Wishlist: All duplicated imported transactions in one expanded window

Daniel Trezub daniel3ub at gmail.com
Thu Aug 27 21:52:49 EDT 2009


Exactly! Thanks :)


> I'm guessing he imagines it more like one scrolled treeview, with something
> like (assuming all rows are expanded:
> a
>   f
>   g
>   h
> b
>   m
>   n
>   o
> c
>   x
>   y
>   z
>
> If another transaction, Q is a potential match for both A and B, then it
> would appear underneath each of them.
>
> I definitely prefer the way Quicken does it, though. It completely
> separates the import part from the matching part. You import you data, and
> all the imported transactions are segregated until they are manually
> approved by the user. When the user looks at them, those that are a
> potential duplicate are shown as such, and the user can choose to accept the
> match, or match to a different transaction, or import as new. There is an
> "accept all" button if you just want to accept the displayed defaults on all
> of them.
>
> This process also allows the application to ask for more information before
> a user accepts each transaction. For example there might be one transaction
> in which GnuCash needs to ask, "Which lot of XYZ stock are you selling?"
> (Assuming we eventually fix lot management for shares.) In this case,
> clicking "accept all" would automatically accept all transactions that don't
> need additional questions asked.
>
> Just thinking out loud really, as neither way has a reasonable chance of
> getting done any time very soon.
>
>
>> > Thanks, guys! Keep up the great job with GnuCash!
>>
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>
> -Charles
>


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