about categorization

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Quoting "James López (BLuEGoD)" <bluegod at bluegod.net>:

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> Hi,
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> I can't find a way to 'automatize' or at least select multiple
> transactions and categorize it all together; I mean, I have a new
> checking account on Current Assets where all the transactions are
> uncategorized as they were imported from an OFX file, so now I would
> like to categorize it by expenses (auto, books, etc) so I have to select
> one by one and choose the category, but..
> Could I classify it by 'Description' and then choose a category for
> that selection, or perhaps, could I make a pattern on the category so it
> automatically may catch the transactions with that pattern?

There is no way to operate on multiple transactions at once.  Sorry.
You COULD do it during, say, a QIF Import.  But once the transactions
are in GnuCash, there's no way to operate on multiple at once.
There's an open bugzilla request, but I don't expect this to ever
change.

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-derek

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