QFX files from my bank, I'd like to automatically 
> translate the banks fairly cryptic descriptions of the transactions into 
> my friendly names, eg -
>
> DDA TRANS 5555 ANY ST
>
> To
>
> My Local Grocery Store
>
> Anyway to configure this at all?  At the very least is there a 
> Search/Replace that I'm missing that I could just change all the 
> descriptions at once?  I know you can't mass change the transfer account 
> but I wasn't sure about the description field.

No, there's no way to do this in GnuCash.  There is no "search and
replace" functionality, either.  Your best bet is to pre-massage the
OFX file prior to importing.

> I was also looking to see if there was any way to clear out the 
> QuickFill entries, as the QFX import has populated some pretty cryptic 
> entries that I'd like to be rid of.

the quickfill entries will reset next time you restart gnucash.

> Jason

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-derek

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