Bayesian reset

[Lincoln A Baxter]

Thank you Derrick... perhaps I'll scratch my itch on this subject by
writing a perl script that does this on a per account basis... this has
long been requested and needed... Can can you tell us the XML tag name
for the history?  Should the entire tag be removed, or just its
contents?

Lincoln


On Thu, 2011-07-28 at 11:31 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> John Layman <john.layman at laymanandlayman.com> writes:
> 
> > Is there any way to purge Bayesian memory? I have several Wachovia accounts
> > that were recently moved to Wells Fargo systems due to acquisition.  The
> > cutover went smoothly enough, but I'm now getting strange matching behavior
> > when I import downloaded transactions.  I suspect I need to expunge the old
> > strings so the Bayesian matching for these accounts can learn from scratch.
> 
> Unfortunately there is no UI to reset the Bayesian history.
> 
> The best you can do is to shut down gnucash, gunzip your data file, and
> hand-edit the XML with a text editor to remove the bayesian history.
> Make sure you make a backup before you try this.
> 
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> 
> -derek
>