Match payees/memos to Gnucash accounts ignored during QIF import

[Charles Day]

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:28 AM, Johann Rohwer <j.m.rohwer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Charles Day wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Johann Rohwer <j.m.rohwer at gmail.com
> > <mailto:j.m.rohwer at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >     I've been using Gnucash effectively for years to do my personal
> finance.
> >     However, when I recently upgraded to version 2.2.1 it turned out
> that
> >     when importing QIF files from my online banking, the actions in the
> >     druid step "Match payees/memos to Gnucash accounts" are ignored and
> all
> >     the imported transactions are linked to the "Unspecified" expense
> >     account after import. Of course I can still edit them in place one
> by
> >     one, but this is very inconvenient since the druid remembers the
> correct
> >     matches for frequently occurring transactions. Is this a known
> >     issue/bug?
> >
> >
> > Could you provide a sample transaction from your QIF file for which the
> > payee/memo mappings are being ignored?
>
> Attached below. I should add that it happens for every transaction in
> the QIF file I get from my online banking. So it does not appear to be
> transaction specific.
>
> > Two theories off the top of my head:
> > 1. Does your QIF contains some lines that only contain an "L"?
>
> It doesn't seem so.
>
> > 2. Does this only happen to investment transactions?
>
> No I don't think so. I only use gnucash to keep track of my personal
> finances and bank accounts (checking a/c, credit cards, loans); I don't
> have any stocks or investments registered.
>
> I should add that I recently set up accounts in different currencies
> (since I have acquired checking accounts in different currencies) and
> then upgraded to the latest gnucash release because it allows you to
> specify the currency during the QIF import. I'm not sure whether these
> issues might be related though.
>

I can reproduce this with a single currency, so its not currency-related.
Could you please file a bug in Bugzilla
here<http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi>
?

I notice that Payee memos seem to work correctly, i.e. "PACB DEBIT:EXTERNAL
PPS" in place of "MACB DEBIT:EXTERNAL PPS". So the problem is specific to
memo mappings.

I'll start debugging this.

Cheers,
Charles



> ---------------- 8-< ------sample qif file -----------
> !Type:Bank
>
> D05/03/2008
> T-900.00
> N0
> MACB DEBIT:EXTERNAL PPS
> ^
> ---------------- 8-< ------end sample qif file -----------
>
> I match this to Expenses:Insurance during the import druid, but it
> nevertheless ends up in "Unspecified". Same for all other txns.
>
> Thanks
> Johann
>
>