Batch account assignment

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Christopher Meredith <chmeredith at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm really bad about assigning transactions to the proper accounts. I
> usually have to go in and do months at a time to catch up. What I
> would like to know is whether it is possible to do a search then
> assign all the results to an expense account rather than doing each
> one individually. So I would like to search for all transactions in
> which the word "Comcast" appears in the description field, then assign
> all the results to the account Expenses:Utilities:Internet. Is this
> possible?

No, there's no way to operate on multiple transactions at once.  You
should do this when the transactions get entered in the first place.
This is why the register has QuickFill, so that when you enter a Comcast
transaction it will take the last Comcast transaction and 'reuse' the
values (including the transfer account).

If you're importing, then you should spend the time in the importer to
properly assign the transactions.

> Thanks!

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-derek

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